Los Angeles Dodgers president and part-owner Stan Kasten defended the Dodgers’ spending over the past several seasons and explained the reasoning behind the recurring offseason splurges.
“The expectation always has been, and should continue to be, that we expect to contend every year,” Kasten said in a recent interview with the California Post. “We’re the DODGERS. All caps. It’s the kind of franchise we are. Historically, it’s what our fans expect and what they deserve. And we will always be trying to deliver that.”
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