Mets' Brandon Nimmo impressed by 'unbelievable' Dodgers after $1 billion spending spree

LOS ANGELES — Brandon Nimmo knew the Dodgers would be “going for it” this season, so he was hardly surprised by the spending spree last winter that turned the team into a can't-miss attraction in Southern California and favorite to win the World Series. “They felt like they had the pieces in place, and they wanted to bring everything they could to supplement that,” Nimmo said before his Mets opened a three-game series Friday at Dodger Stadium. “It told me they believe now is their time.” Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were the headliners of a $1 billion winter shopping spree, but there were also smaller moves that bolstered this perennial NL West powerhouse. 3 Yoshinobu Yamamoto landed