Once again, big spenders make big contenders in Major League Baseball. Outfielder Juan Soto left the New York Yankees for the crosstown Mets with a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract that gives the Mets even more power in the lineup. After falling short in the World Series, the Yankees bring in pitchers Max Fried and Devin Williams, and outfielder Cody Bellinger. The Boston Red Sox have missed the playoffs for three straight seasons, and they hope signing pitcher Walker Buehler and third baseman Alex Bregman will turn the tide. And the champion Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t rest on their laurels, signing two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell and outfielder Teoscar Hernández. All that star power gets lots of national TV exposure as the season’s storylines start to unfold. While Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers have a 2-0 lead on the rest of baseball thanks to sweeping the Tokyo Series vs.