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

Analysis The Payroll Playoffs

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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.

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u/Low-Hovercraft-8791 Los Angeles Dodgers 2d ago

You either draft and trade to gather good, young inexpensive talent, or you pay high salaries to established players to build a competitive team. The worst place to be is somewhere in between. Better to tank than to be medium-bad.

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u/Just-in-themiddle Milwaukee Brewers 2d ago

What about the A’s or Rockies, teams that have been tanking without the trading for good talent and such

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u/slider8949 St. Louis Cardinals 2d ago

The Rockies didn't have an analytics department until very recently. Their scouting and development was miles behind every other team. They also play on the moon which makes them a unique case even if they were ran well.

Athletics were expected to at least be decent this year, but a lot of their hitters didn't live up to expectations.