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2012 Team Payroll Value Index
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Team Payroll Value Index 2012
Opening Day Rosters
| Rank |
Team |
|
Actual Payroll |
SPRO Payroll |
VMI% |
| 1 |
Tampa Bay |
Rays |
$64,173,500 |
$82,477,000 |
128.5% |
| 2 |
Arizona |
Diamondbacks |
$74,284,833 |
$86,904,000 |
117.0% |
| 3 |
St. Louis |
Cardinals |
$110,300,862 |
$128,207,000 |
116.2% |
| 4 |
Toronto |
Blue Jays |
$75,489,200 |
$86,588,000 |
114.7% |
| 5 |
Los Angeles |
Dodgers |
$95,143,575 |
$107,966,000 |
113.5% |
| 6 |
Milwaukee |
Brewers |
$97,653,944 |
$109,264,000 |
111.9% |
| 7 |
Atlanta |
Braves |
$83,309,942 |
$88,930,000 |
106.7% |
| 8 |
Los Angeles |
Angels |
$154,485,166 |
$164,876,000 |
106.7% |
| 9 |
Kansas City |
Royals |
$60,916,225 |
$64,025,000 |
105.1% |
| 10 |
Cincinnati |
Reds |
$82,203,616 |
$84,507,000 |
102.8% |
| 11 |
Philadelphia |
Phillies |
$174,538,938 |
$179,061,000 |
102.6% |
| 12 |
Colorado |
Rockies |
$78,069,571 |
$78,951,000 |
101.1% |
| 13 |
Detroit |
Tigers |
$132,300,000 |
$129,722,000 |
98.1% |
| 14 |
San Francisco |
Giants |
$117,620,683 |
$113,613,000 |
96.6% |
| 15 |
San Diego |
Padres |
$55,244,700 |
$51,000,000 |
92.3% |
| 16 |
Washington |
Nationals |
$80,855,143 |
$74,496,000 |
92.1% |
| 17 |
New York |
Yankees |
$197,482,289 |
$180,986,000 |
91.6% |
| 18 |
Chicago |
White Sox |
$96,919,500 |
$88,271,000 |
91.1% |
| 19 |
Seattle |
Mariners |
$81,978,100 |
$73,269,000 |
89.4% |
| 20 |
Cleveland |
Indians |
$78,430,300 |
$68,429,000 |
87.2% |
| 21 |
Texas |
Rangers |
$120,510,974 |
$104,917,000 |
87.1% |
| 22 |
Minnesota |
Twins |
$94,085,000 |
$80,494,000 |
85.6% |
| 23 |
Miami |
Marlins |
$118,078,000 |
$100,628,000 |
85.2% |
| 24 |
Oakland |
Athletics |
$55,372,500 |
$45,907,000 |
85.0% |
| 25 |
Pittsburgh |
Pirates |
$63,431,999 |
$52,248,000 |
82.4% |
| 26 |
Baltimore |
Orioles |
$81,428,999 |
$66,458,000 |
81.6% |
| 27 |
Boston |
Red Sox |
$173,186,617 |
$140,513,000 |
81.1% |
| 28 |
Chicago |
Cubs |
$88,197,033 |
$68,402,000 |
77.6% |
| 29 |
New York |
Mets |
$93,353,983 |
$66,822,000 |
71.6% |
| 30 |
Houston |
Astros |
$60,651,000 |
$42,512,000 |
70.1% |
Note:
Team Payroll Value Index reflects ranking of Actual 2012 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 - 2012
April
22, 2012 - It's that time of year. Baseball's are flying around
ballparks, ... not as many out of them, but, it's early.
Contracts have been given, rosters are opening day set, and
extensions are being sought, and paid, some at levels that were
surprising, but perhaps shouldn't be given the increase in cable rights
fees. But let's not get too far into the baseball payroll weeds.
Let's get into value. Which teams are doing a good job of
getting value for their money spent. Oh, I know that seems an
oximoron, with values that high, but here goes, the
baseballevaluation.com Team Payroll Value Index for 2012.
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. Tampa Bay Rays - In most years it's a bad team with a low payroll
that gets this honor, but not so with the Tampa Bay Rays. This
young team, predominantly built through the draft with young players
emerging onto the scene, without veterans they just let fly to other
clubs. Think Carl Crawford to Boston with that overpaid contract.
The Rays are a good club, one that should fight for a playoff
spot, and might even win it all. And they're doing this with a
payroll that ranks #25 at $64,173,500, more than $100 million less than
three clubs.
How are they getting this done? Who are their best bargains?
Well, we've touched on how. They are building through the
draft. They are young. They don't overpay their veteran
players once reaching free agency and let them go to other teams if
they want too much. A couple examples of who is a bargain.
Just start at the top of their payroll schedule. James
Shields gets paid $8 million; he's worth $12,031,000. Carlos Pens
was brought back at $7,225,000; he's worth $9,226,000, and has started
off the year playing well. And the best of them all, Evan
Longoria. Signed early in his tenure, Longoria is getting paid
$4,500,000 in his first arbitration year, but he's worth $11,114,000.
Now that's bang for your Tampa Bay buck.
2. Arizona Diamondbacks - In many ways, it's the same story,
although they do have the tendency to raid the Oakland A's for pitchers
once they reach an arbitration number the A's don't want to pay.
Just a couple examples of what's working out really well for
them, beyond paying appropriate salaries to their young players as they
move up the ladder, are two veterans they've acquired on the cheap.
J.J. Putz was one of the best relievers in baseball last year,
they're paying him $4.5 million. Lyle Overbay may not be the best
first baseman in baseball, but he's pretty good in a pinch, and being
paid $1 million.
3. St. Louis Cardinals - When a Cub fan of some repute, Michael
Wilbon of Pardon the Interruption fame states that he wasn't
worried
about the Cardinals losing Albert Pujols, because somehow they'd figure
out how to put together a good team without him, he was right.
The Cards know how to gather talent and spend wisely. At
over
$110 million in actual salary, this is not a cheap team. They
just spend prudently. And sometimes they put out contracts that
seem
too high. We still don't get the $15 million per year extension
for Yadier Molina, the great defenese catcher with one good offensive
year, but so far this year he's proving us wrong, and is a bargain this
year at $7 million. But the biggest bargain of all is Chris
Carpenter, signed at $8.5 million, but just about as good, when
healthy, as the $20 million pitchers other teams are paying.
4. Toronto Blue Jays - An emerging team that once saw itself near
the bottom of this list, they have let go players such as Vernon Wells
and now get bargains with players such as Jose Bautista, now the
surprising slugger who once was more average, but has done the good
deed for several years in a row. He's paid $14,000,000, but worth
$20,000,000.
5. Los Angeles Dodgers - We wish we could say that the prudence
of the last couple years, done mostly due to outside financial woes of
its owners, and not really the baseball club, had anything to do with a
$2.1 billion offer the new owners are going to pay for the team.
In a down economy. But we still can't get our heads around
that number. From the baseball perspective, the contract have
just been well paid. With star player Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier,
and Clayton Kershaw being paid below their value due to good to great
seasons last year.
They'll certainly test the payroll boundaries going forward, and
we'll see how that billions dollar pricetag for the team impacts
payroll. My guess is it's going to go up and get less value fromt
he money spent.
Bottom Five
26. Baltimore Orioles - The Orioles are doing some good things on
the offensive side of the equation, but the contract of Brian Roberts
is costing them in value. Add to that the numbers given to Kevin
Gregg and Matt Lindstrom and you get to the #26 spot in the Value for
Money Index.
27. Boston Red Sox - It's not Bobby Valentine's fault. The
Red Sox are overpaying players who are not producing enough for them.
Who? John Lackey, Dausuke Matsuyama, Josh Beckett, and the poster
child Carl Crawford. When you're willing to pay $20 milion per
year to a player who'se former team is doing just fine without him and
perhaps knew that his value was about half the number given, you know
there's trouble in beantown.
28. Chicago Cubs - Let's give the new regime time to make changes
and get their financial house in order. Until Alfonso Soriano is
not being paid the initial Carl Crawford contract, they Cubs won't be
at the top of this list.
29. New York Mets - Been doing and making poor contract decisions
for awhile and are in the Cubs boat that it will take time to recover.
They really couldn't have foreseen the Johan Santana situation,
he was a good pitcher, but it does point out the problem with paying
many year $20 million contract to pitchers. That doesn't seem to
be stopping others from doing it though.
30. Houston Astros - Off to a better start than most thought, despite
this ranking and due mostly to young players. The former contracts of
Carlos Lee and Brett Myers are driving this last place bus. Lee paid
$19m, but worth $7.4m. Myers paid $12m, but worth $7.7m.
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Baseball Payrolls
2012
1 New York Yankees $197,482,289
2 Philadelphia Phillies $174,538,938
3 Boston Red Sox $173,186,617
4 Los Angeles Angels $154,485,166
5 Detroit Tigers $132,300,000
6 Texas Rangers $120,510,974
7 Miami Marlins $118,078,000
8 San Francisco Giants $117,620,683
9 St. Louis Cardinals $110,300,862
10 Milwaukee Brewers $97,653,944
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