An interesting chart showing how much revenue each MLB team generated in 2024, and how much of that is going towards their payroll in 2025. I borrowed this chart Brooksgate off of X.
Revenue data calculated by Forbes and Payroll Data comes from Spotrac.
The chart indicated that the Minnesota Twins fall right in the middle of the pack which seems to be where the Twins have stated over and over that they want to be. The Kansas City Royals rank 9th, the Detroit Tigers are 12th, The Cleveland Guardians are 25th and the Chicago White Sox are 29th.
I find it interesting that the luxury tax of $150 million paid by the Los Angeles Dodgers is more than the 2025 payroll for 10 teams or 33.33% of all the MLB teams. Not exactly an even playing field!