"The Los Angeles Dodgers have established a dynasty with back-to-back World Series titles and three in the last six seasons, but despite their recent success, they haven't slowed down. Many teams often regress after winning a World Series, and some owners use the championship as a reason to lower the payroll moving forward, as they know their fans will be satisfied by the World Series victory. But the Dodgers have acted in the opposite way."
"After winning the 2024 World Series, they signed two of the top free agents available, Blake Snell and Tanner Scott, to improve their roster. After winning the 2025 World Series, the Dodgers once again added two of the top free agents-Kyle Tucker and Edwin Díaz. Fans across the league have argued the Dodgers are ruining baseball with their spending, and it has been reported that even some players around the league feel they don't have a chance to compete with L.A."
""No. I don't really think anything about that. I don't think that should be the focus. I think the focus should be winning baseball games against every team. I don't think focusing on the Dodgers is going to help us win at all. I think if you focus on a certain team, when you get to play that team, you're going to tense up, you're not going to be the same team.""
""We've got to go into that series like we're playing anybody else, that's how it is. Everybody has a good baseball team nowadays, nobody is bad, pitching is good everywhere. So they might've added a couple of bats and stuff, but we've got to go in, and we've got to play hard. That's the only way we're going to beat them.""
The Los Angeles Dodgers sustained a dominant run with consecutive World Series titles and three championships in six seasons while continuing active offseason spending. The Dodgers signed top free agents after each title, adding Blake Snell and Tanner Scott after the 2024 victory and Kyle Tucker and Edwin Díaz after the 2025 title. League observers and some players criticized the spending and warned it widened the competitive gap. Jackson Merrill urged the San Diego Padres to ignore outside noise, focus on winning individual games, treat the Dodgers like any other opponent, and play hard to compete.
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