The 2020s have been a costly decade so far when it comes to fines for MLB players. RotoWire.com utilized Spotrac to find all fines issued to teams or players across the majors from the 2020 through 2025 seasons. After combining the fines of each individual offender by team, we were then able to rank all 30 teams by the total cost of their fines. Here's who's had to pay up the most:
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Rank | Team | Total Cost of Fines | Number of Fines |
1 |
| $59,933,860 | 2 |
2 |
| $25,009,709 | 4 |
3 |
| $6,881,721 | 2 |
4 |
| $5,216,134 | 3 |
5 |
| $3,881,712 | 2 |
6 |
| $2,988,501 | 2 |
7 |
| $2,050,265 | 6 |
8 |
| $1,290,202 | 4 |
9 |
| $983,075 | 2 |
10 |
| $754,621 | 4 |
11 |
| $734,056 | 3 |
12 |
| $731,204 | 5 |
13 |
| $718,839 | 3 |
14 |
| $575,650 | 5 |
15 |
| $401,528 | 3 |
16 |
| $387,158 | 4 |
17 |
| $367,571 | 4 |
18 |
| $322,560 | 1 |
19 |
| $245,360 | 1 |
20 |
| $150,003 | 4 |
21 |
| $78,760 | 1 |
22 |
| $61,742 | 2 |
23 |
| $24,156 | 2 |
24 |
| $22,252 | 1 |
25 |
| $9,345 | 1 |
26 |
| $8,172 | 1 |
T27 |
| $0 | 0 |
T27 |
| $0 | 0 |
T27 |
| $0 | 0 |
T27 |
| $0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Dodgers
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
San Diego Padres
Milwaukee Brewers
Washington Nationals
New York Yankees
Athletics
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Guardians
Cincinnati Reds
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
Miami Marlins
Pittsburgh Pirates
Arizona Diamondbacks
Minnesota Twins
Tampa Bay Rays
Kansas City Royals
Texas Rangers
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
Detroit TigersImpact of Bauer, Cano on Dodgers and Mets Fine Totals
Altogether, MLB players have amassed over $113.8 million in fines stemming from 72 incidents since 2020. However, two high profile cases are responsible for 73.5 percent of the total fine value levied.
Over half the league's fine money alone came from Trevor Bauer's 2022 two-year suspension for conduct detrimental to the league in the wake of multiple sexual assault allegations against the then Dodger pitcher, who had been on administrative leave since July of 2021. Bauer was in the midst of a three-year, $102 million contract and lost $59,698,924 as a result of his suspension. While an arbitrator eventually cut the suspension down from 324 to 194 games, the Dodgers ultimately decided to release in January 2023 rather than welcome him back to the team. Bauer has not returned to the major leagues and has since pitched in Mexico and Japan to mixed results.
The decade's other mega fine went to then 
Mets second basemen Robinson Cano as a result of a PED suspension. Cano was banned for the entirety of the 2021 season after a failed drug test for Stanozolol because he already earned an 80-game suspension in 2018 for a previous PED infraction. The year-long suspension cost Cano $24,000,000. He returned to the Mets in 2022 with two years left on his 10-year, $240,000,000 million contract but lasted just 43 plate appearances before the team released him. He then attempted to catch on with the Padres and later Braves but was released by both organizations as he struggled to the tune of a .150/.183/.190 slash line in 104 plate appearances across his time with all three teams in the final MLB chapter of what once looked like a sure-fire Hall of Fame career.
Other High Value Player Suspensions Shaping Fine Statistics
While one other Dodger and three other Mets earned fines since 2020, the teams' gaudy fine totals are entirely the result of these two instances, as the next biggest fine issued to a member of either team was a $927,420 fine against Mets closer Edwin Diaz after a 10 game 2024 suspension for use of a foreign substance on the mound. Without Bauer - the Dodgers would rank 20th in total fine value while the Mets would have placed 9th with Cano removed from the equation.
Four other players have received fines for over $1 million since 2020, three of them for PED's like Cano. Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar and Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado both were given 80-game suspensions this year, costing them $5,161,291 and $3,870,960 respectively while Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.'s 2022 80-game suspension left him $2,522,983 poorer.
Profar's Braves teammate Marcell Ozuna garnered the other non-Bauer, non-PED $1 million plus fine, making Atlanta the only club to incur two seven figure or more penalties. Ozuna received a 20-game suspension in 2021 for a domestic violence incident which resulted in a loss of $1,720,430.
Organizational Penalties
Additionally, the 
Houston Astros paid an organizational fine of $5,000,000 in 2020 for their infamous sign stealing scandal, which is why they rank fourth in total fines despite no player earning a fine of more than $175,824 this decade. The scandal also cost Houston their first and second round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts and led to the firing of general manager Jeff Lunhow and manager A.J. Hinch.
The 
Los Angeles Angels lead the league with six total fines in the 2020s, but none have been for more than the $989,010 assessed to Anthony Rendon for fighting in 2022. Rendon also earned the Angels second biggest fine of the decade, losing $817,204 in 2023 for conduct detrimental to the league over an incident with a fan.
Teams with Few or No Fines
Four teams have yet to see anyone fined over the past six seasons and six other teams have only had one player fined during that span. The smallest single fine of the 2020s came out to $3,344 for then Reds outfielder/designated hitter Jesse Winker for a one game fighting suspension in 2020. It is one of nine fines across the league that was for less than $10,000.
As an additional note, players on the restricted list are not included in this data because they have not technically been disciplined by the league yet, which explains why the Rays and Guardians rank where they do despite Wander Franco and Emmanuel Clase's prominent scandals.
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