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Yavin4

(35,446 posts) Tue Mar 27, 2018, 11:45 PM Mar 2018

Red Sox have the highest payroll. Yankees are 7th.

I guess the Evil Empire is now in Boston.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are on track to open the season this week with baseball’s seventh-highest payroll, their lowest ranking since 1992, according to projections by The Associated Press.

The Boston Red Sox will top the major leagues at about $223 million, ending the Los Angeles Dodgers’ four-year run as the top spender. San Francisco will be second at around $203 million, and the Chicago Cubs are set to be third at about $183 million.

The Dodgers and Washington Nationals will each be at approximately $180 million, and the Los Angeles Angels will be next at about $170 million. The Yankees will be at around $167 million — their lowest payroll since 2003.

https://apnews.com/c51cc4bda8d648e5a350eef2e6f2c0ce/APNewsBreak:-Yanks-have-7th-highest-payroll;-Red-Sox-tops

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Red Sox have the highest payroll. Yankees are 7th. (Original Post) Yavin4 Mar 2018 OP

Does not matter BeyondGeography Mar 2018 #1

The Panda and Castillo, two players not even on their rosters, take up a lot of that money. chelsea0011 Mar 2018 #2

I feel like I've read this before True Dough Mar 2018 #3

As a Red Sox fan who stuck up for the Yankees on this one, the Sox are where the Yankees were a few hughee99 Mar 2018 #4

BeyondGeography

(39,383 posts)

1. Does not matter

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2018, 11:49 PM

Mar 2018

The Red Sox are the plucky underdogs and the Yankees are Satan. Just ask the Bostons. They’ll never get that cartoon out of their heads.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)

2. The Panda and Castillo, two players not even on their rosters, take up a lot of that money.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 05:54 AM

Mar 2018

Lucky for Sox that they have a lot of low priced young players....for now.

True Dough

(17,331 posts)

3. I feel like I've read this before

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 06:43 AM

Mar 2018

Oh yes, a few threads down from yours...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/120474040

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

4. As a Red Sox fan who stuck up for the Yankees on this one, the Sox are where the Yankees were a few

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 07:41 PM

Mar 2018

years ago, with giant contracts paid to many unproductive (or at least overpaid) players. Hell, it cost them $30 just to get rid of Panda, Rusney Castillo, and Allan Craig. Then they've got Price making $30 million and Hanley Ramirez at $22 million (think C.C. Sabathia and A-Rod's contracts a few years ago). Their management made some poor business decisions and they're footing the bill for it now. Much of that is the result of the previous administration (before they brought on Dembrowski) but I'm sure he's got a few turds waiting in the wings as well.

As I said about the Yankees before, when teams make a ton of revenue, what are they supposed to do with the money? Pocket it? Yes, I get the unfairness of teams that don't have that kind of financial or fan support, but for the teams that can do it, shouldn't they make every effort to try to put the best team on the field, rather than pocketing the money like the Marlins owner did for years? The Yankees leadership seems to have gone back to what made them a successful team in the 90's (a good bit of homegrown talent along with carefully selected free agents) while the Red Sox are now the ones saddled with the big contracts they signed to try to placate the fans.

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