2010 MLB Team Payroll Numbers

7,764
4,667
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Via USA Today

[table][tr][td]Opening Day 2010
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[/td][/tr][tr][td][table][tr][td]Team[/td][td]Total payroll[/td][/tr][tr][td]    New York Yankees[/td][td]$ 206,333,389                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Boston Red Sox[/td][td]$ 162,447,333                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Chicago Cubs[/td][td]$ 146,609,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Philadelphia Phillies[/td][td]$ 141,928,379                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    New York Mets[/td][td]$ 134,422,942                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Detroit Tigers[/td][td]$ 122,864,928                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Chicago White Sox[/td][td]$ 105,530,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Los Angeles Angels[/td][td]$ 104,963,866                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    San Francisco Giants[/td][td]$ 98,641,333                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Minnesota Twins[/td][td]$ 97,559,166                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Los Angeles Dodgers[/td][td]$ 95,358,016                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    St. Louis Cardinals[/td][td]$ 93,540,751                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Houston Astros[/td][td]$ 92,355,500                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Seattle Mariners[/td][td]$ 86,510,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Atlanta Braves[/td][td]$ 84,423,666                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Colorado Rockies[/td][td]$ 84,227,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Baltimore Orioles[/td][td]$ 81,612,500                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Milwaukee Brewers[/td][td]$ 81,108,278                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Tampa Bay Rays[/td][td]$ 71,923,471                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Cincinnati Reds[/td][td]$ 71,761,542                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Kansas City Royals[/td][td]$ 71,405,210                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Toronto Blue Jays[/td][td]$ 62,234,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Washington Nationals[/td][td]$ 61,400,000                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Cleveland Indians[/td][td]$ 61,203,966                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Arizona Diamondbacks[/td][td]$ 60,718,166                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Florida Marlins[/td][td]$ 57,034,719                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Texas Rangers[/td][td]$ 55,250,544                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Oakland Athletics[/td][td]$ 51,654,900                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    San Diego Padres[/td][td]$ 37,799,300                                        [/td][/tr][tr][td]    Pittsburgh Pirates[/td][td]$ 34,943,000                                       [/td][/tr][/table][/td][/tr][/table]


The average salary for Major League Baseball players has dropped 17 percent from Opening Day of last season, USA Today has reported, citing an annual survey that dates to 1988.

The measure is the largest decrease in pay since the newspaper began charting Opening Day salaries.
 
Go Bucs, no incentive to spend more since it wouldn't be much and still not near the top (and competitive) teams
 
The Jays would be amongst the bottom 5 if they weren't paying Vernon Wells an obscene amount of money
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Also should add the Top 25 individual salaries...


[table][tr][td]1[/td][td]      Rodriguez, Alex[/td][td]$ 33,000,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]2[/td][td]      Sabathia, CC[/td][td]$ 24,285,714                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]3[/td][td]      Jeter, Derek[/td][td]$ 22,600,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]4[/td][td]      Teixeira, Mark[/td][td]$ 20,625,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]5[/td][td]      Santana, Johan[/td][td]$ 20,144,707                  [/td][td]      New York Mets[/td][/tr][tr][td]6[/td][td]      Cabrera, Miguel[/td][td]$ 20,000,000                  [/td][td]      Detroit Tigers[/td][/tr][tr][td]7[/td][td]      Beltran, Carlos[/td][td]$ 19,401,569                  [/td][td]      New York Mets[/td][/tr][tr][td]8[/td][td]      Howard, Ryan[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Philadelphia Phillies[/td][/tr][tr][td]9[/td][td]      Lee, Carlos[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Houston Astros[/td][/tr][tr][td]10[/td][td]      Soriano, Alfonso[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]11[/td][td]      Zambrano, Carlos[/td][td]$ 18,875,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]12[/td][td]      Lackey, John[/td][td]$ 18,700,000                  [/td][td]      Boston Red Sox[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]      Ramirez, Manny[/td][td]$ 18,695,006                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Dodgers[/td][/tr][tr][td]14[/td][td]      Hunter, Torii[/td][td]$ 18,500,000                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Angels[/td][/tr][tr][td]15[/td][td]      Zito, Barry[/td][td]$ 18,500,000                  [/td][td]      San Francisco Giants[/td][/tr][tr][td]16[/td][td]      Suzuki, Ichiro[/td][td]$ 18,000,000                  [/td][td]      Seattle Mariners[/td][/tr][tr][td]17[/td][td]      Ordonez, Magglio[/td][td]$ 17,825,976                  [/td][td]      Detroit Tigers[/td][/tr][tr][td]18[/td][td]      Helton, Todd[/td][td]$ 17,775,000                  [/td][td]      Colorado Rockies[/td][/tr][tr][td]19[/td][td]      Ramirez, Aramis[/td][td]$ 16,750,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]20[/td][td]      Burnett, A.J.[/td][td]$ 16,500,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]21[/td][td]      Holliday, Matt[/td][td]$ 16,333,327                  [/td][td]      St. Louis Cardinals[/td][/tr][tr][td]22[/td][td]      Carpenter, Chris[/td][td]$ 15,840,971                  [/td][td]      St. Louis Cardinals[/td][/tr][tr][td]23[/td][td]      Halladay, Roy[/td][td]$ 15,750,000                  [/td][td]      Philadelphia Phillies[/td][/tr][tr][td]24[/td][td]      Wells, Vernon[/td][td]$ 15,687,500                  [/td][td]      Toronto Blue Jays[/td][/tr][tr][td]25[/td][td]      Kuroda, Hiroki[/td][td]$ 15,433,333                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Dodgers[/td][/tr][/table]
 
Originally Posted by RyGuy45

Also should add the Top 25 individual salaries...


[table][tr][td]1[/td][td]      Rodriguez, Alex[/td][td]$ 33,000,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]2[/td][td]      Sabathia, CC[/td][td]$ 24,285,714                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]3[/td][td]      Jeter, Derek[/td][td]$ 22,600,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]4[/td][td]      Teixeira, Mark[/td][td]$ 20,625,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]5[/td][td]      Santana, Johan[/td][td]$ 20,144,707                  [/td][td]      New York Mets[/td][/tr][tr][td]6[/td][td]      Cabrera, Miguel[/td][td]$ 20,000,000                  [/td][td]      Detroit Tigers[/td][/tr][tr][td]7[/td][td]      Beltran, Carlos[/td][td]$ 19,401,569                  [/td][td]      New York Mets[/td][/tr][tr][td]8[/td][td]      Howard, Ryan[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Philadelphia Phillies[/td][/tr][tr][td]9[/td][td]      Lee, Carlos[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Houston Astros[/td][/tr][tr][td]10[/td][td]      Soriano, Alfonso[/td][td]$ 19,000,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]11[/td][td]      Zambrano, Carlos[/td][td]$ 18,875,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]12[/td][td]      Lackey, John[/td][td]$ 18,700,000                  [/td][td]      Boston Red Sox[/td][/tr][tr][td]13[/td][td]      Ramirez, Manny[/td][td]$ 18,695,006                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Dodgers[/td][/tr][tr][td]14[/td][td]      Hunter, Torii[/td][td]$ 18,500,000                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Angels[/td][/tr][tr][td]15[/td][td]      Zito, Barry[/td][td]$ 18,500,000                  [/td][td]      San Francisco Giants[/td][/tr][tr][td]16[/td][td]      Suzuki, Ichiro[/td][td]$ 18,000,000                  [/td][td]      Seattle Mariners[/td][/tr][tr][td]17[/td][td]      Ordonez, Magglio[/td][td]$ 17,825,976                  [/td][td]      Detroit Tigers[/td][/tr][tr][td]18[/td][td]      Helton, Todd[/td][td]$ 17,775,000                  [/td][td]      Colorado Rockies[/td][/tr][tr][td]19[/td][td]      Ramirez, Aramis[/td][td]$ 16,750,000                  [/td][td]      Chicago Cubs[/td][/tr][tr][td]20[/td][td]      Burnett, A.J.[/td][td]$ 16,500,000                  [/td][td]      New York Yankees[/td][/tr][tr][td]21[/td][td]      Holliday, Matt[/td][td]$ 16,333,327                  [/td][td]      St. Louis Cardinals[/td][/tr][tr][td]22[/td][td]      Carpenter, Chris[/td][td]$ 15,840,971                  [/td][td]      St. Louis Cardinals[/td][/tr][tr][td]23[/td][td]      Halladay, Roy[/td][td]$ 15,750,000                  [/td][td]      Philadelphia Phillies[/td][/tr][tr][td]24[/td][td]      Wells, Vernon[/td][td]$ 15,687,500                  [/td][td]      Toronto Blue Jays[/td][/tr][tr][td]25[/td][td]      Kuroda, Hiroki[/td][td]$ 15,433,333                  [/td][td]      Los Angeles Dodgers[/td][/tr][/table]

these numbers are just ridiculous 
 
The Dodgers aren't anywhere near 95 Million.

They're only paying 79 Mil this year.

There are guys who aren't on the team anymore that they're still paying, and some current salaries are deferred
 
LOL at Pujols not being in the Top 25 salaries the last 4 years running.

Apple to oranges but in that time frame Pujols made $55.8 million and ARod made $116.7 mil.

Albert's agent is licking his chops as we speak.
 
As many as possible.
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How's everything sir.

Be patient for 2010, stop gap year. Whatever the expectations are though, it cannot be worse than last season.
 
Originally Posted by Mez 0ne

As many as possible.
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How's everything sir.

Be patient for 2010, stop gap year. Whatever the expectations are though, it cannot be worse than last season.
I am doing good. I should be headed back home for a few weeks this summer so I am going to have to see the new stadium. We just need to stay healthy and produce, last season was a nightmare.

  
 
Originally Posted by d3simet

Yankees' Dodgers payroll = disgusting..

There is no excuse for a team in the second largest media market, that regularly is in the top of the league in attendance to not be in the top 10 in payroll.

Sandwiched between two small market teams
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Behind the Twins, Giants and Angels
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To top it off our actual payroll is in the $80-82 million range
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SELL THE #@*@%%% TEAM FRANK.  DODGER FANS DESERVE BETTER!
 
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