Actually, the team that the Dodgers are fielding in this WS is not really like Kelly characterizes. Their four best everyday players include a drafted rookie (Bellinger), a drafted sophomore (Seager), a utility player acquired in a minor trade (Taylor) and a castoff from another team (Justin Turner), who, incidentally, is also the team's best overall player, not Kershaw, as Kelly states. You can add two fairly minor catchers acquired in trades, and were it not for an injury, LF Andrew Toles, who was out of baseball when the Dodgers signed him. His replacement, who hit 3 HR in one game to eliminate the Cubs, was yet another utility fielder they picked up. These are the "Goliaths" Kelly is describing. 6 0f 10 rotating Dodger fielders earn less than $600K.

The Dodgers still have payroll on the books, yes, but many of those players aren't on the WS roster; many did not contribute much of anything during the season.