If payroll decided baseball games.........

[Big Dave2]

What the 2010 standings would look like.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Good thing money doesn't put together a great team. Talented team yes, but look at the Giants they didn't have any top tier players except maybe Lincecum and they rocked it.

[paceman]

That is interesting though.....

[SledNeck]

Good thing money doesn't put together a great team. Talented team yes, but look at the Giants they didn't have any top tier players except maybe Lincecum and they rocked it.

Giants are near the top in spending

[DonBo]

Look at the Cubs! Lot a good that payroll does them.

[mrklean]

haha the cubs are cursed though. Funny thing about the Giants zito was a big chunk of payroll and didnt even make the roster for the playoffs

[bobbymalone]

Luck and good and bad days decide baseball games.

Pay is directly correlated to the supposed talent of a player and when you have big paychecks you likely have talented players, meaning more good days than bad. When you have a team stacked with top tier talent they will likely win more games than a team without top tier talent. That said plenty of highly talented players don't have A-Rod or Mauer contracts and at the risk of being called a heretic... not all big paycheck players are necessarily worth what they are paid. Especially if they spend a good chunk of the season on the DL.

I seriously hope that no one believes spending big money doesn't equal a competitive edge...

[greebs]

I see in this scenario that Leyland must have done his best

Gardy impression in the playoffs.

[MinnesnowtaWild]

Giants are near the top in spending

Yes, but that doesn't mean they have top talent...they just have terrible contracts.

[genegodawa]

If Pitching or Hitting or Hustle or Talent or Luck decided baseball games.....

the Cubs would have been on the bottom of that list this year!

Kinda like the last 103 or so years, huh?

[Juneau4]

That means money can,t buy the WORLD SERIES_-_ YES The Twins Have HOPE

[Big Dave2]

Giants are near the top in spending

Twins must be near the top also. The Twins only spent about 300,000 less than the Giants.

So......if the Twins payroll stays the same this year, the Twins will still be near the top in spending with One player earning almost 1/4 of the entire payroll. Hmmmmmmm.

[walleyeking19]

Who would've thought going 102-60 would only get you 3rd place in your division?!