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I am fascinated by the information that is in this one chart/graph(?). I need to save the website and look at it at the end of the season.
What caught my attention {which always catches my attention} and interest are the extremes on this chart.
As one example, the Yankees payroll is 78 million dollars more than the next highest payroll [Red Sox]. The Yankees excess amount spent more than any other orginzation is greater than the individual payrolls of 16 teams.
Contrast that with the Marlins payroll which is only 40% of the next lowest team's payroll {the Devil Rays, their annually dismal Florida cousin}.
The most extreme disparity in the worst bang for the buck is, by far, the Chicago Cubs. If my count is correct, there are 21 teams in between the Cubs win total and the ranking of their payroll. The next closest is Baltimore with 10 teams in between and the Mariners with 9.
There is, however, a close race for the best bang for the buck. In a close race so far the Athletics with 16 teams between their wins rank and their payroll rank are barely beating out the Marlins with 15 teams between their wins rank and their payroll rank.
Regardless of how it turns out at the end this year, I prefer the way the Oakland franchise deals with the small market "woes" so often lamented by Commisioner Selig to the once every three or four years fire sales to obtain cheap, young [and admittedly often good] talent that the Florida franchise seems to prefer.
Do others see other points for discussion as this MLB season comes to a close?
TW344
What caught my attention {which always catches my attention} and interest are the extremes on this chart.
As one example, the Yankees payroll is 78 million dollars more than the next highest payroll [Red Sox]. The Yankees excess amount spent more than any other orginzation is greater than the individual payrolls of 16 teams.
Contrast that with the Marlins payroll which is only 40% of the next lowest team's payroll {the Devil Rays, their annually dismal Florida cousin}.
The most extreme disparity in the worst bang for the buck is, by far, the Chicago Cubs. If my count is correct, there are 21 teams in between the Cubs win total and the ranking of their payroll. The next closest is Baltimore with 10 teams in between and the Mariners with 9.
There is, however, a close race for the best bang for the buck. In a close race so far the Athletics with 16 teams between their wins rank and their payroll rank are barely beating out the Marlins with 15 teams between their wins rank and their payroll rank.
Regardless of how it turns out at the end this year, I prefer the way the Oakland franchise deals with the small market "woes" so often lamented by Commisioner Selig to the once every three or four years fire sales to obtain cheap, young [and admittedly often good] talent that the Florida franchise seems to prefer.
Do others see other points for discussion as this MLB season comes to a close?
TW344
quote:Originally posted by TW344:
Do others see other points for discussion as this MLB season comes to a close?
TW344
Ive seen this before here....and no matter what we talk about now, the "definitive" post season chat will inevitably discount all teams who exit the playoffs early.
For the past few years I've been most interested in marginal$ vs. marginal victories (expressed here):
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articlei...tloggedin&mode=login
Unforunately handicaps aren't allowed in baseball.