There has been plenty of talk about whether or not the Dodgers’ loaded team — with a nearly $400 million payroll — is a detriment to the game of baseball.

But Dave Roberts doesn’t care about the critics. In fact, the manager had a sharp message for them after the Dodgers clinched the NLCS with a 5-1 win in Game 4 over the Brewers.

“Before this season started, they said the Dodgers are ruining baseball,” Roberts said to the remaining Dodger Stadium crowd after the series sweep. “Let’s get four more wins and really ruin baseball!”

A year after they beat the Yankees in the World Series, the Dodgers had their ups and downs in the regular season, finishing with 93 wins — four games behind the Brewers, who led all of MLB with 97 wins.

But the Dodgers have flipped a switch in the postseason, and after taking the NLCS in four games, Los Angeles now has a 9-1 record in the playoffs.

Los Angeles swept away the Reds in the wild-card round and Brewers in the NLCS, dropping just one game to the Phillies in the NLDS.

With the Dodgers carrying an uber-talented and expensive roster, there have been plenty of questions about whether the team they have built is unfair to the rest of the league. Milwaukee, by comparison, ranked 22nd in payroll this year before getting steamrolled by the Dodgers.

Ahead of Game 4, Roberts was asked about the idea that the Dodgers are “buying championships.”

“We’re in a big market, we’re expected to win,” Roberts said. “I can’t speak to revenue we’re bringing but our ownership puts a big chunk into players and that’s the way it should be — trying to be a competitor.”

The Dodgers have sure been competitive and are now four wins away from their third World Series in the last five years.