Record: 22-29, .431 (Through May 31)
Tied for fourth place

This year's Yankees are well on their way to becoming the highest-paid team ever to miss the playoffs. But at least they won't be alone in their misery. Since the era of rampant free-agent spending and payroll disparity began in the late 1980s, here are the other teams that stand out for being big-money busts.