Over the last two years, a narrative that the Dodgers are "ruining baseball" has emerged due to the number of high-priced stars the team has signed.
The narrative gained steam in 2023, when the Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani to a record 10-year, $700 million deal, that will see the majority of the money deferred. That offseason, they also signed Tyler Glasnow on a five-year, $136,5 million contract. This past offseason, the Dodgers signed Cy Young winner Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million deal, extended Tommy Edman on a five-year, $74 million contract, signed reliever Tanner Scott on a four-year, $72 million deal, and outfielder Teoscar Hernández to a three-years, $66 million contract. The biggest splash was Roki Sasaki, a young Japanese pitching phenom who took the league minimum in base salary to join the Dodgers.
