Though [Casey] Blake is listed as day to day and isn't scheduled for any medical examinations, Mattingly said in response to the news of his condition: "We should buy an MRI machine." In case you were wondering, the average MRI machine costs more than $1 million. Any expenditure of $5,000 or more has to be approved by Tom Schieffer, who is monitoring the Dodgers' day-to-day operations on behalf of the commissioner's office.