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The Dodgers, on the other hand, have $154 million committed to 11 players next year and are $66 million over the luxury tax threshold this year, not including the addition of Scherzer or any others.

This unfortunately matters only in so far as they don't have the willingness/ability to spend more money. It appears they haven't yet hit that point. I think this points to the idea that the so-called "salary cap" really isn't. You can spend whatever you wish. It just gets really expensive. That may need to change.

Why?  Although there is a correlation between payroll and win percentage and the probability of making the playoffs, such a correlation is far from determinant.  Using the correlation between payroll and win percentage this season, over a 162 game season, it takes about $8 million per marginal win.  That seems rather expensive.

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The Dodgers, on the other hand, have $154 million committed to 11 players next year and are $66 million over the luxury tax threshold this year, not including the addition of Scherzer or any others.

This unfortunately matters only in so far as they don't have the willingness/ability to spend more money. It appears they haven't yet hit that point. I think this points to the idea that the so-called "salary cap" really isn't. You can spend whatever you wish. It just gets really expensive. That may need to change.

Why?  Although there is a correlation between payroll and win percentage and the probability of making the playoffs, such a correlation is far from determinant.  Using the correlation between payroll and win percentage this season, over a 162 game season, it takes about $8 million per marginal win.  That seems rather expensive.

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