Post by dustdevil28 on Mar 27, 2005 19:31:20 GMT -8
The Yankees a known for there huge payroll in baseball as are the Redsox. Both teams don't use the minor system at all. They playout a year than buy other teams talent that emerged the year before. Since the Red Sox won the WS last year (Much credit givin to newcomer Shilling, SP?) Could it be said that to win you must outspend everybody else? The Marlins beat the Yankees last year and they were 26th on the payroll. They started out 2004 doing well also, but injuries cut them down and they fell out of the playoff race.
Listed below is the payroll of MLB teams in 2004. Notice that 4 of the top ten spending teams did not even make the playoffs. The Mets and the Phillies didn't even put up much of a fight.
1 New York Yankees $184,193,950
2 Boston Red Sox $127,298,500
3 Anaheim Angels $100,534,667
4 New York Mets $96,660,970
5 Philadelphia Phillies $93,219,167
6 Los Angeles Dodgers $92,902,001
7 Chicago Cubs $90,560,000
8 Atlanta Braves $90,182,500
9 St. Louis Cardinals $83,228,333
10 San Francisco Giants $82,019,166
11 Seattle Mariners $81,515,834
12 Houston Astros $75,397,000
13 Arizona Diamondbacks $69,780,750
14 Colorado Rockies $65,445,167
15 Chicago White Sox $65,212,500
16 Oakland Athletics $59,425,667
17 San Diego Padres $55,384,833
18 Texas Rangers $55,050,417
19 Minnesota Twins $53,585,000
20 Baltimore Orioles $51,623,333
link: www.onestopbaseball.com/TeamPayroll.asp
Listed below is the payroll of MLB teams in 2004. Notice that 4 of the top ten spending teams did not even make the playoffs. The Mets and the Phillies didn't even put up much of a fight.
1 New York Yankees $184,193,950
2 Boston Red Sox $127,298,500
3 Anaheim Angels $100,534,667
4 New York Mets $96,660,970
5 Philadelphia Phillies $93,219,167
6 Los Angeles Dodgers $92,902,001
7 Chicago Cubs $90,560,000
8 Atlanta Braves $90,182,500
9 St. Louis Cardinals $83,228,333
10 San Francisco Giants $82,019,166
11 Seattle Mariners $81,515,834
12 Houston Astros $75,397,000
13 Arizona Diamondbacks $69,780,750
14 Colorado Rockies $65,445,167
15 Chicago White Sox $65,212,500
16 Oakland Athletics $59,425,667
17 San Diego Padres $55,384,833
18 Texas Rangers $55,050,417
19 Minnesota Twins $53,585,000
20 Baltimore Orioles $51,623,333
link: www.onestopbaseball.com/TeamPayroll.asp