The Los Angeles Dodgers just spent $1.07 billion on free agents. To a 100-win team they added the best player on the planet, Shohei Ohtani; one of the best pitchers on the planet, Yoshinobu Yamamoto; pitcher Tyler Glasnow and outfielders Teoscar Hernández and Manuel Margot while returning a healthy Walker Buehler to the rotation.
And yet they are no lock to win the World Series. Put it this way: If you have the choice between the Dodgers and the field, the safer pick is the field.
Make no mistake, the Dodgers are the best team in baseball. (Yes, better than the Braves.) They are good for baseball: a star-studded team in a major market with massive expectations and the rare team that sends a bona fide name-brand starting pitcher to the mound most every night.
