Dodgers to pay record $169M luxury tax after winning 2nd straight World Series
December 19, 2025
Dodgers to pay record $169M luxury tax after winning 2nd straight World Series
50 comments
How devastating that must be
Suffering from success
Can they defer it to 2045?
My lobster is too buttery.
Worth every penny.
They need to get rid of the luxury tax
It only gives teams that receive money to do less and just collect profits
The Braves had the highest payroll without having to pay the tax hang the banner.
They don’t care
Another reason I don’t believe the cheap owners don’t actually want a salary cap
I looked up 1st world problem in the dictionary. This is the definition.
“MLB luxury tax money (Competitive Balance Tax) goes into a pool that funds player benefits (pensions, IRAs), supports player development programs in other countries, and is partially distributed to teams that grow local revenue, acting as a revenue-sharing tool for non-spending clubs”
Christmas came early for the Nutting family
Higher than the payroll of 12 teams btw
Marlins, White Sox, Rays, Pirates, Oakland, Guardians, Nationals, Twins, Brewers, Reds, Rockies, and Cardinals
Lol, we’re so getting a lockout after this upcoming season
Lol
More than most teams entire payroll .
Flags fly forever.
And yet still made a ton of profit! Suck it everyone else
The increase revenue from winning two WS more than covers the luxury tax. This is smart business.
Just the cost of doing business.
Yeah something tells me they’re not worried about that one bit.
MY WALLET IS TOO SMALL FOR MY FIFTIES AND MY DIAMOND SHOES ARE TOO TIGHT!
Cool that means teams like the rays and pirates are going to spend more right?
they should donate the money to charity rather than to Bob Nutting.
Worth it.
The people who get the money from the luxury tax are players, both active and retired in the form of pension plans and health insurance, it also goes to small market teams to help them pay for costs. When more teams spend everyone in baseball gets something out of it
That’s too little
Floor and cap so badly needed.
Millions of trivia fans will incorrectly answer Toronto for decades to come
Sounds like they have a sustainable business model.
Greater than the payrolls of half the teams in MLB (depending on whose numbers you use).
Could that thumbnail of Dave Roberts be any worse?
Wonder how high it’ll be after we threepeat.
Dodgers the new Yankees.
Worth it if you ask me.
Ohtani is gonna be like don’t worry guys I got this one, you can get the next one.
They probably made that back in half their playoff run.
If this money goes to baseball, the Dodgers will be up against some tough opponents.
But that future will never come, the bad owner will add more yachts to the Mediterranean, and the Dodgers will win again next year.
Does the team operate at a loss?
Worth
If anyone says Milwaukee or Cincinnati can do this and just choose not to, they don’t deserve any regards to their opinion afterwards.
Any owner not willing to pay that kind of money for a world series title should have to sell their team.
Worth it
The dodgers luxury tax is bigger than my teams payroll. It’s time for a cap.
So basically their luxury tax penalty is more than half of the other MLB teams entire payrolls.
A lot of this has to do with Ohtani. Dude has boosted revenues big time and it’s the hottest ticket in town for 81+ days a year. This is on top of already being in a huge TV market and having ownership with the philosophy of increasing the value of the franchise by reinvesting profits back into the team/stadium instead of pocketing the money. In past off-seasons they’ve spent money on stadium renovations and with no other big expenditures, their player payroll budget increased. This ownership group has been operating this way since they bought the team and everything just felt like it went to another level once Ohtani signed.
As a Dodgers fan, I feel lucky to be going through the team’s best era. I’m happy to have owners that no longer trade away their best players because they’re too cheap to pay them. I’m happy to have owners that spend money to maintain a stadium that was neglected for decades. There’s no other place and that I’d be happier spending $22 on each tall can of beer.
So the same or equivalent to multiple team’s payrolls.
Money can buy happiness
Enjoy the lockout boys
Dodgers’ luxury tax bill should be the floor for every MLB team. Leagues shouldn’t be fancy welfare schemes for billionaires.
50 comments
How devastating that must be
Suffering from success
Can they defer it to 2045?
My lobster is too buttery.
Worth every penny.
They need to get rid of the luxury tax
It only gives teams that receive money to do less and just collect profits
The Braves had the highest payroll without having to pay the tax hang the banner.
They don’t care
Another reason I don’t believe the cheap owners don’t actually want a salary cap
I looked up 1st world problem in the dictionary. This is the definition.
“MLB luxury tax money (Competitive Balance Tax) goes into a pool that funds player benefits (pensions, IRAs), supports player development programs in other countries, and is partially distributed to teams that grow local revenue, acting as a revenue-sharing tool for non-spending clubs”
Christmas came early for the Nutting family
Higher than the payroll of 12 teams btw
Marlins, White Sox, Rays, Pirates, Oakland, Guardians, Nationals, Twins, Brewers, Reds, Rockies, and Cardinals
Lol, we’re so getting a lockout after this upcoming season
Lol
More than most teams entire payroll .
Flags fly forever.
And yet still made a ton of profit! Suck it everyone else
The increase revenue from winning two WS more than covers the luxury tax. This is smart business.
Just the cost of doing business.
Yeah something tells me they’re not worried about that one bit.
MY WALLET IS TOO SMALL FOR MY FIFTIES AND MY DIAMOND SHOES ARE TOO TIGHT!
Cool that means teams like the rays and pirates are going to spend more right?
they should donate the money to charity rather than to Bob Nutting.
Worth it.
The people who get the money from the luxury tax are players, both active and retired in the form of pension plans and health insurance, it also goes to small market teams to help them pay for costs. When more teams spend everyone in baseball gets something out of it
That’s too little
Floor and cap so badly needed.
Millions of trivia fans will incorrectly answer Toronto for decades to come
Sounds like they have a sustainable business model.
Greater than the payrolls of half the teams in MLB (depending on whose numbers you use).
Could that thumbnail of Dave Roberts be any worse?
Wonder how high it’ll be after we threepeat.
Dodgers the new Yankees.
Worth it if you ask me.
Ohtani is gonna be like don’t worry guys I got this one, you can get the next one.
They probably made that back in half their playoff run.
If this money goes to baseball, the Dodgers will be up against some tough opponents.
But that future will never come, the bad owner will add more yachts to the Mediterranean, and the Dodgers will win again next year.
Does the team operate at a loss?
Worth
If anyone says Milwaukee or Cincinnati can do this and just choose not to, they don’t deserve any regards to their opinion afterwards.
Any owner not willing to pay that kind of money for a world series title should have to sell their team.
Worth it
The dodgers luxury tax is bigger than my teams payroll. It’s time for a cap.
So basically their luxury tax penalty is more than half of the other MLB teams entire payrolls.
A lot of this has to do with Ohtani. Dude has boosted revenues big time and it’s the hottest ticket in town for 81+ days a year. This is on top of already being in a huge TV market and having ownership with the philosophy of increasing the value of the franchise by reinvesting profits back into the team/stadium instead of pocketing the money. In past off-seasons they’ve spent money on stadium renovations and with no other big expenditures, their player payroll budget increased. This ownership group has been operating this way since they bought the team and everything just felt like it went to another level once Ohtani signed.
As a Dodgers fan, I feel lucky to be going through the team’s best era. I’m happy to have owners that no longer trade away their best players because they’re too cheap to pay them. I’m happy to have owners that spend money to maintain a stadium that was neglected for decades. There’s no other place and that I’d be happier spending $22 on each tall can of beer.
So the same or equivalent to multiple team’s payrolls.
Money can buy happiness
Enjoy the lockout boys
Dodgers’ luxury tax bill should be the floor for every MLB team. Leagues shouldn’t be fancy welfare schemes for billionaires.