The Dodgers have one of the best front offices in baseball and one of their biggest strengths is their ability to stay patient and not deviate from their plan when things go wrong. The 2018 season so far has been a big test for the Dodgers front office and they have aced the test so far. Despite losing Corey Seager at the beginning of the season, the Dodgers did not go into panic mode and they stuck to their plan.
The Dodger main plan for the 2018 season is to stay under the luxury tax threshold and rest the Dodgers luxury tax penalties to avoid draft pick penalties and being taxed over 40% for every dollar they are over the luxury tax.