It’s Christmas Eve, and John Middleton is having dinner with Dave Dombrowski.
Dombrowski: I’m telling you, John. We have a championship caliber roster already, but we can put ourselves over the top with just a few more moves.
Middleton: I hear you, Dave. But we can’t go over the third luxury tax threshold. I love to spend as much as the next guy, but even we have to set limits somewhere.
Dombrowski: But we’ve still got holes! And look at what the Dodgers are doing. They have both Ohtani and Yamamoto.