As they say, you're worth what someone is willing to pay.
As a Dodger fan, I'm not all that upset about Seager leaving. There's a lot of sentiment that he's destined to be a 3B (although my understanding is that he doesn't want that). He's an average to below average defensive shortstop and also has some notable injury history. It's not like there's a salary cap or the Dodgers are low on money, but I'm glad they didn't give him a contract like that.
Of course, the guy who should be happiest about the Seager deal (besides Seager and Boras) is Trea Turner. The Dodgers will have to print money to keep him after next season.
I'm also fine with losing Scherzer. The "dead arm" during the playoffs raised HUGE red flags, and THREE years for the highest average annual salary ever is WAY too much.
However, my concern as a Dodger fan revolves around the rotation. The 2021 starting 5 at the start of the season was Buehler, Bauer, Kershaw, Urias and May. Only Buehler and Urias were left by the time the playoffs started. Bauer was essentially replaced by Scherzer, but we had NOTHING to fill out even a 4-man rotation in the playoffs.
So now, we have Buehler and Urias as 2/5 of the starting rotation. Bauer remains in "administrative leave" limbo, May is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn't expected until mid-season, and we have no idea if Kershaw wants to come back and is healthy. I'd LOVE to have Kershaw retire as a Dodger. However, we have to be 100% confident that he can give us 30 starts and still resemble the guy who pitched pretty well in 2021. He's also going to have to be willing to take less money to come back to the Dodgers than the Rangers will almost certainly throw at him. We also picked up Andrew Heaney. Oh boy. All I know is that the starting rotation at the start of the season CANNOT be Buehler, Urias, Heaney, Tony Gonsolin, and the bullpen and duct tape until May returns. Unfortunately, the available free agent starters list is looking really slim.