The Los Angeles Dodgers have now jumped over the Atlanta Braves as the favorites to win the 2024 World Series after signing Yoshinobu Yamamoto to a 12 year/ $325 million dollar deal. This contract was possible thanks to superstar Shohei Ohtani defferring the majority of his historic $700 million agreement.
If you think spending $1 billion on two players is outrageous, let us also remind you that the Dodgers traded for and extended all-star pitcher Tyler Glasnow to a 5 year/$136 million deal.
The Braves and Dodgers have been viewed as rivals for a few seasons now as a result of their consistent postseason matchups. Naturally, Braves fans are seeing a rival load up for the 2024 season and are demanding Alex Anthopoulos throw a counter punch. Here is why these moves actually don't effect the Braves and why no more moves are neccessary.
I don't think the Dodgers "destroyed baseball," but I do think we're all talking about baseball on Dec. 22, and I am extremely not mad about that.
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) December 22, 2023