Earlier this week, the Associated Press released a report on 2021 league payrolls. Overall, payrolls were down 4% from 2019, the league’s last full season.
The Phillies, along with the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox and Astros, finished with a tax payroll within $4 million of last season’s $210 million collective bargaining tax threshold. According to information sent to clubs from the commissioner’s office and obtained by the Associated Press, the Phillies’ final CBT number for 2021 was $209.