The Dodgers have more than $1 billion invested in Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. Teoscar Hernández hit 33 home runs this season and started the All-Star Game. Kiké Hernández has as many postseason home runs on his resume as Babe Ruth.

As Andrew Friedman stood on the field wearing his fresh new “National League Champions” T-shirt on Sunday night, he was asked what he expected out of Tommy Edman when he made a July trade for a guy who hadn’t played all year.