Tag: salary-cap
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Money is Everything
Back in late November, New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner stated his preference for lowering his team’s overall payroll for the upcoming 2026 season. There was a lot to take from this interview but for the purposes of this post we will ignore what Steinbrenner talked about in terms of the Yankees and will focus…
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Baseball’s Luxury Tax
In a recent headline that clearly highlighted the difference between the haves and the have nots was the news of the nine teams that paid a whopping $311 million in luxury tax. That tax also known as the Competitive Balance Tax assesses teams a “tax” when they go over the set thresholds set by the…
Baseball Purist 