The Dodgers’ payroll is $271 million, spending $50 million on players who aren’t on their roster. That total is more than double what the Reds are spending ($115 million). One view of that gap is that payroll spending isn’t correlated much with winning. The other view is that the difference of $156 million would pay for six $25 million players. Joey Votto is making $14 million this year.
Reds 3 Dodgers 5 | FanGraphs | The future, Mr. Gittes, the future.
John Lamb, who went to high school 50 miles from Dodger Stadium, looked good the first four innings.