The initial payroll figure for 2009
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Apr 06, 2009 
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You can figure out the payroll of a baseball team any way you want. There’s the 40-man roster, the 25-man roster, you can add signing bonuses, other benefits, etc.
Here’s how I’m doing it: The salaries for the 25-man roster plus any players on the disabled list. I also added in any bonus payments being paid this year. By that method, I have the Yankees with a payroll of $206,880,950 for this season.
It breaks down like this:
Alex Rodriguez: $33 million
CC Sabathia: $23 million
Mark Teixeira: $20.6 million
Derek Jeter: $20 million
A.J. Burnett: $16.5 million
Mariano Rivera: $15 million
Jorge Posada: 13.1 million
Johnny Damon: $13 million
Hideki Matsui: 13 million
Xavier Nady: $6.55 million
Robinson Cano: $6 million
Andy Pettitte: $5.5 million
Nick Swisher: $5.3 million
Chien-Ming Wang: $5 million
Damaso Marte: $3.75 million
Jose Molina; $2 million
Melky Cabrera: $1.4 million
Brian Bruney: $1.25 million
Cody Ransom: $455,100
Jose Veras: $432,975
Joba Chamberlain: $432,575
Edwar Ramirez: $422,500
Brett Gardner: $414,000
Phil Coke: $403,300
Jonathan Albaladejo: $403,075
Ramiro Pena: $400,000
You could add in the Major League contracts of Kei Igawa ($4 million), Andrew Brackman ($1.137,500) and Juan Miranda ($400,000). That would make it $212,418,450.
I posted this on the last thread, but I wanted to make sure people see it..so I apologize beforehand for the double-post…
Sorry that this is kind of unrelated, but undoubtedly some/most of you have heard of MLB.com’s “Beat The Streak” game, but for those who haven’t, here’s a quick synopsis:
You pick one player from any team playing that day to get a hit. If he gets a hit, your streak continues. If he doesn’t get a hit, your streak goes back to 0 and you try again. If the player doesn’t get an official at-bat that day, your streak stays the same. First person to beat Joltin’ Joe’s 56-game Hit-Streak wins 1,000,000.
Now, obviously it’s not easy (the best record was 49 games), but it makes for a fun season and it’s an easy game to play.
If you want to get started, you have to sign up and start playing at…
http://www.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/bts/y2009/
Pete, thanks for all the info. You definately think the game will be on today right?
Wow, I’m sure anyone of us would love to simply be Phil Coke or Ramiro Pena for a year or two.
Is that less than last year’s salary?
Melky could live in The Dominican for 100 years on $1.4 million, no wonder he doesnt care anymore.
What is the redundant purpose of mentioning the Yankee Payroll? Didn’t we all learn that money doesn’t win championship: Exemplary Defense and Pitching brings home the WS trophy.
Pete, Please, Please, Please can you answer why you keep mentioning the payroll question by me?
Thanks,
Bob
Bob:
Un, I don’t keep mentioning the payroll. But at the beginning of the season, I always post the payroll. Sorry it offends you for some weird reason.
“who on the list is overpaid? Matsui, Damon (maybe), who else?”
They’re overpaying at a lot of positions but none more than SS & 3B.
Thanks for the hard work Peter. Can you please help shed some light on how the payeoll got so high? I thought the Yanks were on pace to be $20-$30 mil below last year? Was that before the Teix signing? I would like to see them widdle it down to about $180-$190 mil. It does seem a little obsurd at $213mil..
Pete, CC Sabathia only makes 14 million in 2009
Peter Abraham
April 6th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Bob:
Un, I don’t keep mentioning the payroll. But at the beginning of the season, I always post the payroll. Sorry it offends you for some weird reason.
Thanks for the rapid reply. It doesn’t offend. It appears that Yankee bashers find amusement in repeating it over and over. The Yankee organization is fortunate to be in a big market which provides revenue. Most baseball expert analysts understand that the Yankees have to economic power to get the finest free agents while developing within the organization home grown talent. Granted the Yankees have made multiple mistakes for acquiring free agents. How do you view the Yankee payroll over the previous decade?
Also, who is your favorite Beatle?
CC makes $23m – includes $9m signing bonus paid in 2009.
It’s definately interesting looking at the payroll. I appreciate the consolidated view. Some thoughts:
1. 5 players make up >50% of total payroll (Arod,CC,Tex,Jeter,AJ)
2. Team signed CC,Tex,AJ and was still able to come in at around the same opening day payroll of 2008.
3. Based on my unofficial number crunching, there’s $45m coming off the payroll next year (Damon, Matsui, Nady, Petitte, Molina). If they replace with 1 marquee OF, a backup catcher and hope that Hughes is ready, we could start next season $20m lower.
We’ll see.
Meant to say $40m coming off, not $45m.
That is kind off obscene truth be told
How many other players in MLB make more than $20 Million? Manny does… Who else?
Everyone is overpair and no one is overpaid. You are paid what someone is willing to pay you for your skill, talent, experitise, experience what have you. to pay a firefighter or a teacher $ 40 K and pay ten times that to a utility infielder is proof that we are a strange society indeed.
I’m sure the Yankees hope that Hughes and Austin Jackson claim two of those jobs next year, then they can spend big on one bat and a little ($ 5 Mill?) on Damon to be a more versatile DH than Matsui
If Alex or Sabathia are earning so well, they must be paying too for this. Their luck worked and they are stars at the cost of their privacy. Sure these guys have something better than many others who could not make upto them.
Mark
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Why is everyone else so interested in knowing how much Sabathia is making in 2009? or made in 2008??
Alis