After a rash of injuries this spring, the Dodgers will be using their vaunted depth to contend.
When the Los Angeles Dodgers lost out on the Zack Greinke sweepstakes this winter, it was a clear signal to the baseball world that they were no longer a team that threw money at problems. The team had been run in this style ever since Ned Colletti was relegated to senior advisor, but a mid-market division rival outbidding for their own free agent showed everyone just how committed Los Angeles was to operating efficiently.
Instead of paying Greinke what would have amounted to $300 million, the Andrew Friedman-helmed front office decided to move away from nine-figure contracts, making flurries of low-to-mid level moves instead of huge splashes.