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MLB team payrolls from highest to lowest: Money isn't everything in 2026

Financial muscle proved to be no absolute guarantee of postseason participation as final spending figures for the league were tabulated. The New York Mets held the highest overall ledger at three hundred forty-five point eight million dollars yet failed to secure a playoff berth, whereas the Cleveland Guardians operated on a frugal seventy-four point two million dollars and advanced to October action for the third consecutive year.

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