LOS ANGELES -- Blake Snell's introductory news conference took place amid commotion. The two-time Cy Young Award winner sat behind a dais in the right-field corner while bulldozers and cranes dotted Dodger Stadium's playing surface, excavating massive piles of dirt to make room for new batting cages and clubhouses that will soon outfit the old ballpark's interior, a renovation that will cost tens of millions of dollars.
These days, it seems, the Los Angeles Dodgers don't even blink at the cost. A franchise that was already among the sport's wealthiest has elevated into an even higher financial stratosphere, a reality made obvious by recent business.