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PHOENIX \u2014 Coming off an offseason in which the Dodgers<\/a> spent over $300 million<\/a> on just two free agents<\/a>, the two-time defending champions\u2019 luxurious spending has undoubtedly been a topic of conversation and consternation around Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n

However, when asked about the Dodgers\u2019 record-setting payroll Sunday, the Philadelphia Phillies\u2019 Bryce Harper and the San Diego Padres\u2019 Manny Machado were complimentary of the way the Dodgers do business.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it,\u201d Machado told reporters<\/a> at the team\u2019s facility in Peoria, Ariz. \u201cThey figured out a way to do it. … I think every team has the ability to do it. I hope all 30 teams could learn from that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Machado spent a half of a season with the Dodgers in 2018 before inking a $300-million contract with the Padres. That same winter, the Dodgers met with Harper, who eventually signed a $330-million contract with the Phillies. Harper shared the same sentiment as Machado when he spoke with reporters<\/a> in Clearwater, Fla.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love what the Dodgers do, obviously,\u201d Harper said. \u201cThey pay the money, they spend the money. I mean, they\u2019re a great team. They run their team like a business, and they run it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes<\/a>, while speaking with media at Camelback Ranch Sunday, made it clear that his organization isn\u2019t searching for approval from any outside sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not looking externally for validation,\u201d Gomes said. \u201cThe validation is winning championships and putting out as good a team as we can each and every year, and all we\u2019re trying to do is get a little bit better each and every season, with the goal of winning championships. [Our] coaching staff, our players I think view it as that. Good, bad or indifferent, the external stuff is something we can\u2019t worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gomes also credited Dodgers ownership for providing the financial resources to help the front office continue to bolster its roster each winter.<\/p>\n

\u201c[We\u2019ve had] incredible support from ownership,\u201d Gomes said. \u201cWe\u2019ve always [been] in the position to address the needs that will help us go out and win another championship, so I think a lot of it is looking at what\u2019s needed in the roster and what\u2019s available. We\u2019ve been in the fortunate position to be able to acquire guys that fit that really well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> PHOENIX \u2014 Coming off an offseason in which the Dodgers spent over $300 million on just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[85295,85296,11440,4017,426,85297,85298,18798,31681,48,52,51,47,50,49,3493,21949,278,427,8843,72],"class_list":{"0":"post-179599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-24-year-old-sasaki","9":"tag-bryce-harper-spending-comment","10":"tag-championship","11":"tag-contract","12":"tag-dodgers","13":"tag-external-stuff","14":"tag-fan-sunday","15":"tag-front-office","16":"tag-gomes","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-la-headlines","19":"tag-la-news","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","22":"tag-los-angeles-news","23":"tag-manny-machado","24":"tag-pitch","25":"tag-season","26":"tag-team","27":"tag-way","28":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}