Payrolls...Red Sox are ruining baseball

[Rock Strongo]

Yanks have 7th-highest payroll; Red Sox on top

 

[Rock Strongo]

The New York Yankees are on track to open the season this week with baseball's seventh-highest payroll, their lowest ranking since 1992, according to projections by The Associated Press.

The Boston Red Sox will top the major leagues at about $223 million, ending the Los Angeles Dodgers' four-year run as the top spender. The San Francisco Giants will be second at around $203 million, and the Chicago Cubs are set to be third at about $183 million.

The Dodgers and Washington Nationals will each be at approximately $180 million, and the Los Angeles Angels will be next at about $170 million. The Yankees will be at around $167 million -- their lowest payroll since 2003.

 

[molsaniceman]

GO SOX

 

[Cedrique]

Yanks have 7th-highest payroll; Red Sox on top

you can't ruin a sham

 

[nynasty]

Mike Trout is making 20% of the Angels payroll. That's gotta be a record for one player.

 

[The Q]

Mike Trout is making 20% of the Angels payroll. That's gotta be a record for one player.

is that even more than Greinke is with AZ?

I'm pretty sure, either way, it's not a record.

 

[bksballer89]

Yanks have 7th-highest payroll; Red Sox on top

Damn shame

 

[Cedrique]

Mike Trout is making 20% of the Angels payroll. That's gotta be a record for one player.

Arietta is making 30% of the Phillies payroll

 

[nynasty]

is that even more than Greinke is with AZ?

I'm pretty sure, either way, it's not a record.

LOL

I stand corrected. Arizona's pitching staff makes up 1/2 their payroll, and Greinke makes 1/2 of their total pitching payroll. So he's in the 25% range of total salary.

Wow.

 

[nynasty]

Arietta is making 30% of the Phillies payroll

Jesus.

 

[Voltaire26]

Mike Trout is making 20% of the Angels payroll. That's gotta be a record for one player.

Zach Greinke is 25%+ ... a good reference site below.

MLB 2018 Payroll Tracker

 

[Voltaire26]

Arietta is making 30% of the Phillies payroll

LOL

I stand corrected. Arizona's pitching staff makes up 1/2 their payroll, and Greinke makes 1/2 of their total pitching payroll. So he's in the 25% range of total salary.

Wow.

My bad ... I was rechecking my sources ...

 

[nynasty]

Zach Greinke is 25%+ ... a good reference site below.

MLB 2018 Payroll Tracker

Thanks. Back when ARod was pulling $30M a year, Yanks had a payroll north of $200M.

When I saw Trout's number for 2018 it jumped out at me as crazily disproportional, but clearly there are (much) worse offenders.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

I've learned that payroll dictates expectations

Guess it's another gravy season for the Yanks

 

[Cedrique]

My bad ... I was rechecking my sources ...

Well it is a fluid situation. The Phillies just signed Kingery for 6 years so that might change the percentages slightly.
But as for the original post- The Yankees lower payroll is a good thing. It means they have some good Young players.

 

[Cedrique]

Thanks. Back when ARod was pulling $30M a year, Yanks had a payroll north of $200M.

When I saw Trout's number for 2018 it jumped out at me as crazily disproportional, but clearly there are (much) worse offenders.

I don't know if "offenders" is a good word. It is just the way salaries are set up in MLB.

 

[nynasty]

I've learned that payroll dictates expectations

Guess it's another gravy season for the Yanks

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say their cost per win this year is going to be better than any time since the early to mid 80s.

 

[nynasty]

I don't know if "offenders" is a good word. It is just the way salaries are set up in MLB.

I'd be curious how successful teams that have 1 player eating up over 20% of their total payroll have been historically.

 

[The Q]

I'd be curious how successful teams that have 1 player eating up over 20% of their total payroll have been historically.

i forget the article, but IIRC 15% was the magic number. Anyone taking up more than that and teams haven't been quite as successful.

 

[Pure Steel]

I've learned that payroll dictates expectations

Guess it's another gravy season for the Yanks

I feel bad that the Red Sox wasted all that money......They could have bought some crappy Sam Adam's beer or some chowder instead...