Over at The Athletic, they’ve put together a list of “free agency and trade predictions” for each of the 30 MLB teams. The predictions mostly come from beat writers who cover the teams, and the Dodgers prediction comes from Fabian Ardaya, who does a great job covering Los Angeles for the site.
Ardaya’s prediction is that the Dodgers will spend less money in 2023 than they did in 2022.
Payroll will go down. This might not be particularly bold — the Dodgers just missed paying the “Cohen Tax” level of the luxury tax this season, and it’s hard to expect them to want to spend more than that.