![]() They also announced that Brandon Gomes would replace Kapler as Director of Player Development and that Ron Porterfield would take on the new post of Director of Player Health. On December 1, the Dodgers announced the hiring of Luis Ortiz and Brant Brown to the dual role of assistant hitting coach/minor league hitting coordinator. On November 13, Vice-President of Baseball Operations Alex Anthopoulos left his position to become Executive Vice-President/ General manager of the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers also chose to part ways with long-time bullpen catcher Rob Flippo, who had been in his position since the 2002 season. Offseason Coaching/Front Office changes Īssistant hitting coach Tim Hyers left the Dodgers to become the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox while farm director Gabe Kapler left to become manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and his assistant Jeremy Zoll became farm director for the Minnesota Twins. The Dodgers became the first team to lose back-to-back World Series since the Texas Rangers did so in 20, and the first National League team to do so since the Braves in 19. They lost to the Boston Red Sox in the 2018 World Series, their second straight World Series loss. It was the third straight NLCS appearance for the Dodgers, a franchise record and the second consecutive National League pennant. They opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in four games in the Division Series and defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games in the National League Championship Series. ![]() They defeated the Colorado Rockies in the 2018 National League West tie-breaker game to claim their sixth straight National League West Championship and became the first team to win six straight division championships since the New York Yankees won nine straight from 1998 to 2006 and only the third overall (the Atlanta Braves won 14 from 1991 to 2005). The Dodgers suffered a season-ending injury to star shortstop Corey Seager early in the season and started the season 16–26, but went 76–45 to close out the season. They played their home games at Dodger Stadium. The 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 129th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 61st season in Los Angeles, California. ( Charley Steiner, Rick Monday, Kevin Kennedy) ( Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela, Manny Mota) ![]() ( Joe Davis, Charley Steiner, Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra) ![]()
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