The Los Angeles Dodgers and their longtime manager Dave Roberts have reached a contract extension that will keep him in Los Angeles through 2029, the team announced Tuesday night. Roberts is expected to earn slightly more than $8 million per year,

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been shelling out money for top talent this offseason. This most recent move shows that the kind of talent the team will pay for doesn’t just stop on the diamond. Manager Dave Roberts is now the highest-paid manager in MLB history in terms of average annual value.

The smile got a little bigger, the emotions a little deeper, the meaning a little greater the more Dave Roberts looked around the room.In the wake of last year’s World Series title, in which Roberts led the Dodgers to the second championship of his decorated tenure,