He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred joins Colin Cowherd to discuss Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers-New York Yankees, the odds of enforcing a salary cap in baseball and whether he would install the ...

Deesha Thosar: One way or another, what the Dodgers are doing is good for baseball — even if they are irritating 29 other fan bases — because they are prioritizing winning.

But now, 30 years later, the idea of a salary cap has stampeded back into public discourse. Its impetus: the free-wheeling, cash-flashing Los Angeles Dodgers and their seemingly bottomless pockets.

The Dodgers alone were assessed more than $103 million in taxes, meaning that they "outspent just in luxury tax the entire payrolls of the bottom six teams or 20% of the league," said Baseball Purist.

The Dodgers survive another Tanner Scott implosion to defeat the Giants 5-2 in 11 innings and take a 5 ½-game lead in the NL West heading into the All-Star break.