Nine Teams Exceeded Luxury Tax Threshold In 2025 https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/nine-teams-exceeded-luxury-tax-threshold-in-2025.html

Our Final 2025 Luxury tax payroll was at $320M. 2024 was at about $311M. I’d be shocked if this year isn’t 325M-$330M . Giving us plenty of money ($45M-$50M) and trade resources left to work with. The doomerism is unfounded and lazy I think. Hal says $200M or $300M every year and always exceeds it.

Negotiations take time. The only guys who we have missed out on thus far that we were interested in or could have fit in nicely were King (but not at $25M AAV), Diaz (but that salary is huge, but the years are great), Brad Keller, Strahm, Weaver (maybe), Kim, Gregory Soto, Williams and both Jansens (Danny and Kenley-maybe). So 1 starter, relievers, and a SS and a catcher.

Cease-no interest nor should have had interest. Same with Alonso.

Patience my friends. Patience.

9 comments

  1. Jack Curry said they’re trying to get below $300 million for 2026. They may not get there but that’s the goal.

  3. Unfounded and lazy? Bud they failed to win a single CS game in 5 out of 6 years of Judge’s 28-33 age seasons. Since their last title half the league has more WS wins than them, including 75% of their division. They were 3rd in the league in strikeouts and all the parties contributing to that appear to be back next season. The time for patience is way in the rearview.

  4. This is the new way to win ! All team Owners will do this in the future , all because the playoff money and championships out weights any luxury tax or deferral contracts . Just like in life …. Only the ultra rich win , everyone else is just watching

  5. I don’t think it’s unfounded and lazy. Passan, who is just about the only credible source besides curry when it comes to rumours, is saying that they aren’t being aggressive in the market. Curry basically quashed any link to Imai.

    I’m not saying there is a hard cap at $300M. Of course there isn’t. But I also wouldn’t be shocked at all if they went into the year around $310M, and then added $10-15M at the deadline, which they often do. I certainly wouldn’t expect to go into the season with a $330M+ payroll, because they always leave room for the deadline to add as needed. I think $30-35M is much more reasonable as a “budget”.

  6. Not always about how much is spent. More about how it’s spent. 27 million a year for Fried and he gives up 7 runs in 3 innings in the division series.

  9. Here’s a question-

    50% of the tax revenue teams pay into the kitty is subject to a revenue share. So the Yankees actually get some of the tax money back. Does anyone know if it’s split 1/30th per team or do the percentages vary?

    The other thing I’ve always been curious about is if teams can take a tax deduction for the CBT they pay to MLB.

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