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edited August 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
With the lowest payroll in baseball the Marlins have paid less than any other team in baseball for each win. That to me is amazing considering they play in one of the worst stadiums in baseball Joe Robbie stadium yet they continue to win.
Why can't other teams in baseball have such success?
Marlins Getting The Most Bang For Their Bucks
"Our payroll this year went from about 20-something [million] to about 40 [million]," Samson said. "If we had kept all 25 of the same guys, it would have gone from 20 to 70 [million]. The roster matured at the same time. So you have to make choices."

Their choices are usually spot-on, making the Marlins a model of efficiency. Based on opening day payroll figures, the Marlins (at $35.8 million) are shelling out about 42 percent less in payroll than the Nationals ($62 million), but have gotten 40 percent more wins this year. And when the teams made another trade last week, with the Nationals sending first baseman Nick Johnson to Florida for Class AA lefty Aaron Thompson, the Nationals picked up the remaining $1.8 million of Johnson's salary.

With the exception of 2005, when they signed Delgado as a free agent in an uncharacteristic spending spree, the Marlins have ranked in the bottom three of payrolls in every season since Samson's boss and stepfather, owner Jeffrey Loria, bought the team in 2002. It makes it all the more remarkable that the franchise is an aggregate seven games over .500 in that span.



The Price Is Right For The MARLINS

The Marlins pay less per win than any team in baseball; the Yankees pay the most per win, as of Sunday's games.


Priciest Wins
Team Wins Payroll Cost per win
1. Yankees 63 $201 million $3.2 million
2. Mets 50 $136 million $2.7 million
3. Cubs 55 $135 million $2.5 million
4. Tigers 54 $115 million $2.1 million
5. Astros 52 $103 million $1.98 million



Best Bargains
Team Wins Payroll Cost per win
30. Marlins 55 $35.8 million $650,909
29. Padres 43 $42.8 million $995,000
28. Pirates 45 $48.7 million $1.08 million
27. Rays 57 $63.3 million 1.1 million
26. Rangers 59 $68.6 million $1.16 million



Locals
Team Wins Payroll Cost per win
12. Nationals 33 $59.3 million $1.8 million
21. Orioles 44 $67.1 million $1.5 million

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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Pretty cool stats!
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Scouting, scouting, scouting....and a lack of attachment to star players.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    tybird wrote:
    Scouting, scouting, scouting....and a lack of attachment to star players.
    i wish the mets could/would do this. maybe the mets wouldn't suck or choke year after year.
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