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Reds' spending gap with small-market rivals is getting downright humiliating

The Los Angeles Dodgers are ruining baseball has become a popular battlecry among many MLB fans of late, and there's certainly some validity in that notion. The Dodgers own the highest payroll in all of Major League Baseball and have proven time and time again that they're willing to pay millions upon millions of dollars in free agency for players that they believe can help them win.

That said, LA is one of the few franchises that actually spends more than 50% of their revenue and puts it back into the team. A graphic that's been making the rounds on social media recently revealed that only nine of 30 MLB organizations actually spend more than 50% of their revenue.