For the last five years, the Padres spent. They spent $340 million on Fernando Tatis Jr. and $350 million on Manny Machado, making them one of only three teams with two guys making that much. They spent more than a billion dollars, more than all but four other clubs. They spent so much that they had to take out a $50 million loan in 2023 to make payroll.
And the franchise just sold for a league-record $3.9 billion, 62.5% more than the Mets fetched in 2020.
