"The Dodgers have certainly held up their end of the bargain, adding the likes of Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tanner Scott, Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker since Ohtani officially joined the team. The Dodgers won the World Series in each of Ohtani's first two seasons with the team and now are projected to have another luxury tax payroll of more than $400 million this year."
"How that has played out, in conjunction with having Shohei, I think has increased (our willingness to spend) and made it an even more aggressive plan than we initially thought. But again, we didn't sit down and say, 'OK, now it can be X instead of Y.' It was more like, let's be more aggressive. And as we've done that, aggressiveness has beget more aggressiveness."
Shohei Ohtani agreed to defer nearly all of his salary after the team promised to use savings to acquire elite talent. The Dodgers added players including Tyler Glasnow, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tanner Scott, Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker and won the World Series in each of Ohtani's first two seasons. The team is now projected to carry a luxury-tax payroll above $400 million. Club leadership says Ohtani's presence increased the willingness to spend and prompted a more aggressive reinvestment strategy. Ohtani provides two-way impact, 50-home-run power, a 100+ mph fastball, and major revenue boosts.
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