2011 MLB payroll

[Goldfan]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

[Goldfan]

Can someone explain how the Cardinals won the 2006 WS with a 89mil payroll while the Yankees had a 195mil payroll?

[Whatashame]

The bigger question is how could the Cardinals of 2026 have a lesser payroll than the 2011 version. In 15 years how much have payrolls exploded in baseball. The Cardinals in 2026 are probably the only team who has a reduced payroll from their 2011 version.

[Goldfan]

Can someone explain how the 2004 Cardinals played in the WS with a 83Mil payroll while the Yankees had a 195mil payroll?

[Goldfan]

The bigger question is how could the Cardinals of 2026 have a lesser payroll than the 2011 version. In 15 years how much have payrolls exploded in baseball. The Cardinals in 2026 are probably the only team who has a reduced payroll from their 2011 version.

It’s a “REBUILD”

[Goldfan]

2013 MLB Team Payrolls
The following table details the final 2013 payroll for each MLB team.
Team Name Payroll
New York Yankees $229,391,839
Los Angeles Dodgers $223,126,072
Philadelphia Phillies $160,585,714
Boston Red Sox $150,655,000
Detroit Tigers $148,314,500
Los Angeles Angels $141,039,107

Can anyone explain how the Cardinals played in the WS with a 116mil payroll while the big bad baddies large mean bad large markets just outspent the heck out of them.

This supposed crazy spending by large markets have been going on forever at about the same percentages as today…..the numbers are just larger.
And the home team is now spending like it’s the late 90’s

[Goldfan]

Top 10 MLB Payrolls (2025 Opening Day)
New York Mets: ~$323.1 million
Los Angeles Dodgers: ~$321.3 million
New York Yankees: ~$293.5 million
Philadelphia Phillies: ~$284.2 million
Toronto Blue Jays: ~$239.6 million
Texas Rangers: ~$220.5 million
Houston Astros: ~$220.2 million
Atlanta Braves: ~$214.8 million
San Diego Padres: ~$208.9 million
Chicago Cubs: ~$196.3 million

So as you can see the % are around the same as ever. If BDW would be in the 180mil range the Cards would be just as disadvantaged as they’ve always been and ranked right about where they’ve historically been slotted for the last 30yrs.

[Ozziesfan41]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Easily back then a guy like Holliday was the highest player on the team making 16 million pujols was making 14 million and carpenter the ace making just 14 million. These days Holliday would be making probably 35 million pujols 40
Million and carpenter 40 million. Different times. These days 14 million might get u a 7th or 8th place hitter or a back of the rotation starter

[Goldfan]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Easily back then a guy like Holliday was the highest player on the team making 16 million pujols was making 14 million and carpenter the ace making just 14 million. These days Holliday would be making probably 35 million pujols 40
Million and carpenter 40 million. Different times. These days 14 million might get u a 7th or 8th place hitter or a back of the rotation starter

Percentage Team payroll increases are the same over all these timeframes

[Ozziesfan41]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Easily back then a guy like Holliday was the highest player on the team making 16 million pujols was making 14 million and carpenter the ace making just 14 million. These days Holliday would be making probably 35 million pujols 40
Million and carpenter 40 million. Different times. These days 14 million might get u a 7th or 8th place hitter or a back of the rotation starter

Percentage Team payroll increases are the same over all these timeframes

The cardinals aren’t going to be paying three 40 million dollar plus players these days and the dodgers would have definitely poached at least one of them and paid them whatever they wanted to get them. Cardinals also had one of the best pitching coaches of all time and a hall of fame manager

[Jeff Goldblum]

Easy. Albert Pujols

[Ozziesfan41]

Easy. Albert Pujols

And yadi when you have two hall of fame players a cy young caliber ace a perennial mvp caliber first baseman and hall of fame manager you like your chances in the post season

[ggnoobs]

Can someone explain how the Cardinals won the 2006 WS with a 89mil payroll while the Yankees had a 195mil payroll?

Pujols and Molina.

They got lucky and drafted 2 Hall of Famers and they were cheap at the time.

[Cardinals4Life]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Can someone explain to me why it is 2026 and we have a lower payroll than 2011?

[rockondlouie]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Albert
Matty
Berkman
Yadi
C. Carp

TLR/Dunc'

[rockondlouie]

N.Y. Yankees $201,689,030
Philadelphia Phillies $172,976,381
Boston Red Sox $161,407,476
L.A. Angels $138,998,524
Chicago White Sox $129,285,539
Chicago Cubs $125,480,664
N.Y. Mets $120,147,310
San Francisco Giants $118,216,333
Minnesota Twins $112,737,000
Detroit Tigers $105,705,232
St. Louis Cardinals $105,433,572

Can someone explain how the Cards won the WS with the Yankees doubling their payroll that season?? And Philly 70% higher….and Red Sox 60% higher???

Can someone explain to me why it is 2026 and we have a lower payroll than 2011?

Sure

In today's dollars C4L that would equate to a 2026 payroll of approx. $151,000,000+.