The Dodgers have baseball's highest payroll and enter spring training with high expectations.

"All these expectations are just noise to me and noise to our club," Don Mattingly said. "We should win the World Series and this and that. That's all fine. That's all good, but my job is to prepare this team to play and to cut out the noise."

Stuck in bankruptcy, the Dodgers opened last season 12th in the majors with a payroll of $94.7 million.

Through trades and signings, Los Angeles now has a payroll north of $200 million.

"I expect to win. I expected to win last year, I expected us to win the year before, honestly," Mattingly said. "I just believe that you can do anything if things work out. Granted, this year I have some more leeway."