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After the $500 million Dodgers' title repeat, what's next for MLB?
The Dodgers secured their second straight title with a $500 million payroll amid growing payroll disparity and looming Major League Baseball labor negotiations.
- On Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, the Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 7 with a 5-4, 11-inning finish at Rogers Centre, Toronto, backed by a $500 million payroll and record international MLB attention.
- Payroll figures underline a widening gap as Los Angeles Dodgers spent $509.5 million in major league payroll plus $6.5 million for pitcher Roki Sasaki, while the Athletics spent less than $150 million.
- Here come the robots: Game 7 was MLB's last with human umpires making all ball/strike calls, and starting next season the Automated Ball/Strike System will be installed in all big league ballparks with each team having two challenges per game.
- The labor contract expires on Dec. 2, 2026, and bargaining is likely to start this winter or spring as MLB owners push for a salary cap and the Major League Baseball Players Association resists, recalling the 1994-95 strike.
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After the $500 million Dodgers' title repeat, what's next for MLB?
The $500 million Los Angeles Dodgers’ thrilling World Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays attracted record international attention for Major League Baseball, affirmed LA’s status as the sport’s best team and drew more attention to baseball’s payroll disparity heading into what is likely to be cont
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