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Originally Posted by kane
The sad thing about MLB is that there is now money in fielding a losing team. The league has a luxury tax and those teams that spend more than a set amount on payroll have to pay that tax. That money is then distributed to those teams who are in small markets and have small payrolls. The idea is that the money will help them afford some better players and some teams actually use it like that, but other teams like the Pirates and for years the Brewers would just pocket the cash so they have very little incentive to field a winning team.
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NEW YORK (AP) -Payrolls and average salaries for the opening day rosters of the 30 major league teams. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses. In some cases, parts of salaries deferred without interest are discounted to reflect present-day values.
Team Payroll Average
N.Y. Yankees $206,333,389 $8,253,336
Boston 162,747,333 5,611,977
Chicago Cubs 146,859,000 5,439,222
Philadelphia 141,927,381 5,068,835
New York Mets 132,701,445 5,103,902
Detroit 122,864,929 4,550,553
Chicago White Sox 108,273,197 4,164,354
Los Angeles Angels 105,013,667 3,621,161
Seattle 98,376,667 3,513,452
San Francisco 97,828,833 3,493,887
Minnesota 97,559,167 3,484,256
Los Angeles Dodgers 94,945,517 3,651,751
St. Louis 93,540,753 3,741,630
Houston 92,355,500 3,298,411
Atlanta 84,423,667 3,126,802
Colorado 84,227,000 2,904,379
Baltimore 81,612,500 3,138,942
Milwaukee 81,108,279 2,796,837
Cincinnati 72,386,544 2,784,098
Kansas City 72,267,710 2,491,990
Tampa Bay 71,923,471 2,663,832
Toronto 62,689,357 2,089,645
Washington 61,425,000 2,047,500
Cleveland 61,203,967 2,110,482
Arizona 60,718,167 2,335,314
Florida 55,641,500 2,060,796
Texas 55,250,545 1,905,191
Oakland 51,654,900 1,666,287
San Diego 37,799,300 1,453,819
Pittsburgh 34,943,000 1,294,185
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The NY Yankees spent more than $40 million dollars than did the BoSox (the team with the second highest payroll), yet the team with the 10th highest payroll, the San Francisco Giants (at less than half of the payroll that the Yankees have), won the World Series.
The Texas Rangers who defeated the Yankees to win the AL Penant, were fourth from the bottom in payroll, at $55 million (nearly a quarter of the $206 million the Yankees paid on player salaries).
The $40 million more that the Yankkees paid than Boston on payroll, is more than the entire payroll of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 
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