May 17, 201610 yr First, I know this isn't going to happen...but The top 3 teams (LAD, NYY, BOS) have a combined payroll of $675,000,000 which is more than Astros, Indians, Reds, A's, Braves, Marlins, Rays and Brewers combined. MLB has the biggest discrepancy between the "Have's" and "Have Not's" of the Big 3 (MLB, NFL and NBA). So would MLB overall be better and more competitive with a hard salary cap?
May 17, 201610 yr No. If the big spenders were winning every year, it may be worth considering, but that's not happening at all.
May 17, 201610 yr At one time it was an issue, but with the institution of a luxury tax and organizational efficiency, that discrepancy is easily overcome.
May 17, 201610 yr I think there's plenty of parity in MLB. The biggest salaried teams don't always win. The Yankees did spend their way to a few championships, but that was nearly 2 decades ago. 20 of the 32 teams have won a World Series in the last 35 years and over the same time period, all but 4 teams have made the World Series. And none of the 3 highest payroll teams you mention are currently in 1st place. Money helps, but it is not the key to having a successful MLB franchise.
May 17, 201610 yr Here's the WS winners and payroll rank. 2015 KC 15 2014 SF 7 2013 Red Sox 4 2012 SF 8 2011 STL 11 2010 SF 10 2009 NYY 1 2008 PHL 12 2007 BOS 2 2006 STL 11 2005 White Sox 13 2004 Red Sox 2 2003 Marlins 25 2002 Angels 15 2001 DBacks 8 2000 NYY 1
May 17, 201610 yr Would it be better? probably but teams with low salaries have done well but making sound business decisions. If you draft well and sign players early in their career you can make the playoffs
May 17, 201610 yr Author At one time it was an issue, but with the institution of a luxury tax and organizational efficiency, that discrepancy is easily overcome. How many teams in the bottom half of the payroll spectrum are making the playoffs year in and year out? Not many of them are overcoming...
May 17, 201610 yr Author Here's the WS winners and payroll rank. 2015 KC 15 2014 SF 7 2013 Red Sox 4 2012 SF 8 2011 STL 11 2010 SF 10 2009 NYY 1 2008 PHL 12 2007 BOS 2 2006 STL 11 2005 White Sox 13 2004 Red Sox 2 2003 Marlins 25 2002 Angels 15 2001 DBacks 8 2000 NYY 1 Even though I think playoff appearances are a better measure than WS wins, there has still only been one low payroll team win the WS from this list, the Marlins in 2003. Every other team was in the upper half of payroll spent.
May 17, 201610 yr Even though I think playoff appearances are a better measure than WS wins, there has still only been one low payroll team win the WS from this list, the Marlins in 2003. Every other team was in the upper half of payroll spent. I agree that playoffs vs payroll are a better measure. Too lazy to look it up.
May 17, 201610 yr So many MLB teams slowly build salary as they get better over a period of time. Eventually once they get all those pieces, they end up with higher than average salaries. The team then purges salaries once they begin to fall out of competiveness, and the cycle begins again.
May 17, 201610 yr How many teams in the bottom half of the payroll spectrum are making the playoffs year in and year out? Not many of them are overcoming...If memory serves, MLB actually has one of the more competitive balances when it comes to teams making the playoffs. At one time it was not like that, but it is now solidly blended.
May 17, 201610 yr So many MLB teams slowly build salary as they get better over a period of time. Eventually once they get all those pieces, they end up with higher than average salaries. The team then purges salaries once they begin to fall out of competiveness, and the cycle begins again.This as well. I want to say once KC made all of their moves last year they actually were about #7 in payroll, but I could be mistaken.
May 17, 201610 yr So many MLB teams slowly build salary as they get better over a period of time. Eventually once they get all those pieces, they end up with higher than average salaries. The team then purges salaries once they begin to fall out of competiveness, and the cycle begins again.This as well. I want to say once KC made all of their moves last year they actually were about #7 in payroll, but I could be mistaken. And KC was always assumed to be one of the cellar dwellers, not just in on-field play, but in money spent.
May 17, 201610 yr Here's the WS winners and payroll rank. 2015 KC 15 2014 SF 7 2013 Red Sox 4 2012 SF 8 2011 STL 11 2010 SF 10 2009 NYY 1 2008 PHL 12 2007 BOS 2 2006 STL 11 2005 White Sox 13 2004 Red Sox 2 2003 Marlins 25 2002 Angels 15 2001 DBacks 8 2000 NYY 1 So you have to have a top 10 payroll to win it all. This average is 9.
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