Okay, so we’re maybe 25% through the 2011 Major League Baseball Season. How is your team doing? How is your team doing in relation to their total payroll? In other words, are they getting what they paid for?
Here’s an interesting article published by Hayes & Taylor recently. I’m always amazed at the amount of work some of these guys put into their daily blogs; I mean who has time for this stuff? In any event, this is a great chart and one of the better blogs and I wanted to share it with you.
“The Cleveland Indians are in first place in the AL Central. They have the fifth lowest payroll in all of baseball. Which got me thinking, how do the other teams in the MLB rank in the standings relative to their payroll. It turns out that the Indians aren’t even the best example right now.
The Tampa Bay Rays have the second lowest payroll in the majors. The are currently in first place in the power packed AL East. Ahead of the number one payroll in baseball the Yankees, the number three payroll in Boston and numbers 19 and 24 in Baltimore and Toronto. The Royals, Marlins and A’s are all over .500, and are all in the bottom ten payrolls in the league. Not to mention all are very alive in the playoff races.
If the season ended today, four of the eight playoff teams would come from the bottom eleven in payroll (Rays, Indians, Marlins, Reds). On the other side, only three would be coming from the top eight in payroll (Angels, Phillies and Giants).
What does this all mean? Talent wins in baseball and not always how much you pay for that talent. If money was how you win, the Yankees would win every year, but they don’t. That makes me very happy. I love to see underdogs win. I love the fact that some of the lower payroll teams won’t be trading away all of their talent this season to teams who will pay whatever it takes. Baseball is stronger than ever right now.
Click here to link to a chart that shows where all 30 teams in major league baseball rank in payroll and where they are currently in the standings. Is your team over or under achieving?”
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Love the topic – but we all know certain high payroll teams are notoriously slow starters (cough cough) the Yankees! 1/4 through the season does not mean a lot. We all know Boston and New York are going to be in the playoffs
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But of course, and Hank Aaron’s already predicted a Red Sox/Giants World Series. See GFBB Post 2/18/11 …..
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Thanks for the shout out!
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You’re welcome! And maybe you can do this again in September? Great article by the way.
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