Major League Baseball does not have a salary cap, but there's a luxury tax (or competitive balance tax or CBT) with multiple penalty thresholds in an effort to discourage excessive spending. The final payroll figures and their corresponding luxury tax hits from the 2024 season have been released by the commissioner's office (via Associated Press).

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The A’s will call a Triple A stadium home for the next few years. What lies ahead in West Sacramento could have a domino effect on MLB’s future.

The Mets’ $1.36 billion in spending from 2021 to 2024 outpaced what the Marlins, Pirates and Rays spent on payroll from 2004 to 2024.

Athlon Sports dissects everything you need to know about the club ahead of the upcoming Major League Baseball season.

The MLB team formerly known as the Oakland Athletics is apparently in the business of burning bridges with cities all across California. The A's are

MESA, Ariz. — The A’s shut down Brady Basso with a shoulder strain, interrupting what had been a solid spring training for the left-hander as he tried to earn a job with the big league club after making his Oakland debut last season.

Despite a couple of injuries last season, former Grand Canyon shortstop Jacob Wilson reached the major leagues in 2024. Now he’s poised to win a job in the club’s Opening Day starting lineup.

After late-season improvement in 2024 and offseason spending, the Athletics are confident they can contend in their new Sacramento home in 2025.

New Athletics ace Luis Severino says the playoffs are not far out of reach for his new team in their first year in Sacramento.

The Athletics believe they could have one of the finest home-field advantages in baseball in Sacramento. When teams come in, they’re going to moan and groan about playing in a minor-league ballpark, in rotten mood from when they land at Sacramento International Airport right until until departure.