The big question for the Dodgers is if they’ll be able to get out of Trevor Bauer’s $30+ million per year contact from the sexual assault stuff. Dude hasn’t pitched in a while on administrative leave and it hasn’t looked good for him since court documents/complaints have trickled out. Those contracts can often have a character unbecoming clause… or something like that where it can be voided for extenuating circumstances.
But yeah for sure, there’s definitely a disadvantage for many markets of teams. Money solves many issues. There are always some who are just good at developing talent too and play the Moneyball aspect like the Tampa Bay Rays.
Unfortunately for all us non-Dodger fans, they are both good at developing talent with a strong farm system AND have a shitload of money to budget. They are like the Rays with money, they develop players other teams want AND sell them off for established superstars.