Mets lead MLB in 2024 payroll for third straight year with $333M; Yankees outspend Dodgers before luxury tax

Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap, but there is a gorgeous tax (or a competitive balance floor or CBT) with multiple penalty thresholds to discourage excess costs. The final numbers of the salary and their relevant gorgeous tax hits have been released from the Commissioner’s office since the 2024 season (:Through Associated Press)

The total number of salaries is 40-man Rosters and include useless options, bonuses, cash, which were sent for transactions and any other player. As a reminder, a gorgeous tax hit is the average annual value of his contract for the player’s salary. For example, if the player has a three-year deal, $ 30 million is paid $ 5 million, $ 10 million in the second year, and $ 15 million, hit $ 15 million.

The big one takes the list of the third straight year to more than $ 333 million until their 2023 – a record $ 319.5 million. They are behind them Yankees ($ 310 million), world series champion Dodgers ($ 271 million) and Phillies ($ 249 million). The largest pounce of salary goes to Diamondbacks, which have raised their figures for $ 48 million in 2023 and 2024. Contains padres, on the other hand, the salary has been reduced by $ 85 million.

Oakland ATHLETICS had watches in No. 30, more than $ 66 million worth of salary, less than a large amount of Steve Cohen, will pay for a luxurious floor.

Here are 30 salaries from the 2024 season, as well as teams that exceed CBT paid by taxes. Remember that there are additional, bearing penalties for exceeding taxes in a row, so the third highest salary salary, and some of that column does not correspond to this season.