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,

Last offseason saw the Los Angeles Dodgers commit more than $1 billion in salary to free agents, including Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Teoscar Hernández.

The MLB commissioner acknowledges concerns about the deep-pocketed Dodgers but says they are just playing by the rules.