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    Bill Plaschke: Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten backs Andrew Friedman and Dave Roberts

    Aaron Judge? Slow your roll. Jacob DeGrom? Not so fast. Carlos Correa? Not a chance. Having watched the best regular-season team in Dodgers history implode after just four nights in the playoffs, it appears that baseball's biggest spenders might be ready to slightly change course. Miguel Vargas? He had a .915 on-base-plus-slugging percentage at triple A this year. Michael Busch? He slugged 32 ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2022 4 minutes
    Los Angeles Dodgers CEO Stan Kasten speaks at a news conference launching a COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 15, 2021.

    Aaron Judge? Slow your roll.

    Jacob DeGrom? Not so fast.

    Carlos Correa? Not a chance.

    Having watched the best regular-season team in Dodgers history implode after just four nights in the playoffs, it appears that baseball's biggest spenders might be ready to slightly change course.

    Miguel Vargas? He had a .915 on-base-plus-slugging percentage at triple A this year.

    Michael Busch? He slugged 32 homers with 108 RBIs at the top two minor league levels.

    Bobby Miller? He struck out 12 batters per nine innings at the same two minor league levels.

    Those three players form the foundation of the Dodgers' future and, if you listen to Dodgers president and chief executive Stan Kasten, that future could be now.

    "Earlier in the last

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