With Latest All-Star Signing, How Much Money Have Los Angeles Dodgers Spent this Offseason?

It has been all Los Angeles Dodgers this ongoing off-season so far. After failing to win the 2023 World Series, the NL West champions went on a spending spree to fill the loopholes. Interestingly, the cycle has not ended even after they spent $1 billion on the Japanese duo Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as confirmed by their latest big deal.

As the Dodgers failed to win the championship, everyone expected them to go into beast mode in the off-season. However, there was a limit to it, which the 2020 World Series winners have crossed now by multiple signings, including All-Star Teoscar Hernández. Given the outfielder is not alone among the signings that other teams could not afford, it raises many questions. But the foremost, how much the Dodgers have spent in trades? Is there any threshold limit to that?

Los Angeles Dodgers Sign Teoscar Hernández as Their Shopping Spree Continues

The Dodgers are first by a mile among all the teams when it comes to off-season trades. It indicates they have a bigger pocket or a bank balance, which other teams can only wish for. The signing of Teoscar Hernández does add to this perception. According to ESPN columnist Jeff Passan, the Dodgers have signed the 31-year-old on a year $23.5 million deal.

He shared, “BREAKING: Outfielder Teoscar Hernández and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in agreement on a one-year, $23.5 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Hernández joins Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Tyler Glasnow on the new-look Dodgers, who add another All-Star bat to the lineup.”

With this, the Dodgers completed their seventh addition to the major league squad. However, given that these all did not come for free, what is the cost they have paid for all the deals so far?

After Signing for a Billion Dollars in Check, How Much More the Dodgers Spent in the Last Few Weeks?

The Blue and Whites have overtaken the off-season by signing two admired players on big deals. But they are not stopping by. After owning $1 billion to Ohtani and Yamamoto, they have signed more players, adding to the dues. But how much?

If the answer is read in another MLB columnist, Bob Nightengale’s words, “The Dodgers have now spent $1.066.5 BILLION this winter.” However, with this, he also questions, “Who’s counting?” The reason is the MLB pay threshold of $237,000,000 for 2024, barring teams from overspending. But how come then the Dodgers have done it?

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The answer is deferrals. According to Passan, the Los Angeles Dodgers have used the deferral as a medium to remain in the CBT threshold. Given that they are in for a few more players in the market, this method can be used further to make the deals. But will there be any limit to that? What do you think about it? Let us know in the comments.