another reason why the dodgers can spend $1.6b—a top tier farm system the dodgers excel at player development which allows them to control costs at certain positions while spending elsewhere this year, they have 4 outfield prospects in most top 100 lists across different publications plus players that are currently cost controlled on the major league roster that were former top 100 prospects (river ryan, bobby miller, andy pages, emmet sheehan, roki sasaki) kyle tucker is a great example of why a top tier farm system allows the dodgers to spend aggressively: - dodgers spend $60m/year over 4 years on kyle tucker with year 2 and 3 opt outs - by the time tuckers opt outs come, multiple dodgers outfield prospects should already be in the majors - one of these prospects should be able to replace some of tuckers production at around 1/100th of the price the dodgers prospect pipeline allows them to “buy” the best players without dealing with the downside of a long term, toxic contract.