New York – The New York Mets led the major leagues in spending for the third consecutive season in 2024 and have totaled $ 1.36 billion in payroll and luxury taxes for four years under the owner Steve Cohen, overcoming what the Marlins, Pirates and Rays have spent on the players in the last 21 seasons.
The METS established a regular payroll record of $ 333.3 million, according to figures ended by Major League Baseball this week and obtained by Associated Press. That exceeded the previous brand of $ 319.5 million established by METS in 2023, when they became the first team to exceed $ 300 million.
New York totaled $ 430.4 million last year in payroll and luxury taxes ($ 97.1 million) to establish a cost record. He The Mets paid $ 420 million the previous yearincluding a $ 100.8 million tax.
From Cohen bought the families team Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz in November 2020The Mets have totaled $ 1.13 billion on payroll and $ 228.7 million in taxes. And that was even before he prodigated a record of $ 765 million and 15 -year contract at the gardener Juan Soto That begins this season.
“One thing I have learned a long time ago, if you want something incredible, it will be uncomfortable,” Cohen said in December.
The New York spending in the major league players by 2021-24 was just above what the 2004-24 payroll totaled for the Marlins ($ 1.34 billion), pirates ($ 1.32 billion) and Rays ($ 1.32 billion).
In comparison, Oakland has spent a minimum of $ 269 million in the last four seasons and Pittsburgh $ 271 million.
The total expenditure, based on regular payrolls, increased 1.8% to $ 5,158 billion of $ 5,065 billion last year and has increased by 27.3% by three seasons under the current employment contract of $ 4,051 billion in 2021.
The METS became the first team to lead payrolls in three consecutive seasons from the Los Angeles Dodgers of 2014-17.
The Yankees were the second among regular payrolls in a team record $ 310.9 million. He Dodgers World Series Champion They were third with $ 270.8 million and fourth philadelphia at $ 249.1 million.
Ten teams exceeded $ 200 million, below a record 11 in 2023. A record of four teams was less than $ 100 million, a decrease of six in 2023.
Because $ 68 million of its salary of $ 70 million differs up to 2034-43, Shohei Ohtani totals $ 28.2 million in salary towards the payroll plus $ 1.03 million in non-monetary compensation.
Oakland had the lowest payroll at $ 66.5 million in his last season before moving to Sacramento for at least three seasons before a planned change to Las Vegas. Pittsburgh was 29th to $ 87.3 million.
Oakland, Pittsburgh and Tampa are the only teams that never end with a payroll of $ 100 million.
The 12 teams that reached the postseason were combined to spend $ 2.37 billion, 46% of payrolls, including $ 1.02 billion (19.9%) for the four teams in the league championship series. The Dodgers and the Yankees of the Champions combined for $ 644.2 million (12.5%).
Adding the payroll and luxury tax, the four LCS teams were combined for 23.5% of the total expenditure ($ 1.29 billion of $ 5.47 billion) and the Yankees and Dodgers for 13.7% ($ 747.3 million).
Arizona raised the payroll, at $ 48 million to $ 177 million after winning the National League flag, and Chicago puppies were the second more, for $ 34 million to $ 230 million.
San Diego reduced the payroll at $ 85 million to $ 172 million in 2024 after the death of the owner Peter Seidler. Los Angeles de los Angeles fell $ 51 million to $ 179 million and Minnesota at $ 34 million to $ 133 million.
Regular payrolls are based on salaries of 2024, bonuses won and protected actions of non -monetary signature and compensation bonds for lists of 40 men. Deferred wages and bonus payments are discarded to current values, and option purchases and cash transactions between clubs are counted.
MLB calculated the average salary of $ 4,592,147, while the association of players, using a slightly different methodology, linked it to $ 4,655,366.
Luxury tax It is based on payrolls with average annual values that include benefits and PRE-CACA PRE-ARBITRAJE BONO l.
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