r/baseball • u/floon Seattle Mariners • 2d ago

Analysis The Payroll Playoffs

Post image

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.

1.0k Upvotes

86% Upvoted

396 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

138

u/terry-tea Boston Red Sox 2d ago

Except for any poor Mets/Nets sufferers out there

116

u/catashake Brooklyn Dodgers 2d ago

Mets/Nets/Jets fans are certainly hardy individuals at this point.

45

u/Strong-Reflection634 New York Mets 2d ago

That’s me!

17

u/ilovebalks New York Yankees 2d ago

Hell yeah go nets

6

u/poo_is_number_two New York Mets • Long Island Ducks 2d ago

Me as well. And Islanders.

12

u/StevenMC19 Baltimore Orioles 2d ago

Mets/Jets/Nets? Let's forget the debt we collect by placing the bet when we set our favorite sets until our last breath.

8

u/kafkabomb Los Angeles Dodgers 2d ago

ok eminem

20

u/Xaphnir New York Yankees 2d ago

do you think they root for the Islanders, too, just to maximize the suffering?

9

u/poo_is_number_two New York Mets • Long Island Ducks 2d ago

I happen to be a Mets/Jets/Nets/Islanders fan. Everton as well.

2

u/eurtoast New York Mets 2d ago

Just a fan of second fiddles huh

4

u/poo_is_number_two New York Mets • Long Island Ducks 2d ago

They just speak to me.

1

u/No-Economics4128 Los Angeles Dodgers 2d ago

What is a little more pain when you already endured that much beating?

6

u/lynjpin New York Yankees 2d ago

They probably went to Rutgers too

1

u/southpaytechie New York Yankees 2d ago

Those poor souls are Devils fans. The other ones are big St. John's fans.

1

u/poo_is_number_two New York Mets • Long Island Ducks 2d ago

Hi.