“ Before this season started, they said, The Dodgers are ruining baseball. Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball! ” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts clapped back at the naysayers after winning the NLCS a week ago. No, he didn’t coin the term “the Dodgers are ruining baseball.” Rather, t he phrase gained significant traction among fans and rival organizations following the Dodgers’ high-profile offseason spending spree for the 2025 season, which included the signings of Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Tyler Glasnow.

Moreover, with a payroll exceeding $350 million for 2025, the Dodgers went on a spending spree in the last two offseasons and were expected to sweep the World Series. Although not swept, winning the World Series for a second consecutive time reignited the deba

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