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Baseball Evaluation
2010 Team Payroll Value Index
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2010 Team Payroll Value
Team Payroll Value Index 2010
Opening Day Rosters
| Rank |
Team |
|
Actual Payroll 2010 |
SPRO Payroll 2010 |
Payroll Value Index 2010 |
| 1 |
San Diego |
Padres |
$37,799,300 |
$49,356,000 |
130.6% |
| 2 |
St. Louis |
Cardinals |
$93,540,751 |
$114,241,000 |
122.1% |
| 3 |
Minnesota |
Twins |
$97,559,166 |
$112,759,000 |
115.6% |
| 4 |
Arizona |
Diamondbacks |
$60,718,166 |
$68,299,000 |
112.5% |
| 5 |
Seattle |
Mariners |
$86,510,000 |
$96,969,000 |
112.1% |
| 6 |
Washington |
Nationals |
$61,400,000 |
$68,403,000 |
111.4% |
| 7 |
Cincinnati |
Reds |
$71,761,542 |
$76,951,000 |
107.2% |
| 8 |
Philadelphia |
Phillies |
$141,928,379 |
$147,972,000 |
104.3% |
| 9 |
Texas |
Rangers |
$55,250,544 |
$55,602,000 |
100.6% |
| 10 |
Tampa Bay |
Rays |
$71,923,471 |
$70,986,000 |
98.7% |
| 11 |
Boston |
Red Sox |
$162,447,333 |
$159,524,000 |
98.2% |
| 12 |
Houston |
Astros |
$92,355,500 |
$90,458,000 |
97.9% |
| 13 |
Los Angeles |
Dodgers |
$95,358,016 |
$90,360,000 |
94.8% |
| 14 |
Pittsburgh |
Pirates |
$34,943,000 |
$33,005,000 |
94.5% |
| 15 |
Milwaukee |
Brewers |
$81,108,278 |
$76,025,000 |
93.7% |
| 16 |
New York |
Mets |
$134,422,942 |
$125,439,000 |
93.3% |
| 17 |
Toronto |
Blue Jays |
$62,234,000 |
$57,086,000 |
91.7% |
| 18 |
Kansas City |
Royals |
$71,405,210 |
$65,410,000 |
91.6% |
| 19 |
Atlanta |
Braves |
$84,423,666 |
$76,612,000 |
90.7% |
| 21 |
Colorado |
Rockies |
$84,227,000 |
$73,590,000 |
87.4% |
| 22 |
Florida |
Marlins |
$57,029,719 |
$49,309,000 |
86.5% |
| 23 |
Cleveland |
Indians |
$61,203,966 |
$51,897,000 |
84.8% |
| 24 |
New York |
Yankees |
$206,333,389 |
$173,882,000 |
84.3% |
| 25 |
Chicago |
White Sox |
$105,530,000 |
$88,074,000 |
83.5% |
| 26 |
Los Angeles |
Angels |
$104,963,866 |
$87,507,000 |
83.4% |
| 27 |
Oakland |
Athletics |
$51,654,900 |
$42,688,000 |
82.6% |
| 28 |
Baltimore |
Orioles |
$81,612,500 |
$66,806,000 |
81.9% |
| 29 |
Detroit |
Tigers |
$122,864,928 |
$86,358,000 |
70.3% |
| 30 |
Chicago |
Cubs |
$146,609,000 |
$95,498,000 |
65.1% |
Note:
Team Payroll Value Index reflects ranking of Actual 2010 Major League
Baseball Payroll on opening day versus SPRO Salary Projection values
for the same players on the Opening Day roster. SPRO takes into
account Servicer Time, EXPEQ, PEVA, RAVE, and SPRO RAVE. Source:
Actual Payroll, USA Today Salary Database.
Team Payroll Value Index - 2010
April
17, 2010 - Which teams spent their money wisely in the offseason
coming into 2010? And do we really care as long as our teams win?
Those are really the two questions asked when a fan thinks about
his team and their payroll. Was that acquisition or contract
wise? Will the player perform up to the level of the contract?
How will that player make our team win? Nobody would rather
be the San Diego Padres in 2010 than the New York Yankees, so the fact
that the Padres spent their meager dollars wiser really is of little
consequence to fans in California who will be watching baseball games
in the middle of the summer that have little hope to garnering playoff
contention. And the Yankees actually did pretty well this year
anyway, spending at a level that while the highest in baseball,
actually gives them a 84.3% Payroll Value Index number, which keeps
them out of the bottom five in negative value. They've actually been
spending their money wiser in the last couple years than in seasons
past, even though they still spend a lot of it and there's usually a
bonus attached to a contract to induce players to the big apple.
The Team Payroll Value Index
from baseballevaluation.com compares the actual money spent with the
Salary Projection model estimates (SPRO), in order to come up with an index
that takes stock of the salaries handed out, ranking them in the order
of their effectiveness. This does not represent who is the best
team. Low payroll or high payroll, you can spend your money well. Good team or bad team, you can do the same.
Top Five
1. San Diego Padres - Yes, it is two years in a row that the fire sale
Padres are getting value for those low Major League Service time
players, as well as their best player, for now, Adrian Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is a bargain in 2010, paid $4.7 million when he could
have gotten a salary in the range of $11 million. Besides
ability, that's one very good reason he'll likely be playing in another
uniform by the trading deadline. There's other good bargains here,
too, but not of the same magnitude. Think Yorvit Torrealba for
example. And with only one player getting more money than he'd
likely get today in Chris Young, those young guns who will be running
and pitching for the San Diego squad during 2010 will maximize that low
payroll in wins. It's just that there's not gonna be a whole lot
of them.
2. St. Louis Cardinals - On the other end of the spectrum, the
St. Louis Cardinals rank number two on the Payroll Value Index, getting
a 122.1% return on their preseason investment. See, it is
possible to be a good team and spend well. Not unlike San Diego,
their first baseman is also a great value. Albert Pujols is the
best player in baseball, and if he continues at this pace, will be
regarded as one of the best players ever. His current contract,
which pays him a bit over $14.5 million in 2010 is well below what he
would get today if signing a free agent level contract. Probably
in the range starting at the Joe Mauer numbers of $23 million plus.
But once again, Pujols is not the only Cardinal who is being paid
at a level that works out for the club; Ryan Franklin, Chris Carpenter,
Felipe Lopez, Trever Miller, Brad Penny, Dennys Reyes, and Adam
Wainwright fall into that category, too, at one level or another.
So here's the answer of yes, the possibilities exist to pay folks
well, but to get good production back, even on a good to very good team.
3. Minnesota Twins - They've been regarded for awhile as a
franchise that's good at maximizing its dollars and putting a product on
the field that can contend for the division championship even when
those dollars are less than others. Now that the era of Target
Field economics has come to the Twin Cities, it's good to see that eye
for spending money does not seem to be changing even when the numbers
rise. At 115.6% Payroll Value, the Twins are doing well enough to
finish as the #3 team in the best category. And they're a team that
pretty much does it up and down the line, paying appropriate dollars
for mid-level players while saving up cash for the Joe Mauers and Carl
Pavanos of the world.
4. Arizona Diamondbacks - This is a team that is moving up and
they seem to be taking a prudent approach to their payroll, even though
some of the most recent contracts to young players will test their
ability to measure who's going to improve or not. But that's not
unusual, in fact, it's imperative for a club to make those decisions
early. You just hope they're the right ones. At 112.5%, the
Diamondbacks are getting a 12.5% bonus for spending their money well.
Let's see how many wins this adds up to now.
5. Seattle Mariners - They're spending money now, and it seems to
be on good players such as Felix Hernandez and Cliff Lee, and not below
great players such as Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson. This team
seems ready to contend.
And if Cliff Lee comes off the disabled list and regains the form
of the past two years, you could be seeing playoff baseball in the
northwest in the fall of 2010.
Bottom Five
26. Los Angeles Angels - We're really not sure what the Angels
are doing sometimes, even though we realize that a good farm system
allows them to make certain choices and still contend. But we've
got to wonder about their payroll accuity when they hand out
contracts to folks like Fernando Rodney at numbers above prudent. Who
else was going to spend that much for him? However, it's not
like they always spend at higher than necessary levels for players;
last year's addition of Bobby Abreu was a steal. But before that we
thought the Torii Hunter numbers were way too high. However, so far they've
been winning, so I guess we should just sit back and see where all this
leads before we really consider how the payroll is being spent over a
number of years. This year, though, they make it into the bottom
five.
27. Oakland A's - They're usually at the other end of lists like
this and regarded as perhaps the best perveyors of gathering talent at
a low price. But every once in awhile, they test that theory with
a free agent acquisition at high numbers, at least for a short amount
of time. This year they are trying that with Ben Sheets.
We'll have to see whether Sheets is really a $10 million pitcher
for Oakland or another contender if traded.
28. Baltimore Orioles - In many ways, we like what Baltimore has
been doing, particularly as they develop players like Adam Jones, Nick
Markakis, and Matt Wieters into stars. But then they turn
around and sign Miguel Tejada, which we thought was good, and Kevin
Millwood, which we didn't understand. We're confused a bit to say
the least. And the numbers state that their Payroll Value Index
isn't really very good, getting only 81.9% value for their payroll.
What direction are they going? We don't know, but we think
they'd be better off in a development arena for now.
29. Detroit Tigers - We just think they've spent too much money
on too many established players. At only a Payroll Value
percentage of 70.3%, that seems to be playing itself out. Magglio
Ordonez, Dontrelle Willis, Carlos Guillen, and Jeremy Bonderman are all
being paid, one could argue, double or higher than their actual
worth. Luckily for the Tigers, they still may have enough talent
to win, with players like Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello leading
their pitching staff, but it wouldn't be a bad idea for the accountants
to be in on a few more contract negotiations, at least in our opinion.
30. Chicago Cubs - We just don't think the Cubs are spending
money wisely at all. We thought this back when Alfonso Soriano
was signed and think even more so today. Sometimes a player with
no plate discipline isn't as good a player as you think, or at least
not as valuable as you seem to be willing to pay. People need to
get on base for those behind them to knock them in, don't they?
And if he was the only one underperforming his contract, that
might be okay. But nobody would be paying Carlos Zambrano,
Fukudome, Aramis Ramirez, or Carlos Silva those numbers if they didn't
have to, now would they? ... Okay, maybe in Cubland they
would.
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1. New York Yankees $206,333,389
2. Boston Red Sox $162,447,333
3. Chicago Cubs $146,609,000
4. Philadelphia Phillies $141,928,379
5. New York Mets $134,422,942
6. Detroit Tigers $122,864,928
7. Chicago White Sox $105,530,000
8. Los Angeles Angels $104,963,866
9. San Francisco Giants $98,641,333
10. Minnesota Twins $97,559,166
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