They went over the luxury tax this year signing Schwarber and Castellanos. The latter has been a disaster so far. Last season they refused to go over at the trade deadline and that hurt them and pissed off the fans after Middleton’s crazy money statement a couple
Years ago. Pressure is on the owner to spend to make the playoffs and keep up with Cohen.
What pressure, though? They're Philly fans. They're always raging about something, and it's not like they can force him to sell the team.
