Thursday, March 15, 2007
Who is spending the most? #1 is the New York Yankees. No surprise there. But check out the astronomical difference between the Yankees and the rest of the list. Trying to buy a World Series much? How would the Yankees do if there was a salary cap one has to wonder.

Top 10 Highest Payrolls:

1 New York Yankees $194,663,079
2 Boston Red Sox $120,099,824
3 Los Angeles Angels $103,472,000
4 Chicago White Sox $102,750,667
5 New York Mets $101,084,963
6 Los Angeles Dodgers $98,447,187
7 Chicago Cubs $94,424,499
8 Houston Astros $92,551,503
9 Atlanta Braves $90,156,876
10 San Francisco Giants $90,056,419

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Contributed by Josh
2 Comments:
Blogger Ryan said...
Notice who is not on the list? The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They won the Series last year with a similar payroll. It can be done, folks.
March 15, 2007 at 6:47 PM  

Blogger IHateU said...
"The A's have roughly $60MM tied up, assuming some raises and such. That's about where they entered 2006 - Opening Day payroll was $62MM."

JERKS!
March 19, 2007 at 2:11 PM