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December 20, 2004
Moneyball woes
The NY Times' Murray Chase in this article provides some humbling analysis of the economic disparity between the New York Yankees and everyone else in Major League Baseball:
If the Yankees' rotation is [Randy] Johnson, Mike Mussina, Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright, the combined 2005 salaries of the starters will be $67 million. That total is more than the 2004 payrolls of 18 of the other 29 teams.
And if the Yanks outbid the Stros for Carlos Beltran?:
If Beltran's agent gets what he wants, $20 million a year, make the Yankees payroll $230 million, nearly 30 percent higher than this year's.
By way of comparison, the Stros' 2004 salary budget was just a tad under $75 million.
Posted by Tom at December 20, 2004 08:50 AM
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Try being a Reds out. LOL
Posted by: Josh Kirkendall at December 20, 2004 10:51 AM
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