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2002 SEASON PREVIEW
The off-season for the Boston Yankees hasn't been as dramatic this year as it's been in past seasons. We're basically bringing back a lot of the same cast of characters going into this year and the reason for it is simple. With such a young team, I need another year (at least) to see how some of these guys break out and how well they respond to being in the majors. As a result, I wanted to just give it a bit of time before going any further with it.
Here are the payroll breakdowns as of March 2002:
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Rank Team Payroll
1 Pittsburgh Pirates $100,285,080
2 New York Bombers $84,016,750
3 Atlanta Athletics $74,039,300
4 Chicago Comets $69,974,240
5 Riverside Red Sox $68,158,000
6 Boston Yankees $68,129,450
7 San Diego Padres $65,055,000
8 Philadelphia Colonials $61,200,956
9 Toronto Blue Sox $60,871,110
10 Baltimore Orioles $56,574,925
11 Los Angeles Dodgers $56,435,800
12 Kansas City Royals $55,137,500
13 Detroit Tigers $54,358,200
14 Houston Astros $49,210,080
15 Brooklyn Cyclones $48,917,500
16 New York Mets $48,711,010
17 Texas Rangers $48,009,550
18 St. Louis Cardinals $44,396,100
19 Washington Diplomats $44,168,200
20 San Jose Captains $43,185,770
21 Cincinnati Reds $41,981,000
22 Salt Lake City Bees $41,480,900
23 Florida Marlins $40,860,520
24 Chicago Cubs $40,449,900
25 San Antonio Aviators $39,394,338
26 Minnesota Twins $38,800,000
27 Seattle Mariners $38,598,100
28 Columbus Clippers $36,795,800
29 Arizona Diamondbacks $36,603,000
30 Colorado Rockies $34,990,860
31 San Francisco Giants $26,932,300
32 Los Angeles Angels $19,833,760
Here are the highest paid players in MLB:
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Rank Player Team Salary
1 Ricardo González Los Angeles $20,510,000
2 Manuel Mateo Baltimore $20,015,000
3 Carlos Rivera Philadelphia $16,865,000
4 Joaquín Márquez Atlanta $16,595,000
5 Roberto Flores New York $15,895,000
6 Boyd O'Manning Los Angeles $14,030,000
7 José Gonzáles Pittsburgh $13,620,000
8 Larry Morris New York $13,220,000
9 Juan Álvarez Texas $13,010,000
10 Zi-jing Gui New York $13,005,000
11 Pedro Medine Chicago $12,870,000
12 Felipe Ríos Florida $12,485,000
13 Garry Lewis Pittsburgh $12,350,000
14 Jed Stinson Riverside $12,255,000
15 Daniel Quiñonez San Diego $12,140,000
16 Jorge Quiñones Detroit $11,895,000
17 Rick McKee Pittsburgh $11,835,000
18 Frank Thomas Riverside $11,645,000
19 Lorenzo Negrón New York $11,520,000
20 Pedro Rodríguez Washington $11,490,000
21 Joe Thomas Pittsburgh $11,465,000
22 Danny Randall Houston $11,130,000
23 Teodoro Flores Atlanta $11,015,000
24 Mike Ryan Boston $11,010,000
25 António Gallegos Riverside $10,970,000
Here are the Continental League payroll figures:
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Rank Team Payroll
1 Tampa Bay Rays $30,078,915
2 Nevada Silverhawks $26,141,265
3 Sacramento Snappers $24,092,735
4 Portland Beavers $23,255,150
5 Durham Bulls $20,274,675
6 Vancouver Whitecaps $18,680,125
7 Chicago White Sox $16,399,621
8 Monterrey Matadors $14,813,440
9 Montreal Expos $14,760,869
10 Cleveland Indians $12,390,375
11 Richmond Braves $12,055,000
12 New Orleans Zephyrs $10,058,020
Here are the highest paid players in the Continental League:
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Rank Player Team Salary
1 Zach Mitchell Nevada $8,445,000
2 Brennan Atkins Chicago $8,360,000
3 Manuel Bernard Tampa Bay $7,740,000
4 Pedro Ramos Sacramento $7,320,000
5 Cory Rheaume Durham $6,770,000
6 Tomás Flores Tampa Bay $6,470,000
7 Jean Nguyen Nevada $5,867,500
8 Tom Gunter Durham $5,805,000
9 Edward Bishop Sacramento $5,740,800
10 Henry Kowalski New Orleans $5,490,000
11 Juan Guzmán Portland $5,310,000
12 Ricardo Beltrán Tampa Bay $5,010,000
13 Francisco Casteneda Montreal $4,615,000
14 Gary Hatch Monterrey $4,370,000
15 Juan López Portland $3,972,500
16 Dave Blevins Vancouver $3,948,750
17 Norberto Ávila Cleveland $3,910,000
18 Mario Palácios Portland $3,860,000
19 Eric Cozart Nevada $3,830,000
20 Jeffrey Napper Montreal $3,697,500
21 James Gibson Cleveland $3,495,000
22 Orlando Hernández Sacramento $2,887,500
23 Nelson Ruíz Sacramento $2,760,000
24 Domingo Garza Tampa Bay $2,695,000
25 Jimmy Everett Chicago $2,587,500
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