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The penalties are not only financial, but also restrict draft choices and IFA money for periods of time.  It if were a fictitious cap, it wouldn't work as well as it does, even for franchises such as the Dodgers and Yankees, who have almost twice the revenue as the Cubs.

Here’s a specific example of penalties.

Cubs will have the #16 overall draft pick next year.

According to Roster Resource, Cubs spent about $34 M over the lowest CBT threshold. Had Cubs spent $6 additional and been $40 over the threshold, that #16 pick would instead become the #26 pick—-moving back 10 spots in the draft.