"First of all, history demonstrates that's not true. Usually the team with the highest payroll doesn't win the World Series. I hate to throw facts at him, but I will throw one quote from someone in his city, and that's Bryce Harper, who said the only people complaining are losers. I think he's exactly right. What got us to the position we're in,"
"What got us to the position we're in, the position of being able to have lost the World Series at any point in the World Series, 20 different ways, was because yes, we had a high payroll. But those people need to be led and developed, and we need to be backed up by a farm system that is productive year in and year out. Without that, we couldn't compete."
"And just buying a world championship, if it were true, more teams would certainly be trying that approach. It's not true. You need everything to succeed, and I use my teams in Atlanta to remind people. Everyone describes those teams in Atlanta as Glavine, Maddux, Smotltz. But remember, the three of them were acquired by the Braves in the three different ways"
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2025 World Series but experienced a season that fell short of expectations and narrowly escaped elimination by the Toronto Blue Jays. Critics renewed claims that the franchise buys championships through its large payroll. Jason Kelce publicly criticized the Dodgers on his podcast. Team president Stan Kasten rejected the claim that payroll alone buys titles, citing historical outcomes and a Bryce Harper quote labeling complainers as losers. Kasten emphasized that a high payroll requires leadership, player development, and a consistently productive farm system, and he noted that championship rosters are assembled through multiple acquisition methods.
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