Talking major league budgets is always a sticky subject. How much should the players get? What counts as money spent on players?
Using major league payroll a percentage of revenue the Rays look really bad. According to a tweet from Camden Depot the Rays were among the most thrifty teams in baseball, claiming the Rays are spending only 35% of their revenue on major league payroll. These numbers have since been used to show that the player’s cut is going down across the league.
However, in a press conference held at Tropicana Field, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred made the claim that MLB payrolls are increasing in line with revenue.