Dodgers’ exit proves that spending doesn’t ensure titles

Almost all of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ position players will be back next season. The only ones not under contract are infielder Miguel Rojas, who is retiring, and Kiké Hernández (above), a utility man headed for free agency. (Instagram via kikehndez) By KEN ROSENTHAL / THE ATHLETIC What MLB does not want to discuss, as it portrays its sport as a broken landscape of haves and have-nots, is that big-money teams can sustain success for only a finite period, if they achieve success at all. The...