While Guggenheim Baseball Management made a quick splash after acquiring the Los Angeles Dodgers by completing a blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox that added more than $250 million in salaries, the front office has focused on trimming payroll.
That was a factor in the Dodgers’ refusing to overextend themselves to re-sign Zack Greinke following the 2015 season, though so too was the right-hander’s age. Los Angeles has flexed their financial power when they deemed it necessary to complete a trade.
Or this past offseason, when the club committed $190 million to re-sign Rich Hill, Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner.