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Woeful Mets outspend the Dodgers while Rays, Guardians and White Sox win on the cheap

Financial muscle does not guarantee postseason success across Major League Baseball. While the New York Mets missed the playoffs entirely despite maintaining the sport's highest payroll at over 345 million dollars, the Cleveland Guardians secured a first-round bye with the lowest payroll in the league at roughly 74 million dollars.

Other top spenders like the Los Angeles Dodgers reached the postseason, but small-market clubs including the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox also advanced on modest budgets.

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