Payrolls...Red Sox are ruining baseball

[molsaniceman]

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

Agon takes up 18% of braves payroll and plays for the Mets

 

[JohnU]

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

I think the Cincinnati model might give you a clue.

 

[Carnzo]

Hasn't been said yet,
We r #1!

 

[molsaniceman]

I think the Cincinnati model might give you a clue.

ding ding ding might have a winner
Votto is 26% of reds payroll

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

I think Allen Craig still makes up 18% of the Sox payroll

 

[The Q]

I think Allen Craig still makes up 18% of the Sox payroll

that trade was so awful.

Cherington was a moron.

 

[Cedrique]

I think it's hard to come to any conclusions based on one player's percentage of a team's payroll in baseball. If you're talking about a fantasy baseball scenario where you have a salary cap, then yeah you don't want to spend too much on one player.

 

[molsaniceman]

that trade was so awful.

Cherington was a moron.

craig .004%
rusney .05%
pablo .07%

@DirtDirtDirt

ellsbury 13%

 

[Cedrique]

Blutarsky 0.00%

 

[The Q]

craig .004%
rusney .05%
pablo .07%

@DirtDirtDirt

ellsbury 13%

that can't be right.

Panda is 19M out of 223m.

Ruseny was DFA'd and doesn't even count against that number.

something is off.

 

[JohnU]

Field guy on their TV game today with the Cubs -- it is spring training -- that tickets for some seats at Jet Blue ballpark were going for $500!

 

[redseat]

 

[molsaniceman]

that can't be right.

Panda is 19M out of 223m.

Ruseny was DFA'd and doesn't even count against that number.

something is off.

baseball reference has panda at 18 mil and sox at 235
just cause u dfa a guy doesnt mean he doesnt count against the tax rusney is signed thru 2020 though he can opt out in 2019

 

[The Q]

baseball reference has panda at 18 mil and sox at 235
just cause u dfa a guy doesnt mean he doesnt count against the tax rusney is signed thru 2020 though he can opt out in 2019

Rusney doesn’t count because of service time.

Craig may have been the same but I forget.

But 18m is not .07%. One percent of 235 is 2.35m

 

[molsaniceman]

Rusney doesn’t count because of service time.

Craig may have been the same but I forget.

But 18m is not .07%. One percent of 235 is 2.35m

its 7.66 % my bad
As for rusney every payroll i look at has him listed and he was put on waivers but nobody bit of course

 

[molsaniceman]

It'd be nice to see Castillo get a fresh start with a team that wants him, but the Red Sox have so much financial incentive to keep him in their organization but off the 40-man roster that it seems unlikely to happen. Castillo is hitting .294 with a homer in 34 at-bats this spring

not that it matters luxury tax is a joke

 

[The Q]

its 7.66 % my bad
As for rusney every payroll i look at has him listed and he was put on waivers but nobody bit of course

I'm sorry. I'm a dunce.

He counts for payroll (he still gets paid obviously), he doesn't count luxury tax purposes.

That's what i was trying to say.

 

[black francis]

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

and still no bullpen

 

[nynasty]

and still no bullpen

Oh snap

 

[Myles]

I know it will never happen, but I wish that baseball would institute a salary cap. I think they should include a minimum too.
It cannot be considered a competitive league when you have a team with a $235 million payroll playing a team with a $67 million payroll. That's a difference of $168 million. That's more than the Yankees total payroll.
I'd like to see a minimum of $80 million and a max of $150 million. Your top teams would still have an advantage, but at least the teams could be close.