Padres' Manny Machado shares strong NSFW defense of Dodgers spending

The San Diego Padres are in a tough spot going forward, as they have to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. While the Padres have a solid team, the Dodgers huge spending gives them a big advantage.

While many around Major League Baseball are tired of the Dodgers huge spending the last few years, especially teams competing with the Dodgers like the Padres, not everyone hates their spending.

ESPN's Jesse Rogers shared comments from the Padres superstar Manny Machado, who had a very strong NSFW defense of the Dodgers' spending in recent years.

Manny Machado has strong NSFW defense of Dodgers spending

"I (expletive) love it," Machado said. "Every team should be doing it. That (expletive) is (expletive) great for the game."

Despite being in the NL West and going up directly against the Dodgers and their superteam with hundreds of millions more spent than most other teams in MLB, Machado is a big fan of the Dodgers' spending.

As a player, the big spending of the Dodgers is a good thing. If there were a salary cap or some other limitation placed on teams regarding spending, players wouldn't be able to make nearly as much as they can now.

While some teams around MLB, especially those that don't spend like the top teams in the league, want a cap on spending going forward, the players do not want there to be a cap.

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Machado's strong defense of the Dodgers' spending is a great sign of how the players view the huge spending by the Dodgers.

Things have come to a head this offseason, as the Dodgers are giving Kyle Tucker an absurd $240 million, four-year deal. It's a ridiculous $60 million per season, which is more than half of the total payroll for many teams around MLB this season.

It wouldn't be a surprise if Machado was frustrated with the Dodgers spending, as it makes his chances in the postseason not as strong. But he's not only okay with it, but he's also urging other teams to spend big.

If the lines couldn't be drawn any more clearly, the players are very much in favor of big spending teams. Machado defending the Padres' biggest rival's spending is a tell-tale sign of how players around MLB view the Dodgers and other teams' big spending.

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