Team payroll investment rate relative to revenue

Not surprised to see Cardinals fairly low on this list. Of course, this was pre-Holliday contract.

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Our 2009 payroll was 77 million???

How could it have been that low?

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Oct 10, 2010 9:11 PM EDT reply actions

Good question.

There are no sources. I wish it was a better article, but I still find the premise interesting.

by spants on Oct 10, 2010 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions

I know the Cardinals do something unexpected when they tabulate their official payroll numbers… like, they don’t count something towards a certain year’s total that you might expect them to. Don’t remember what it is exactly, or if it is even unusual.

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Oct 12, 2010 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Hmmm.

According to Cot’s Baseball Contracts, our 2009 payroll was $ 88,528,409. Using this number, and assuming that their revenue numbers are correct, we would be at 45%, tied with Boston and Cleveland. Another interesting aspect to this, which they are lacking, is paying off debt for building new stadiums.

"I'm gonna throw the nastiest curveball I have ever thrown...if he hits it, I'll tip my cap, but if not we're going to the Series."

--Adam Wainwright on the final pitch of the 2006 NLCS

by bgh on Oct 13, 2010 11:46 AM EDT reply actions