With my $15.5 million...
Suppose I have $15.5 million with which to hire Major League Baseball players. I could either:
1. Hire San Diego pitcher Chan Ho Park (assuming I could borrow an addition $5,142, which I think is probably true considering I do have $15.5 million).
2. Hire the entire opening day roster of the Florida Marlins. Oh, and I'd have $501,500 left over for air fare to go see them play.
Chan Ho Park has a career record of 106-80. The Marlins (assuming no position players have a career decisions) are 172-172. But I assume there would be at least one of the Marlins available to pitch everyday.
After their off-season fire sale, the Marlins have a team payroll of $14,998,500. Chan Ho Park is one of 12 major league players who will earn more than the entire Marlins team. The highest paid Marlin is pitcher Dontrelle Willis at $4.35 million. Then pitcher Brian Moehler at $1.5 million. 17 of their 26 players make the league minimum of $327,000. Then third baseman Wes Helms at $800,000.
The second lowest opening day team payroll was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at $35.4 million. In fact, on the Devil Rays and the Colorado Rockies ($41.2 million) fail to spend more than 3 times the Marlins. The median team payroll is about $72 million--nearly 5 times the Marlins. The top payroll is the Yankees (who have the three highest paid players) at $194.7 million, or nearly 13 times the Marlins, though only 6 of them make more than the Marlins all total. Twelve Yankees will make more than the Marlins highest paid player.
But in terms of income equality, the Marlins probably lead the way. I mean, think of Yankees starting second baseman Robinson Cano. He makes $381,000. The guys in the cubicals next to him make over 50 times his salary--1B Jason Giambi ($20.4 million), SS Derek Jeter ($20.6 million), and 3B Alex Rodriguez ($21.7 million)--and are the three highest paid players in the game.
1. Hire San Diego pitcher Chan Ho Park (assuming I could borrow an addition $5,142, which I think is probably true considering I do have $15.5 million).
2. Hire the entire opening day roster of the Florida Marlins. Oh, and I'd have $501,500 left over for air fare to go see them play.
Chan Ho Park has a career record of 106-80. The Marlins (assuming no position players have a career decisions) are 172-172. But I assume there would be at least one of the Marlins available to pitch everyday.
After their off-season fire sale, the Marlins have a team payroll of $14,998,500. Chan Ho Park is one of 12 major league players who will earn more than the entire Marlins team. The highest paid Marlin is pitcher Dontrelle Willis at $4.35 million. Then pitcher Brian Moehler at $1.5 million. 17 of their 26 players make the league minimum of $327,000. Then third baseman Wes Helms at $800,000.
The second lowest opening day team payroll was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at $35.4 million. In fact, on the Devil Rays and the Colorado Rockies ($41.2 million) fail to spend more than 3 times the Marlins. The median team payroll is about $72 million--nearly 5 times the Marlins. The top payroll is the Yankees (who have the three highest paid players) at $194.7 million, or nearly 13 times the Marlins, though only 6 of them make more than the Marlins all total. Twelve Yankees will make more than the Marlins highest paid player.
But in terms of income equality, the Marlins probably lead the way. I mean, think of Yankees starting second baseman Robinson Cano. He makes $381,000. The guys in the cubicals next to him make over 50 times his salary--1B Jason Giambi ($20.4 million), SS Derek Jeter ($20.6 million), and 3B Alex Rodriguez ($21.7 million)--and are the three highest paid players in the game.
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...and of course, my team, the Texas Rangers, are the geniouses who gave CHoP the bad contract. The only reason he is with the Padres is when the two teams traded Salary dumps, as the Rangers have overpaid Phil Nevin
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