Does having a high payroll really help teams win?

Question:The dodgers in the 90's were in the first team to have a 100 million payroll yet didn't make it to the world series. the angels, red sox, and mariners had a high payroll last year didn't make the playoffs. the mets a couple of years had losing records with a high payroll. while the twins and A's made the playoffs with a small payroll. It doesn't matter if you have alot of money is just that they have better management. yet people like the royals owner blame everything on money, it wasn't money it was bad management. a salary cap and revenue sharing would hurt baseball.

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Yeah, I guess it just comes down to-can those guys that make the big bucks really deliver. Look at the Yankees, they have the highest payroll in MLB but aren't doing too good. Yeah, they have the great sluggers but no pitching. It just goes to show that you really cannot "buy" championships--you have to build your team from the bottom up.

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Who do you think will have the most homeruns by the end of the 2007 mlb season?

In my opinion, sometimes players do worser if they have high payroll because they care about money more than their talent.

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Is anyone here a fan of?

yea because you can buy more players of good quality.

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Who is the best baseball player in the game today?

Lets look at how the teams with the highest payrolls are doing:
Yankees: 13-15
Red Sox: 19-9
Mets: 18-10
White Sox: 13-14
Angels: 17-14
Dodgers: 17-12
Mariners: 13-12
Cubs: 14-14
Tigers: 17-11
Orioles: 13-16
Giants: 16-13
Cardinals: 11-17
Braves: 18-10
Phillies: 13-17
Astros: 13-16

225-200

Now lets look at the teams with the lowest payrolls:
Athletics: 14-14
Blue Jays: 13-16
Brewers: 19-10
Twins: 15-14
Reds: 13-16
Rangers: 11-18
Royals: 10-20
Indians: 17-9
Padres: 15-14
Rockies: 12-17
Diamondbacks: 16-15
Pirates: 13-15
Nationals: 9-21
Marlins:14-14
Devil Rays: 13-16

204-229

So as it looks, yes a high payroll does help with a teams success.

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Who do you think is better..Dice-K or Santana?

When was the last time that you checked the Orioles payroll? The Twins payroll? The A's payroll?

A salary diaper (yes, it's a diaper, not a cap - the idea is to contain the mess of the owner's collective chequebook incontinence) will never be approved as part of the collective bargaining agreement unless and until the owners can show a track record of real revenue sharing, not this paltry token stuff that they do now.

Even at that, you're right about one thing - it's not about how much you spend but about how you spend it.

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