Franchise 31

February 2, 2009 By LibertyBoy 6 Comments

 The Sporting News deftly observes today that Bud Selig, based on 2007 tax filings, pulled in $18.4M, which put him between Derek Jeter and Manny Ramirez on the salary totem pole in 2007.

In fact, if the league office was an actual major league franchise, the money pulled in by the league office alone – mostly via fees and charges levied upon the franchises – would clearly and reasonably warrant a playoff run [chart as of 2007]:

Rank [2007] TEAM PAYROLL ($M) REVENUE ($M) PAYROLL AS A VALUE* ($M)
% OF REVENUE
1 Yankees $195 $327 60% $1,306
2 Red Sox $144 $263 55% $816
3 Mets $118 $235 50% $824
4 White Sox $110 $193 57% $443
5 Dodgers $109 $224 49% $694
6 Angels $109 $200 55% $500
7 Mariners $107 $194 55% $466
8 Cubs $100 $214 47% $642
9 League Office $99 $141 70% n/a
10 Tigers $95 $173 55% $407
11 Orioles $95 $166 57% $398
12 Giants $90 $197 46% $494
13 Cardinals $90 $194 46% $484
14 Braves $89 $199 45% $497
15 Phillies $89 $192 46% $481
16 Astros $88 $193 46% $463
17 Blue Jays $80 $160 50% $352
18 A’s $80 $154 52% $323
19 Brewers $72 $158 46% $331
20 Twins $71 $149 48% $328
21 Rangers $69 $172 40% $412
22 Reds $69 $161 43% $337
23 Royals $67 $131 51% $301
24 Indians $62 $181 34% $417
25 Padres $58 $167 35% $385
26 Rockies $54 $169 32% $371
27 D’Backs $52 $165 32% $379
28 Pirates $39 $139 28% $292
29 Nationals $37 $153 24% $460
30 Marlins $31 $128 24% $256
31 Rays $24 $138 17% $290

By all means, a man should be allowed to make what he’s worth, and I wouldn’t judge a man for chasing an extra dime.  On the other hand, I wouldn’t value Selig as a “clutch performer” or as a “bona fide cleanup” man, or even “as the face of the franchise”.  I’m thinking he would be rated a plus defender, but not multi-positional, contact hitter, slow on the basepaths, and possibly, an injury risk.  At +$18M and 3 years, I’m thinking that I’ve found the market’s biggest balloon.

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  1. Brilliant!!!

    unkulsal February 2, 2009 at 5:23 pm

  2. RE: the Mets staff I’d say their done, maybe a bull pen guy. Their 5 starters average out to 190 innings and a 3.92 ERA. So they bought the innings they need from their 5 starters. Perez had an exceptional July, the other months he averaged a +5 ERA. Sept. being his worse month.

    unkulsal February 3, 2009 at 8:59 am

  3. Now go get an OF bat.

    spiritofstlouis February 3, 2009 at 11:29 am

  4. I was just trying to make the point over at Mets Today that Ollie isn’t worth $12M by a long stretch. Omar should have come to $8M for 2 years, add 3rd year player option for $12M…So if he suddenly morphs into Johan Santana lite, they can fork over the $8M they saved over the first 2 years into the save ollie free agency / 3rd year reneg. fund. $12M is high price to pay in guaranteed money, just to gamble on / speculate performance in “prime” years.

    libertyboynyc February 3, 2009 at 11:46 am

  5. Hey Lou, just saw this on Bloomberg, supports the Cardinal Manifesto:

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aDSJCRfqT79E&refer=home

    libertyboynyc February 3, 2009 at 12:26 pm

  6. When a guy like Perez can command this kind of dough, it makes me understand why Joba wants to start. Look how long it took Mariano to get where he is now. Joba’s not stupid. It’s like what Willie Sutton said when they asked him why he robbed banks. Joba knows where the money is, too, and you can’t blame him for it.

    noogerguy February 3, 2009 at 7:09 pm
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