Monday, October 19, 2020

Once Again Rays Smartest Team

      The smartest team in baseball is the Tampa Bay Rays – once again.

       In all three years I’ve measured this, the Rays have every time did the best in seeing how little money it takes to produce each win. Their 2020 payroll of $28.3 million produced 40 wins – meaning each win cost them $707,500.

          Once again, the worst performing team was the Red Sox -- $83.7 million in payroll got them 24 wins. That’s $3.45 million for each win.

        The other super big-spenders: Yankees at $3.3 million, Mets at $2.9M, Rangers at $2.87 M and Astros. $2.84 M.  The Dodgers, for what it’s worth, spent $2.5 million per win. The MLB average was $1.98 million.

       The Marlins were also high-performing, making the playoffs by spending only $1 million per win. Impressive, considering that their payroll of $31.3 million includes $10 million guaranteed to the nonplaying Wei-Yin Chen.

    There are various ways to play around with this formula. One would be to add post-season victories to the mix. The Rays, for example, have already had nine, heading into the World Series. Or you could count post-season victories as double or triple wins. I decided to stay with just the regular season.

      Note: I use Spotrac for payrolls, because they update throughout the season and include total payroll, adding those still being paid though they’re not playing.
      The full list:

TEAM

$$$

WINS

$/WIN

Tampa Bay Rays

28.3

40

0.7075

Orioles

23.5

25

0.94

Marlins

31.3

31

1.0097

A's

36.7

36

1.0194

Indians

37.5

35

1.0714

Pirates

25.1

19

1.3211

Royals

34.8

26

1.3385

Brewers

39.9

29

1.3759

White Sox

52.4

35

1.4971

Twins

55.4

36

1.5389

Blue Jays

54.5

32

1.7031

Reds

55.6

31

1.7935

Braves

63.1

35

1.8029

Mariners

48.9

27

1.8111

Tigers

43.1

23

1.8739

Padres

72.6

37

1.9622

League Average

59.4

30

1.98

Cubs

75.6

34

2.2235

Rockies

61.8

26

2.3769

Diamondbacks

60

25

2.4

Cards

72.2

30

2.4067

Dodgers

107.9

43

2.5093

Giants

73.3

29

2.5276

Angels

66

26

2.5385

Nats

68.3

26

2.6269

Phillies

78.6

28

2.8071

Astros

82.5

29

2.8448

Rangers

63.2

22

2.8727

Mets

77.6

26

2.9846

Yankees

109.4

33

3.3152

Red Sox

83.7

24

30

3.4875

 


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