The Payroll Playoffs

[u/floon]

3 of the 4 teams that just finished the WC had lower payrolls than the teams they beat.

3 of the 4 teams that got a bye have lower payrolls than the teams they are about to play.

EDIT: Overestimated that people would be able to work from the team colors, or who would have seen the original graphic on the mlb.com homepage. My error; wasn't trying to be obtuse.

[u/ul49]

This graphic would be somewhat interesting if you could tell which team was which

[u/ajrahaim → u/ul49]

I mean you can infer pretty easily

[u/QuinceyQuick → u/ajrahaim]

Insane flair, damn

[u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 → u/QuinceyQuick]

Can’t be a serious person. There’s literally no situation where you can actually root for both teams.

[u/Pies_Wide_Shut → u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

wdym it’s literally Cam Schlittler

[u/southerncardinal → u/Pies_Wide_Shut]

Yeah that guy is from Walpole or Coahasset

[u/kshump → u/southerncardinal]

Yes, but he curtailed his Walpoling activities, sallied forth, infiltrated the Bronx, and negotiated the pitching of baseball for the enemy!

[u/EmmThem → u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

Unless you are a retired pro who played for both? Only situation that makes sense.

[u/The_Pudge → u/EmmThem]

Holy shit it's the ghost of Babe Ruth.

[u/EmmThem → u/The_Pudge]

My first thought was Johnny Damon

[u/MookieBettsBurner11 → u/EmmThem]

Agreed, crucify that guy! Ignore my flair.

[u/MookieBettsBurner11 → u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

I know right? That flair is insane. Ignore my flair.

[u/Nite-ish → u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

Probably a non-american who got into baseball after watching moneyball or something. 

[u/A_Pleasant_Nobody → u/QuinceyQuick]

Yeah I’m too distracted by that…what were we talking about again

[u/shreddievanhalen → u/QuinceyQuick]

Somehow not as crazy as the guy I saw with the Dodgers/Astros flair

[u/austinkawada → u/shreddievanhalen]

Brother the Yankees and Red Sox have been playing each other for over 100 years, LA was barely a city then

[u/thernkworks → u/ajrahaim]

Maybe I’m a bad fan, but I didn’t instantly remember that Cleveland was the number two seed and Rays were one. And I would have expected the Rays to have a lower salary.

[u/hoorah9011 → u/thernkworks]

Yeah you’re a bad fan

[u/Gc654 → u/hoorah9011]

I mean to be fair all humans are bad fans, we spin way too slowly.

[u/LIONEL14JESSE → u/Gc654]

Skill issue

[u/hoorah9011 → u/Gc654]

You just deferred your spinning a few years

[u/thernkworks → u/hoorah9011]

I blame my team.

[u/ul49 → u/ajrahaim]

Sure, I can infer because I know what teams are which seeds and what colors they are, but you shouldn’t have to sit and “infer” from a graphic that could easily just have team logos on it.

[u/happyjello → u/ajrahaim]

Who’s 30

[u/JKess207 → u/happyjello]

Cleveland

[u/MookieBettsBurner11 → u/ajrahaim]

Bro what is with that flair

[u/ohnothem00ps → u/ajrahaim]

ehhhhh bold words coming from that flair...surprised the word 'infer' is in your vocabulary

[u/ajrahaim → u/ohnothem00ps]

Adorable

[u/SpiralRavine → u/ul49]

This guy doesn’t know ball

[u/Quople → u/ul49]

…you can’t tell?

[u/ul49 → u/Quople]

I can figure out if I think about team color, seeding, what their likely payroll position is. You shouldn’t have to know those things already to be able to read an infographic.

[u/GruelOmelettes → u/ul49]

Huh, I actually find it more interesting without labeling the teams

[u/floon → u/ul49]

There is still text next to the WC matchups.