Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap, but there's a luxury tax (or competitive balance tax or CBT) with multiple penalty thresholds in an effort to discourage excessive spending. The final payroll figures and their corresponding luxury tax hits from the 2024 season have been released by the commissioner's office (via Associated Press).

Even before handing out the richest contract in MLB history to Juan Soto during the offseason, the New York Mets spent the most money on their payroll in the league. Per MLB's finalized figures from the 2024 season that were obtained by the Associated Press,

From Juan Soto in December to Andrew Chafin come late February, all 30 teams took steps to improve themselves – some more aggressively than others. But a big spend and a lot of noise doesn’t always add up to a prosperous winter.

The Dodgers won the World Series in 2024 and they just might win it again in 2025, but the Yankees and Mets may have something to say about that.

The Dodgers’ last two steps to a championship were eliminating the New York teams last October, and it is hard to miss how much of a better February and March Los Angeles is having as well. If the Fall Classic goes through Chavez Ravine,

Ever since signing elite starting pitcher Kodai Senga in December 2022, the New York Mets have struck out in attracting baseball's best Japanese players to thei

New York Mets international free agent target Roki Sasaki dazzled in his spring training debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The New York Mets aspire to be the east coast version of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Well, they aren't that far off on the offensive side given both clubs hold sta

The New York Mets lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 National League Championship Series, and have their sights set on another deep playoff run in 2025. Signing 26-year-old outfielder Juan Soto to a 15-year,

If the Fall Classic goes through Chavez Ravine, then spring training has not been kind to the Yankees and Mets in comparison with the other coastal superpower. No team has incurred more worrisome injuries in quantity and quality this spring than the Yankees. Several paces back are the Mets, ahead of clubs such as the Orioles and Red Sox.

The New York Mets will be without one of their regulars for the next six to eight weeks as a result of a fractured hamate bone.

The New York Mets aspire to be the east coast version of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Well, they aren't that far off on the offensive side given both clubs hold sta