2008 Payroll Numbers Released

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http://blog.sportscolumn.com/story/2008/4/1/231932/3450

Top 5 Spenders

1. New York Yankees - 209.08M
2. Detroit Tigers - 138.69M
3. New York Mets - 138.29M
4. Boston Red Sox - 133.44M
5. Chicago White Sox - 121.15M

Bottom 5 Spenders

26. Washington Nationals - 54.96M
27. Pittsburgh Pirates - 49.37M
28. Oakland A's - 47.97M
29. Tampa Bay Rays - 43.82M
30. Florida Marlins - 21.84M


Top 5 Payroll Increases

1. Detroit Tigers - 43.50M
2. New York Mets - 20.38M
3. Tampa Bay Rays - 19.70M
4. Toronto Blue Jays - 18.72M
5. Chicago Cubs: 18.66M

Top 5 Payroll Decreases

1. Oakland A's - 31.97M
2. Baltimore Orioles - 27.91M
3. San Francisco Giants - 13.56M
4. Boston Red Sox - 10.09M
5. Minnesota Twins - 9.26M

Spending By Division

1. AL East - 552,180,419 (110.44M per team)
2. AL Central - 459,236,198 (91.8M per team)
3. AL West - 353,416,992 (88.35M per team)
4. NL Central - 512,797,843 (85.47M per team)
5. NL East - 415,784,777 (83.16M per team)
6. NL West - 403,976,368 (80.79M per team)

Other Somewhat Interesting Observations

• Alex Rodriguez earns over 5 million dollars more (27M) than the Marlins' roster (21.84M)
  
  
• The American League spent 1,364,833,609 on payroll (an average of 97.49M per team).
  
  
• The National League spent 1,332,558,988 on payroll (an average of 83.28M per team).
  
  
• Excluding the Yankees, the American League spent 88.9M. Excluding the Marlins, the National League spent 87.38M. When you exclude the outliers, there is no real difference in spending between the leagues.
  
  
• The combined payroll of the Marlins, Rays, A's, Pirates, and Nationals is 217.96M. The Yankees' payroll is 209.08M. Essentially, 5 entire teams (at least 125 players) could be had for the money the Yankees spent on payroll.
  
  
• The Florida Marlins do not have a player making more than $2M. The New York Yankees have 17 players making $2M or more.
  
  
• The average team spent 89.9M this year.

Just a little food for thought.
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[jetsfan4life51]

Jason Giambi also makes more than the Marlins alone. Derek Jeter makes just about the same amount as the Marlins.

I didn't realize the Rays went up almost 20M.
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[TCP]

Mariners around where I expected. Once Bedard gets his pay next year and then the extension we will balloon up.

Jays will go up with Rios making like 10.5 a year next year
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[iavikefn]

I was interested to see what type of team I could make with the Florida, Tampa Bay, Washington, Pittsburgh and Oakland rosters. Here's what I came up with:

1.) SS Hanley Ramirez (Florida)
2.) LF Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay)
3.) 3B Ryan Zimmerman (Washington)
4.) 1B Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay)
5.) CF B.J. Upton (Tampa Bay)
6.) RF Jason Bay (Pittsburgh)
7.) 2B Dan Uggla (Florida)
8.) DH Dmitri Young (Washington)
9.) C Paul Lo Duca (Washington)

Bench: Mark Ellis (Oakland)
Bench: Freddy Sanchez (Pittsburgh)
Bench: Josh Willingham (Florida)
Bench: Lastings Milledge (Washington)

1.) Scott Kazmir (Tampa Bay)
2.) Rich Harden (Oakland)
3.) James Shields (Tampa Bay)
4.) Tom Gorzelanny (Pittsburgh)
5.) Ian Snell (Pittsburgh)

RP: Troy Percival (Tampa Bay)
RP: Alan Embree (Oakland)
RP: Kevin Gregg (Florida)
Spot starter/RP: Joe Blanton (Oakland)
RP: Huston Street (Oakland)
RP: Matt Capps (Pittsburgh)
Closer: Chad Cordero (Washington)
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[zissou]

Is Hanley Ramirez still on his rookie contract? I was wondering because a player of that caliber should make more or?
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[GFalcon]

ill tell u what, as much of a great player AROD is i can stand it when he ALONE is 5 mill. more than the whole marlins team, it makes me sick...................
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R.I.P Chris Henry
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[kgarrett12486]

Wow Cards increased their payroll by 10 million and fell four spots in the payroll rankings...
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RIP Chris Henry (5/17/83 - 12/17/09)

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