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Worst MLB Teams Money Can Buy

2007 New York Yankees | Opening Day Payroll: $189 million
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2007 New York Yankees - Opening Day Payroll: $189 million
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.
Photographed by: Chuck Solomon/SI
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