A record payroll after years of big boosts in revenue sharing, new TV deal, baseball inflation, etc.
Probably about as meaningful of a raise as when your employer gives you a 5% cost of living raise at the end of the year after 9% inflation.
#17 payroll in 2011, #10 in 2012, #16 in 2019, and #19 in 2022. The Brewers aren’t really spending more, baseball values have just gone up in general and they are keeping pace.