MLB team payrolls were released Tuesday and there was no surprise at the top of the heap. The Yankees broke their own record once again with a projected payroll of $209 million, a $14mil increase over last year. But the real story is the abdication of 2nd place by Boston, who pared their payroll by $10mil to a pithy $133.4mil, earning them 4th place on this years list. But, shockingly enough, the Mets did not move up in the rankings, holding at #3 with $138mil, even after increasing by $20mil. So, who wins the crown of being this years title buyers? Of course, the Detroit Tigers. Evidently, after decades of sucking, a little bit of success will go to your head(insert Red Sox joke....here) and you want to keep it up. So after the massive Willis-Cabrera trade and contracts, the Detroit brass is $43.5m lighter in the pockets from last year and just edged out our fair Mets with $138.6mil. But here's the real question, is it worth it? Clearly it has not been for the Yankees or Mets in the past few years. And yet, the Red Sox, a-hem, have won 2 of the last 4 World Series with the second-highest payroll in baseball. Its pretty simple, and has been repeated ad nauseum, but Ill say it again, its about pitching and chemistry. And having Manny and Papi in the middle of the lineup doesn't hurt much either. So, in my opinion, depending on how Detroit's pitching does this year, it could be a good investment. But even if they cant win the series this year, they have set themselves up with an amazing lineup for a few years to come, and an opportunity to slug their way past Cleveland for a few division titles. Just don't be surprised when they have to drop another $20m on pitchers next off-season.
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-BH
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The Sox haven't added any payroll because they're currently in the 5th of an 8 year/$200 million dollar contract with Satan.
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