After signing Zach Wheeler and Didi Gregarious to nearly $40 million on the 2020 Phillies payroll, the Phils find themselves quite near the luxury tax threshold, a threshold that can be breached with an ensuing tax penalty issued by the MLB.
The Middleton’s have the pockets to spend and incur the tax, and in doing so may be able to add more talent to an already solid roster. And the question is, if they don’t, will the Phillies be good enough to get to the fall classic?
Phillies owner John Middleton once said the Phils were going to spend stupid amounts of money in the offseason to acquire a championship roster.