Dave Roberts drops mic on Dodgers haters as LA is centered in MLB CBA talks

If you want a lazy sports opinion, I've got one for you: The Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball. Dodgers fans have heard it for years, and the culprit is always the same: some small-market fan who is jealous that their team doesn't offer the same cozy setup. Yes, the Dodgers have the highest payroll in MLB, but to suggest that their success is merely due to the money they spend isn't just sluggish, it's incorrect.

What makes the Dodgers' dominance all the more impressive isn't just that they win with their checkbook, but in all sorts of annual front office tasks. Whether it be developing a strong farm system and international player pool, acquiring players who fit their system on the fly or ensuring they have the necessary depth for a long playoff run each October, these Dodgers really do it all. If Los Angeles is breaking baseball, they are doing so within rules constructed by the very small-market owners now complaining of their dominance. No one knows this better than Dave Roberts.

Dave Roberts got the last word on the Dodgers haters

Few have been as outspoken in defense of the Dodgers as their manager. Roberts' managerial accomplishments are defined by what he's done in Los Angeles, so it should come as no surprise that he doesn't take kindly to the inclination that what the Dodgers are doing is somehow unfair, or invalid.

"My honest opinion is the majority of takes about the Dodgers couldn’t be more lazy," Roberts told USA TODAY Sports, "That it’s just about the payroll. It’s about the draft. It’s about layering on where we pick in the draft annually. The player development. How we acquire international talent. How we perform consistently at the major-league level."

This is where Roberts and the average Dodgers hater have an obvious disconnect. Roberts is privvy to what goes on inside LA's front office. He knows that what the Dodgers have accomplished — back-to-back World Series and in search of a third — is no small task.

Every dynasty in sports have rival fans who want to take it down. In his interview with USA Today, Roberts even went a step further, claiming that the Dodgers overall aura gives them an edge that cannot be replicated across MLB.

"I actually think it’s a competitive advantage in the sense that people feel that way, and not look at themselves in the mirror and see how they can operate things better. So that’s beneficial for us," Robert said.

There is a saying in professional sports: The best teams are inevitable. Sure, the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks can put a scare in the Dodgers. But how did the Dodgers respond? By winning 8 out of 10 games, while San Diego melted with the spotlight on them.

Much of what makes the Dodgers run so impressive is their ability to block out the noise. Their consistency when facing hatred from 31 other owners and fanbases cannot be replicated. As Roberts would say, it's a competitive advantage.

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