The Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a $700 million deal last offseason, among other big-ticket moves. They won the 2024 World Series. Since winning the World Series, the Dodgers landed two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and high-ceiling Japanese import Roki Sasaki,

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over the sport’s lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Los Angeles Dodgers that sparked increased attention over the expiration of the collective bargaining agreement in December 2027.

The high-spending Los Angeles Dodgers are not ruining baseball, commissioner Rob Manfred said on Thursday. “No,” Manfred said. “I don’t agree with that. The Dodgers are a really well-run, successful organization.