Baseball is a unique sport for a lot of different reasons.
One of them is payroll. Unlike the NBA, NFL and NHL, there isn’t a salary cap in MLB.
That’s the main reason the Yankees and Red Sox are able to compete every year while the Pirates are close to 20 years of consecutive losing seasons.
Traditional big spenders like the Angels and the Tigers are going to have some money to blow. But there are some traditionally cheap teams looking to dish out some dough as well. Don’t sleep on the Orioles, Nationals and A’s to make a splash in free agency.
Here is the rankings on how much money teams have for free agency this off-season.