Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 01, 2008
Lake Woebehere

Everyone on the Florida Marlins receives a salary below the major league average.

Boosted by his new deal with the New York Yankees, A-Rod tops the major league baseball salary list at $28 million, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press. The 33 players on the Marlins' opening-day roster and disabled list total $21.8 million.

"The Marlins? It's amazing," Rodriguez said. "And they still seem to find a way to be very competitive. They have a great pool of talent; they made some unbelievable trades, so they have great personnel people. To win two championships in 11 years, that's really admirable, and I'm very proud of that organization, being from Miami."

For the first time in baseball history, the average salary topped the $3 million mark. The 855 players on Opening-Day rosters and the DL averaged $3.15 million, up 7.1 percent from last year's starting average of $2.94 million.

The Marlins' highest earner doesn't even make the average. Pitcher Kevin Gregg tops the Marlins at $2.5 million.

That's just sad. I think Florida's finally reached the point where they are going to be about as uncompetitive as any team in baseball. St. Louis Browns bad.


Posted by David Pinto at 06:42 PM | Salaries | TrackBack (0)
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The best historical precedent for the Marlins are the old Philadelphia Athletics. Occasional success immediately followed by cash-saving selloffs of the team.

Posted by: Adam Villani at April 2, 2008 02:29 AM

It's horrible but I'd still take the championships.

Posted by: robustyoungsoul at April 2, 2008 08:07 AM
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