MLB paid out less in salaries to players in 2018 compared to 2017. That’s the first drop in eight years. The owners did try to keep things even, but the players did not help
Spending on Major League Baseball payrolls dropped last season for the first time since 2010, an $18 million decrease attributable to drug and domestic violence suspensions and a player retiring at midseason.
Still, even a year with flat payrolls is unusual for MLB. The only previous drops since 2002 were by $3 million in 2010 and by $32 million in 2004.Chicago Sun-Times
Teams combined to spend $4.23 billion on major league payroll last year, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner’s office and obtained by The Associated Press. The decrease followed an offseason with a weak free-agent class that failed to push the average higher.
Given the current free agents, I suspect there will be a nice bump next year.
from baseballmusings.com http://bit.ly/2H3fjHb
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