Getting $6.6 million cash in Thursday's trade for Taylor Rogers also kept the Padres below $230 million luxury tax threshold
will start the 2022 season with an opening-day payroll north of $205 million, pushing spending to new heights for the second year in a row and a third time in the last four years.Once entrenched as a bottom-third spender, the Padres joined the Dodgers in crossing last year’s luxury tax threshold, added payroll on the margins of the roster this offseason and have not been able to dump any of their burdensome contracts.did shed some cash as the Twins will pay $6.
The luxury tax estimate is calculated using the average annual value of a contract, meaning Fernando Tatis Jr. will be paid $5 million in 2022 but count for $24.3 million against the threshold after signing a 14-year, $340 million deal last season. The contracts for Myers , Hosmer and Machado preceded Tatis’ megadeal as spending under GM A.J. Preller has increased steadily since beginning the 2017 season with a $68.5 million payroll, the second lowest in the league.The opening-day payroll rose to $101.6 million in 2018, $121.1 million in 2019 and projected to push higher than $150 million in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic cut the season down to 60 games.
Marginal additions to the roster this offseason include pitchers Nick Martinez and Robert Suarez from Japan and trades for Manaea, Rogers and Luke Voit .
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