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2011 Team Payroll Value Index
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2011 Team Payroll Value 2012
Team Payroll Value Index 2011
Opening Day Rosters
| Rank |
Team |
|
Actual
Payroll |
SPRO
Payroll |
VMI% |
| 1 |
San Diego |
Padres |
$45,869,140 |
$60,019,000 |
130.8% |
| 2 |
Tampa Bay |
Rays |
$41,053,571 |
$49,775,000 |
121.2% |
| 3 |
Kansas City |
Royals |
$36,126,000 |
$43,348,000 |
120.0% |
| 4 |
Florida |
Marlins |
$56,944,000 |
$65,979,000 |
115.9% |
| 5 |
St. Louis |
Cardinals |
$105,433,572 |
$122,112,000 |
115.8% |
| 6 |
Washington |
Nationals |
$63,856,928 |
$73,255,000 |
114.7% |
| 7 |
Arizona |
Diamondbacks |
$53,639,833 |
$55,674,000 |
103.8% |
| 8 |
Milwaukee |
Brewers |
$85,497,333 |
$87,207,000 |
102.0% |
| 9 |
Los Angeles |
Dodgers |
$104,188,999 |
$105,615,000 |
101.4% |
| 10 |
Toronto |
Blue Jays |
$62,567,800 |
$60,343,000 |
96.4% |
| 11 |
Cleveland |
Indians |
$49,190,566 |
$46,139,000 |
93.8% |
| 12 |
Texas |
Rangers |
$92,299,264 |
$86,447,000 |
93.7% |
| 13 |
Philadelphia |
Phillies |
$172,976,379 |
$161,862,000 |
93.6% |
| 14 |
Oakland |
Athletics |
$66,536,500 |
$62,105,000 |
93.3% |
| 15 |
Atlanta |
Braves |
$87,002,692 |
$77,467,000 |
89.0% |
| 16 |
Seattle |
Mariners |
$86,524,600 |
$75,558,000 |
87.3% |
| 17 |
Baltimore |
Orioles |
$85,304,038 |
$74,050,000 |
86.8% |
| 18 |
San Francisco |
Giants |
$118,198,333 |
$102,174,000 |
86.4% |
| 19 |
Cincinnati |
Reds |
$75,947,134 |
$65,037,000 |
85.6% |
| 20 |
Pittsburgh |
Pirates |
$45,047,000 |
$38,247,000 |
84.9% |
| 21 |
Minnesota |
Twins |
$112,737,000 |
$92,512,000 |
82.1% |
| 22 |
Boston |
Red Sox |
$161,762,475 |
$131,934,000 |
81.6% |
| 23 |
Detroit |
Tigers |
$105,700,231 |
$85,313,000 |
80.7% |
| 24 |
Chicago |
White Sox |
$127,789,000 |
$101,516,000 |
79.4% |
| 25 |
Houston |
Astros |
$70,694,000 |
$55,153,000 |
78.0% |
| 26 |
New York |
Mets |
$118,847,309 |
$89,292,000 |
75.1% |
| 27 |
Los Angeles |
Angels |
$138,543,166 |
$102,970,000 |
74.3% |
| 28 |
New York |
Yankees |
$202,689,028 |
$150,244,000 |
74.1% |
| 29 |
Colorado |
Rockies |
$88,148,071 |
$64,540,000 |
73.2% |
| 30 |
Chicago |
Cubs |
$125,047,329 |
$74,681,000 |
59.7% |
Note:
Team Payroll Value Index reflects ranking of Actual 2011 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 - 2011
April
14, 2010 - So everywhere around the nation, from Tea Party to
Democratic operative, they're talking about whether the Ryan plan, the
Obama plan, or the Gang of Six plan will reduce the federal deficit and
get the nation back on a course with fiscal sanity. Is anybody
talking about that in baseball? Which teams, if any, have spent
their money wisely? Which teams continue to spend like drunken sailors
on a caribbean night out, even though their teams are routinely out of
contention come Independence Day? Ah, ... can we say Cubs?
It's time for the Stat Geek Baseball version of a congressional
hearing, and a look into the Value for Money index in 2011. And
no, there won't be a guest columnist appearance by either Michelle
Bachmann or the Tribune company.
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 - This makes it three years in a row that the San
Diego Padres have figured out how to get the most money out of their
dollars spent, and last year, that almost made them a playoff team.
Yes, they won 90 games when most pundents thought they'd win
closer to 70, and yes, the baseballevaluation.com VMI index said right
up front, that they'd spent their money well in 2010. No, we
didn't think they'd win 90 games.
So this year, don't be surprised if the San Diego Padres do better on
the field, even without Adrian Gonzalez, than most predictions state.
That likely won't mean 90 wins again though. That's tough to do
when the payroll for your team is less than 25% of the Yankees.
But they have spent it well, with a 30.8% above the norm value
due to good deals for several key players. In fact, almost all of the top $ players on the Padres are being paid
at below SPRO market value, including Heath Bell and Chase Headley.
There are a few that are significantly below, however, in new
hires Aaron Harang, Jorge Cantu, and Brad Hawpe. We know, they'll
have to rebound from some poorer years, which we think Harang might do.
It's a bit tougher to state that with Cantu and Hawpe, if only
because that's one tough park to hit in.
2. Tampa Bay Rays - It's a bit of a sad inclusion, as their
decision not to overpay for all those prime free agents has really put
the Rays back into a rebuilding mode. And with a payroll at only
$41 million, competing against the Yanks and Red Sox, despite their
stumble out of the gate, is ney improbable at best. However,
we're gonna find out that alot of the deals paid to the now former Rays
were higher than the new teams should have paid (think Carlos Pena for
one and we're not as enamored with Carl Crawford as others are either).
And one of the reasons they are near the top of this list has
lots to do with paying people fair market value, and for this year,
paying Evan Longoria, one of their two remaining stars, at a cheap
level. Longoria is worth, according to SPRO numbers, $7,134,000
for his service class, and the Rays are paying out $2,000,000.
That's a big number difference to crunch inside their total
payroll.
3. Kansas City Royals - Okay, so it's easy to spend your money
wisely when you're pretty much not spending much at all. And that
is true, as the top three on this list are the lowest payroll clubs of
all 30 teams in 2011, although coming up soon, the Cardinals will pop
into the top five, with a contending club that does spend money.
But yes, the KC squad with all that incoming talent is scraping
by these seasons until the kids are ready for prime time with a payroll
that doesn't even want to keep David DeJesus, let along Zach Grienke.
For now, they're content with paying home grown talent that's
still there at slightly below value level, i.e. Billy Butler, Joakim
Soria, while mixing in some veterans who'd rather have playing time
over money, i.e. Jeff Franceour and Melky Cabrera, as they try to
revive their careers. It's not necessarily a recipe for winning
the division, but it does get you into the third place finish in the
Stat Geek Baseball Value for Money Index. Yeh, I'm sure that's
what they were shooting for.
4. Florida Marlins - Coming up in the 4th position is the team
who'se making it a tradition to have a fire sale. This year, they
sold Dan Uggla. Next year, ... well, we'll have to see whether a
new stadium prevents these sales. The Marlins payroll is #24 in
MLB this season at $56,944,000. And much of this number is going
to a few players in Hanley Ramirez, Josh Johnson, and Javier Vazquez.
And each of those players are being paid below their top value.
Ramirez with an SPRO $ of 12,350,000 and actual salary of
$11,000,000. Johnson with SPRO at $11,521,000 and actual salary
of $7,750,000, and Vazquez brought to town with an SPRO value, even
after a bad year, of $12,634,000, while the fish paid him $7 million.
That's how you spend money wisely, but some day, they need to be
able to do that for more than a few of their stars. That said,
they do have two World Series championships in their short history.
Maybe they shouldn't change what seems to be working after all.
5. St. Louis Cardinals - It's going to be very interesting to see
just how the Albert Pujols free agency sweepstakes works out, because
while the Cardinals are a team that's willing to spend $ on the payroll
to contend, they are one of the few good teams who do it judiciously.
Now, Albert's a special player and will command a ton, whether he
stays or goes. If he were not at the end of a long ago signed
contract, they'd have to be paying him in the vicinity of the SPRO$
projection of $25.6 million today. As it is, Albert's a heck of a
bargain at $14,508,395, which helps them into the #5 spot in the VMI.
The Cardinals know how to run a franchise, both on the field as
well as in the payroll office. Once they make a decision on Mr. Pujols, it'll probably be a good one.
Bottom Five
26. New York Mets - While a lot of the reasons why the Mets have
been so bad on the field and look so poor in the Value for Money Index
at only 75.1% value is due to a lot of injuries to their best players,
they spend top dollars at every turn for players, and when more than
one perform under value for whatever reason, it impacts the financial
viability of the team. And we won't even get into the Bernie
Madoff stuff. Let's just look at the six highest paid players.
Only one, David Wright, is performing up to his contract
standards. Johan Santana is being paid $21.6 miillon, but is now
worth $15.2m. Carlos Beltran is due $19.3m this year; he's worth
$6m. Jason Bay will command a salary of $18.125m in 2011.
His value is now $9.9m. Francisco Rodriguez now commands
$12.2m for this season, but is worth $7m. Folks, he was never
worth $12.2m a season. He's not Mariano Rivera. Jose Reyes
plies his trade at shortstop to the tune of $11 million, but should be
paid $7m. Contrast this to Jimmie Rollins of the Phils, who's
paid $8.5m. Okay, we said there was one. Yes, David Wright
is being paid $14,250,000, and should be paid $17,117,000.
27. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - There's likely nobody in
baseball today outside the office of the Angels who think their players
are worth the $138 million they will be shelling out for them this
year. Go ahead, name the stellar players on their team.
Torii Hunter, ... never worth the contract they paid him, even
though he's a good player. Vernon Wells, ... never worth the
contract Toronto paid him. Why would the Angels want to tack him
onto their roster. Scott Kazmir. Well, we actually don't
know what is happening with Scott, because we used to like him alot.
But now the Angels are paying him $12m, while, even if he comes
back to form and onto the field, is worth just north of $4m. You
know, folks, you don't have to pay everyone as if they're an All-Star.
Because, guess what, most aren't, and even those who get there
once or twice in their careers, don't make them $10-15m a year
players..
28. New York Yankees - It's easy to beat up on the dollars the
Yanks throw around, but they've actually been doing a better job of
things in the past couple years. They held most of their ground
with Derek Jeter this off season. But they're paying big time for
past mistakes and dollars spent on players who should never have
commanded $30 million per year in the case of Alex or $16.5 million for
A.J. Burnett. Think of the rationale for a contract such as
Rodriguez. Could he ever really brought in that many additional
dollars to a franchise who will sell out if Scott Brosius played third.
And let's not even get into the fact that no player gets to bat more
than 11% of the time anyway, but you're paying him almost as much as
the total payroll of some franchises.
29. Colorado Rockies - We actually like what they're doing with
some of their young players, extending Troy Tulowitski and others.
We have some concern about the contract of Carlos Gonzalez,
however, and might have waited for another season before doing that
one. However, that's not the reason why they've made the #29 spot
this year. That has to do with contracts of Todd Helton, Jorge de la
Rosa, and Aaron Cook. Helton was never a $20m player at sea
level; he shouldn't have been made one here. de la Rosa has not done
anything for long enough to command $10 million per year. Cook.
Well, his career seems to be going in the wrong direction.
30. Chicago Cubs - I know people will disagree with this
contention and they do win more games at the end of the season than
some other teams, but we just think that this is the worst franchise in
baseball. Year after year making free agent decisions that
overpay, sometimes double what the player is worth. They purchase
the wrong players and pay them too much money. Alfonso Soriano
was never one of the best players in the game, but the Cubs are paying
him $19 million a season. Carlos Zambrano has way too many issues
to count out nearly that much money per season. Aramis Ramirez,
Kosuke Fukudome, and Carlos Pena. Do I have to say any more.
They just don't or won't perform up to the numbers they are being
paid for a variety of reasons, ... injury, talent, or age.
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Baseball Payrolls
2010
1. New York Yankees $202,689,028
3. Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,379
3. Boston Red Sox $161,762,475
4. Los Angeles Angels $138,543,166
5. Chicago White Sox $127,789,000
6. Chicago Cubs $125,047,329
7. New York Mets $118,847,309
8. San Francise Giant $118,198,333
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10. Detroit Tigers $105,700,231
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