MLB team payrolls
 

You can almost determind the playoff picture before the first pitch it thrown.


New York Yankees $ 184,193,950
Boston Red Sox $ 127,298,500
Anaheim Angels $ 100,534,667
New York Mets $ 96,660,970
Philadelphia Phillies $ 93,219,167
Los Angeles Dodgers $ 92,902,001
Chicago Cubs $ 90,560,000
Atlanta Braves $ 90,182,500
St. Louis Cardinals $ 83,228,333
San Francisco Giants $ 82,019,166
Seattle Mariners $ 81,515,834
Houston Astros $ 75,397,000
Arizona Diamondbacks $69,780,750
Colorado Rockies $ 65,445,167
Chicago White Sox $ 65,212,500
Oakland Athletics $ 59,425,667
San Diego Padres $ 55,384,833
Texas Rangers $ 55,050,417
Minnesota Twins $ 53,585,000
Baltimore Orioles $ 51,623,333
Toronto Blue Jays $ 50,017,000
Kansas City Royals $ 47,609,000
Detroit Tigers $ 46,832,000
Cincinnati Reds $ 46,615,250
Florida Marlins $ 42,143,042
Montreal Expos $ 41,197,500
Cleveland Indians $ 34,319,300
Pittsburgh Pirates $ 32,227,929
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $ 29,556,667
Milwaukee Brewers $ 27,528,500


http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...aspx?year=2004

Devil Rays are on one hell of a hot streak..... past month has been amazing!

Look at this Yankee payroll. A bunch of All Stars. One of these players can account for half the payroll of certain other teams.

For example how exactly are the brewers suppose to compete?


Brown, Kevin $ 15,714,286 Pitcher
Cairo, Miguel $ 900,000 Second Baseman
Clark, Tony $ 750,000 First Baseman
Contreras, Jose $ 8,500,000 Pitcher
Crosby , Bubba $ 301,400 Outfielder
De Paula , Jorge $ 302,550 Pitcher
Flaherty, John $ 775,000 Catcher
Giambi, Jason $ 12,428,571 First Baseman
Gordon, Tom $ 3,500,000 Pitcher
Heredia, Felix $ 1,800,000 Pitcher
Hernandez, Orlando $ 500,000 Pitcher
Jeter, Derek $ 18,600,000 Shortstop
Karsay, Steve $ 6,000,000 Pitcher
Lee, Travis $ 2,000,000 First Baseman
Lieber, Jon $ 2,700,000 Pitcher
Lofton, Kenny $ 3,100,000 Outfielder
Matsui, Hideki $ 7,000,000 Outfielder
Mussina, Mike $ 16,000,000 Pitcher
Osborne, Donovan $ 450,000 Pitcher
Posada, Jorge $ 9,000,000 Catcher
Quantrill, Paul $ 3,000,000 Pitcher
Rivera, Mariano $ 10,890,000 Pitcher
Rodriguez, Alex $ 22,000,000 Shortstop
Sheffield, Gary $ 13,000,000 Outfielder
Sierra, Ruben $ 1,000,000 Outfielder
Vazquez, Javier $ 9,000,000 Pitcher
White, Gabe $ 1,925,000 Pitcher
Williams, Bernie $ 12,357,143 Outfielder
Wilson, Enrique $ 700,000 Shortstop

The AL East

New York 47 26 $ 184,193,950
Boston 42 32 $ 127,298,500
Tampa Bay 37 36 $ 29,556,667
Toronto 33 43 $ 50,017,000
Baltimore 31 41 $ 51,623,333


I would say they are doing extremly well considering the obvious

Money sure helps but it doesn't guarantee a playoff spot or world series appearance.
See the Dodgers and Orioles for references.

I love this
Florida Marlins $ 42,143,042

We beat the yanks last year with a lower payroll than that and we're still in 1st place this year after losing a couple key players (Pudge, Derek Lee,) and the Phillies who spent more than twice what we did on payroll are struggling to keep up.

Its all about pitching, always has been and always will be :thumbsup

If the Marlins, Twins, and Royals can compete then so can the Brewers.
Its not the Yankees fault that the Brewers cut their payroll AFTER they moved into the new stadium that brought them lots of new revenue.

Plus you have to factor in management acumen.
No amount of money can replace picking the right guys in the draft, signing the right foreign prospects, and getting the right players via trades.

The Brewers have made bad choices while the 3 small market teams I mentioned above have made good ones.

Yankees paid more or a little less in luxury tax alone than the last 3 teams to win the World Series (Marlins, Angels, Diamondbacks) whole payroll.

GO CUBBIES

They are a great team for that kind of a payroll

Yankees been to the series 6 out of the last 8 years.

That is as close to a guarantee as a team can get.

Money bought those trips to the series.

lotta money going around

I love this....

Texas Rangers $ 55,050,417

After 3 years finishing last, they trade A-Rod, and suddenly there in first place again! Go Rangers, even if they fall off later in the year!:thumbsup

Yes but the yankees have lots of money AND good management.

Also read what Gator posted above about the yankees luxury tax VS the payrolls of the last 3 world series winners.

In the 90's I was screaming about all this too but I the last labor deal was good and it'll take some time to create more parity.