Posted: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 7:08 PM | 27 comments |
 

Checking out the payrolls
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On the day the Yankees reportedly spent $180 million to bring Mark Teixeria, the Associated Press released information on team payrolls for the 2008 season, citing figures sent to clubs in recent days by the commissioner’s office.

Of note is the list has the Phillies with the 10th highest payroll in 2008, at $112.7 million.

According to the AP, the figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses, earned incentive bonuses, non-cash compensation, buyouts of unexercised options and cash transactions. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to reflect present-day values. The gap between the Yankees and No. 2 Boston of $75 million is more than the entire payroll of nine teams.

1. N.Y. Yankees $222,519,480
2. Boston 147,075,645
3. New York Mets 144,693,962
4. Detroit 136,198,404
5. Chicago Cubs 130,508,691
6. Los Angeles Angels 128,142,467
7. Los Angeles Dodgers 125,864,496
8. Seattle 120,456,113
9. Chicago White Sox 113,641,026
10. Philadelphia 112,654,711
11. St. Louis 109,989,046
12. Houston 100,189,948
13. Toronto 98,343,520
14. Atlanta 92,494,314
15. Milwaukee 90,324,347
16. Cincinnati 82,886,440
17. San Francisco 82,074,873
18. Arizona 80,998,526
19. Baltimore 78,888,250
20. Cleveland 78,663,582
21. Texas 78,640,138
22. Colorado 74,791,621
23. San Diego 71,212,182
24. Kansas City 69,297,547
25. Minnesota 65,096,667
26. Washington 59,699,668
27. Oakland 55,223,294
28. Tampa Bay 51,020,720
29. Pittsburgh 50,764,410
30. Florida 27,003,450
Total 2,879,357,538

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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:19 PM, 12/23/2008
    This is by far the most flagrant effort by the Yankees ever to buy a World Championship.....I hope for the sake of the game they fail....it is a tremendous disgrace to the game. If by some chance they fall into bankruptcy in this troubled economy, we sure as h$ll better not bail them out.
    — Mark1npt
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:49 PM, 12/23/2008
    What the Yankees have done in committing nearly half a billion dollars to three free agents over the last couple of weeks is an affront to both professional baseball and an American society in the midst of financial meltdown. If I were a citizen of New York, I would hope my governor and mayor would have the stones to tell Steinbrenner Jr. to take a hike if he ever begs for additional financing or tax breaks to build and maintain his new stadium.
    — natufian
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:52 PM, 12/23/2008
    Is there any reason that the Phillies shouldn't be in the top 5-7 on that list? Fifth largest metro area, largest with only 1 baseball team. Brand new cash-printing ball park. Highly marketable players. Just won the World Series... They're payroll will jump quite a bit in '09 with so many players getting raises, but I doubt they'll be 5-7 when all is said and done.
    — HappyPete
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:22 PM, 12/23/2008
    I don't think the Phils should be in the top five or seven just because they're in the 5th largest market. It's not about buying free agents or just handing out money. You develop homegrown talent and you get the keep the margin. If you hit the open market, then you don't. The Phils may be prudent, but they definitely aren't cheap.
    — mdhnyc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:37 PM, 12/23/2008
    You'll kindly note sir that nowhere did I say there were cheap. And being prudent also means not giving donkeys like Geoff Jenkins and Adam Eaton (and possibly Raul Ibanez...) stupid contracts
    — HappyPete
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:19 PM, 12/23/2008
    And when the Mets get Lowe, how much will that mean in the '09 race? Enough to beat out any 5th staffer on the Phils.
    — KGKoons
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:55 AM, 12/24/2008
    HappyPete... How many of those teams in the 1-9 spots were playing in the World Series last year? I'm sure you can find bad contracts on any of the teams ahead of the Phils. Yankees (Pavano, Giambi, Kevin Brown, Jarrett Wright), Boston (Drew, Lowell), Mets (Beltran, Wagner, Castillo), Tigers (Sheffield, Willis, Inge), Cubs (Soriano, Fukudome, Marquis), Angels (Escobar, Matthews Jr, Speier), Dodgers (Andruw Jones, Jason Schmidt, Juan Pierre), Seattle (Sexson, Beltre, Bedard, Silva, Washburn, Batista), White Sox (Contreras, Vasquez, Dotel). Give the Phils a break!!!
    — fiveforone
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:57 AM, 12/24/2008
    KGKoons, the Mets only have 3 pitchers right now and 2 of them aren't much better than the Phils #4 starter.
    — fiveforone
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:59 AM, 12/24/2008
    Heller... I told you 2 weeks ago that was the smart move. It's common knowledge that Howard wants in the neighborhood of $200 mil in a long term deal.
    — fiveforone
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:04 AM, 12/24/2008
    There's no financial benefit to signing Howard long term right now, particularly at his age. Its cheaper to go one year at a time in arbitration. Wouldn't hurt to keep the big man motivated either
    — fla
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:12 AM, 12/24/2008
    Payroll/Schmaroll ! Its what happens on the field that pays off. Phils are CHAMPS. Look for repeat in '09. Merry Christmas ALL
    — mick314
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:41 AM, 12/24/2008
    Mick: With Park, Moyer, and Ibanez, I dont think the Phils are actually trying to repeat. They are looking simply to compete and cash-in on the WS win. Then they'll do it again in 25 years, since that how often their mantra of mid-grade signings works out.
    — gilbyrocks
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:53 AM, 12/24/2008
    Hopefully, the Twins will win it all next year.
    — JayW
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:37 AM, 12/24/2008
    Whether howard stays or goes is anyones guess. Please note, however, that with teh excpetion of the NY teams, who have to buy a team every year 9and still can't make teh playoffs) no one else this year is buying players. Look at who is still on the table- manny, Burrel, Aberu etc. I guess the idiots living in NY like paying 2500 a ticket to watch their teams loose to the phils and Rays
    — jeff gross


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About David Murphy
David Murphy joined the Daily News as its Phillies beat writer in February of 2008. Born in Upper Merion and raised in the Poconos, he attended college at La Salle University before taking jobs with the Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Sun-News and the St. Petersburg ( Fla. ) Times. E-mail Dave at dmurphy@phillynews.com.

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