Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
“I’ll take sports economics for $500, Alex.”
“Sports economics it is: They’re blue and white and rolling in $335 million dollars.”
“Boy, sure ain’t Dr. Evil. How about...who are the 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers?”
$335 million dollars. That’ll buy a lot of Dodger dogs, and that is the Dodgers’ projected payroll per Cot’s Contracts. Meanwhile, the A’s say they intend to pump their 2025 payroll all the way up to $105 million.
Granted, the A’s deserve their reputation for being cheap. But few teams can keep pace with big market behemoths like the Dodgers and Mets, who are free to spend as much as they please as long as they’re willing to pony up for the luxury tax.