The Dodgers' estimated $393 million payroll is the highest of any team in baseball this season — $53 million more than the second-place Mets, per FanGraphs. They committed a total of $450 million to free agent signings, club options, and extensions this offseason, and owe six players over $2 billion to be paid out through 2046.
It was unprecedented spending and, to the rest of baseball, unfathomable gluttony. Not only did the Dodgers add an ace when they didn't really need one (Blake Snell), they got two of 2024's best relievers (Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates), a young Japanese phenom for league minimum (Roki Sasaki), their 2024 breakout star (Teoscar Hernández), and extended a player they'd had their eyes on for years and finally managed to get at the trade deadline (Tommy Edman).