With the Dodgers committing nearly $1 billion to sign Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto last year and this offseason getting more stars like Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, plus extending key players like Tommy Edman, many critics have argued that Los Angeles is making it impossible for smaller-market teams to compete.

The MLB commissioner acknowledges concerns about the deep-pocketed Dodgers but says they are just playing by the rules.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The high-spending Los Angeles Dodgers are not ruining baseball, commissioner Rob Manfred said on Thursday.