Quote:
Originally Posted by Jewish Rabbi
Man, are pitchers really fetching 27m AAV now?
|
For 10+ years to avoid the luxury tax. I'd bet money that MLB is going to step in on these long term contracts.
During the Pujols era until a couple of years ago, we were on the top 10 spenders, usually 8/9 but not so bad. Now, we fell out of the top ten to 13th spot in 2022. But, a lot of that money was spent poorly.
Fan Graphs has them at $164 million. Up from the $163 million from last year.