When last season concluded, the Mets, Dodgers and Yankees were 1-2-3 in payroll for luxury-tax purposes.
As they wrap up their holiday shopping, the Mets currently project as the runaway leader in 2023 payroll followed by the Yankees. The Dodgers — quiet by mega-organization status — are leaning toward dropping under the lowest tax threshold of $233 million.
One reason the Dodgers believe they can live in both worlds — chase a title and sink below the first tax threshold — is that they have talented, minimum-salary-ish young position players ready for prominent roles. By the way, so do the Mets and Yankees. It is a reminder that you just can’t buy your way out of every shortcoming, even with Cohen’s checkbook.
For the Astros, Jeremy Pena replaced Carlos Correa, performed on par with Correa during the regular season to finish fifth for the AL Rookie of the Year while also winning a Gold Glove at short. He then won the ALCS and World Series MVP for the champion Astros. Since that has not occurred yet and the Mets nevertheless went ahead and signed Narvaez, they either find a taker for McCann or have to release him. In the latter scenario, between Cano and McCann, the Mets would have $30 million-ish in dead money and add tax on top of that for both players. But the sport should brace for this trend.
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