Thursday, November 05, 2009

Bloated Payroll

I have a couple of friends (and you know who you are!) who love to taunt me that the Sox have been just as guilty as the Yankees of trying to buy a championship. The next time they start in on that, I'm going to wave this at them. It's from Cot's Baseball Contracts:












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2009-13 PAYROLLS

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Figures include annual salaries, plus signing bonuses pro-rated over life of the contract.

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Figures do not include deferrals or performance, award or signing bonuses.

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Figures are unofficial.

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20092010201120122013

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1NY YANKEES$206,811,689$166.307$118.084$99.634$95.384

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2NY METS$139,102,235$92.113$86.738$39.250$26.500

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3CHICAGO CUBS$137,945,612$119.958$96.300$54.000$19.000

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4DETROIT$129,598,000$84.588$41.250$31.000$23.000

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5PHILADELPHIA$127,957,380$96.286$76.036$27.286$16.786

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6BOSTON$122,624,689$76.183$43.483$30.833$11.500

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7LA ANGELS$116,709,000$59.950$42.150$29.700$1.000

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8LA DODGERS$109,176,603$60.933$25.750$1.250$0.000

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9HOUSTON$105,035,000$54.250$37.000$21.000$0.000

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10SEATTLE$99,346,926$44.125$46.875$22.250$0.000

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11CHICAGO WHITE SOX$98,268,500$45.075$27.975$10.250$0.000

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12ATLANTA$97,692,834$44.117$32.392$23.917$15.500

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13SAINT LOUIS$93,612,500$50.339$44.189$13.938$0.000

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14SAN FRANCISCO$88,777,106$51.100$32.600$32.600$20.000

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15CLEVELAND$81,325,900$49.955$27.205$13.500$2.750









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16TORONTO$80,493,657$81.168$43.643$36.643$37.143

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17MILWAUKEE$80,280,861$38.813$7.038$6.288$8.788

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18BALTIMORE$77,169,792$29.568$21.468$22.350$25.350

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19TEXAS$76,239,840$38.950$22.200$23.200$16.500

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20KANSAS CITY$76,021,243$49.100$30.500$13.750$0.000

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21COLORADO$74,730,533$40.558$29.683$5.100$0.000

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22ARIZONA$72,475,000$32.117$23.700$26.700$12.750

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23CINCINNATI$71,858,500$59.888$28.313$3.400$0.000

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24MINNESOTA$67,899,267$59.364$33.100$23.500$15.000

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25TAMPA BAY$65,126,368$39.183$21.708$11.430$6.000

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26OAKLAND$61,896,066$19.250$3.500$0.000$0.000

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27WASHINGTON$61,455,049$22.500$0.000$0.000$0.000

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28PITTSBURGH$52,643,000$22.975$20.000$3.950$0.000

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29SAN DIEGO$42,746,653$26.250$16.000$17.000$4.000

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30FLORIDA$35,483,951$7.950$11.000$15.000$15.500










Heck, the Red Sox don't even make the top five! (Thanks to Kelly for pointing out this site)

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