The Dodgers exercised their option on Dave Roberts for the 2019 season.

Andrew Friedman, the team’s president of baseball operations, had 10 days after the end of the World Series to exercise that option. Tuesday was that day.

“We exercised the option and remain optimistic about working something out long term,” Friedman said. “The reason that we slowed down a little bit is that we’ve had a lot of coaching staff decisions to make and interviews.

“I think it speaks more to the optimism that something definitely’s going to get done and allows us to focus on what we need to do in the near term.”

Two NL Pennants in a row is an impressive feat. There was a time when the pennant was a big deal, and the World Series was just icing on the cake. I’m glad the Dodgers aren’t falling into the “not enough success” trap that saw a number of winning managers lose their jobs at the end of the 2017 season.