​The Los Angeles Dodgers’ struggles may be beyond their play on the diamondOn Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers were defeated by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a dramatic finish, when Dbacks’ center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt hit a walk-off home run.Los Angeles suffered their seventh consecutive loss, as the team has failed to secure a win since making major trade deadline moves this past week.After acquiring two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal, widely regarded as one of the best pitchers in the game, along with other moves to strengthen its depth.By making this move, the Dodgers are probably now in a strong position to be the final team to win three consecutive World Series, a record last achieved by the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000.However, while bringing in Skubal maximizes the Dodgers’ chances of completing that quest, it could also be the reason for the recent skid Los Angeles is experiencing heading into Saturday’s game against Arizona.In recent seasons, fans and owners have voiced concerns about the Dodgers’ roster construction methods. The Dodgers have put together what many see as an almost unbeatable lineup, with numerous all-stars and Hall of Famers such as Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, and Mookie Betts.Now, with the Dodgers adding Skubal, it takes a team that has already dominated the league for the past two seasons to even greater heights. How can you blame them? If something has worked well, why change it just because the rest of the competition doesn’t like it?On the other side of the argument, a team can only get away with so much for so long. While the Dodgers aren’t doing anything against the rules per se, their spending approach may be coming back to bite them and may be contributing to this losing streak.Much like in any sport, the recent troubles Los Angeles could be facing may be due to the ‘baseball gods’ disapproval of the team’s actions in recent seasons.If this ends up being the team’s penalty and they bounce back this weekend and go on a heater, it would be a pretty weak penalty.That could well be the case, given that six of the Dodgers’ losses before Friday came against two of the hottest teams in baseball, the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs=.Nonetheless, if things continue to go downhill, it may be a signal that the Dodgers’ pay-to-play approach, so to speak, has declined.The Dodgers seek to get back on track and ease the panic with an opportunity to even the weekend series against the Diamondbacks on Saturday.