Baseball's Teams with the Largest Payrolls Are Struggling, But It's Early
By Jason McIntyre
Yankees: 21-20 [$197 million payroll]
Phillies: 21-21 [$174 million]
Red Sox: 20-21 [$173 million]
Angels: 18-24 [$154 million]
Tigers: 20-21 [$132 million
If the MLB season ended today – thank goodness it doesn’t – your MLB division winners in the AL: Orioles, Indians, Rangers. And in the NL: Braves, Cardinals, Dodgers.
[Note: Not surprisingly, the five teams with the lowest payroll in baseball – Padres, A’s, Astros, Royals and Pirates are all .500 or below. The Rays are 25th in payroll, just missing the cut. They’d be a Wild Card team if the season ended today.]
It’s May. Let’s revisit this at the All-Star break. But for fun, we’ll include the Vegas over/under win totals. The Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox and Angels were all projected to win 90+ games. That’s still possible, and those four going 75-45 (ish) over the last 120 (ish) games is not out of the realm of possibility.