Alex Rodriguez defends Dodgers' spending spree as likely lockout gets closer: 'I think it's great'

After MLB owners offered a salary cap for the first time since 1994, NFL star Saquon Barkley recently spoke to Fox News Digital and shared his full support for the players.

With a lockout more likely than not at this point in Major League Baseball, the ongoing debate continues over whether the Los Angeles Dodgers are actually ruining the sport.

Many believe the Dodgers have simply broken baseball, particularly with Shohei Ohtani's $700 million contract, 97% of which is deferred. They have won back-to-back World Series titles and are the favorite for a third consecutive title.

Not only did Los Angeles follow up its titles by signing the most touted reliever on the market in Edwin Diaz, but it also gave Kyle Tucker a deal that gave him the highest annual average value of $60 million, the most for any position player ever.

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Alex Rodriguez reacts during the Seattle Mariners 50th Season Celebration at T-Mobile Park on Aug. 8, 2026, in Seattle, Washington. (Jack Compton/Getty Images)

However, former slugger Alex Rodriguez isn't buying the negativity surrounding the organization.

"I think it’s great. You and I both would be hypocrites if we said it’s not good when we saw what happened in the ‘90s here in New York, what happened in ‘09 when Hal Steinbrenner flexed his financial resources to go out and get [CC] Sabathia, [Mark] Teixeira and A.J. Burnett, and the year before we had Johnny Damon," A-Rod told New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay on the latter's radio show.

Rodriguez does make an interesting point — in 2005, the Yankees' payroll ($208.3 million, per Baseball Reference) was almost double the second-highest payroll (the Boston Red Sox's $123.5 million). The New