I wrote this up, specifically addressing the comments commonly made about A-rod in regards to his contract hurting his TEAM (NOT the owners wallet!).
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Alex Rodriguez’s contract does not hinder the Rangers from winning or fielding a competitive team.
The Rangers organizations inability to turn a profit because of expenses vs. revenue has no basis on the concept of the current team’s payroll, and how money was distributed in attempt to create a winning team. These are two distinguishably different concepts, the ability for the owner to make money and how the payroll is allocated to win games.
The salary of an individual player and its relationship with the team’s payroll can be measured. A proportion can be determined, Player “A” makes “X%” of a team’s “payroll” (total $ of players salaries).
Last year, Carlos Delgado’s salary was $18.7 million, or 36.47% of Toronto’s 51,269,000-dollar payroll. Sammy Sosa’s salary was $16 million; the Cubs payroll was $79,868,333. The Cubs dedicated 20% of their payroll to Sosa. Rodriguez salary was $22 million, while the payroll was $103, 491, 667. The Rangers dedicated 21.26% of their payroll to Rodriguez. Other examples are, Barry Bonds: 18.7%. Randy Johnson: 18.6%, Jeff Bagwell: 18.3%.
These percentages show that Alex Rodriguez’s contract is within the parameters (21% vs. 36, 18, 20, 18, 18%) of other baseball superstars. The teams that the respected players mentioned played for finished with an overall record of 445-364, with two of the five teams making the playoffs. Those statistics show that the correlation between Rodriguez's salary and the Rangers payroll does not inherently sabotage the team's success. Specifically, when applied to Delgado and his 36.47% of Toronto’s payroll, who finished 86-76.
The Rangers payroll last year was $103,491,667, fifth most in the Major Leagues. Last year Alex Rodriguez’s salary was $22 million dollars, which was more than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and about half of the Kansas City Royals. This could be interpreted as a monetary problem for putting together a competitive team. However, when this is not true for the Rangers.
By taking the Rangers payroll and subtracting Rodriguez’s salary, they are left with $81,491,667… or have enough money left over than 21 major league teams. This clearly shows that with their current payroll, the Rangers have sufficient money to build a team. To illustrate what $81 million dollars can do; the Minnesota Twins have made the playoffs in consecutive years, with payrolls of $55,505,000 and $ 40,225,000.
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Alex Rodriguez’s contract does not hinder the Rangers from winning or fielding a competitive team.
The Rangers organizations inability to turn a profit because of expenses vs. revenue has no basis on the concept of the current team’s payroll, and how money was distributed in attempt to create a winning team. These are two distinguishably different concepts, the ability for the owner to make money and how the payroll is allocated to win games.
The salary of an individual player and its relationship with the team’s payroll can be measured. A proportion can be determined, Player “A” makes “X%” of a team’s “payroll” (total $ of players salaries).
Last year, Carlos Delgado’s salary was $18.7 million, or 36.47% of Toronto’s 51,269,000-dollar payroll. Sammy Sosa’s salary was $16 million; the Cubs payroll was $79,868,333. The Cubs dedicated 20% of their payroll to Sosa. Rodriguez salary was $22 million, while the payroll was $103, 491, 667. The Rangers dedicated 21.26% of their payroll to Rodriguez. Other examples are, Barry Bonds: 18.7%. Randy Johnson: 18.6%, Jeff Bagwell: 18.3%.
These percentages show that Alex Rodriguez’s contract is within the parameters (21% vs. 36, 18, 20, 18, 18%) of other baseball superstars. The teams that the respected players mentioned played for finished with an overall record of 445-364, with two of the five teams making the playoffs. Those statistics show that the correlation between Rodriguez's salary and the Rangers payroll does not inherently sabotage the team's success. Specifically, when applied to Delgado and his 36.47% of Toronto’s payroll, who finished 86-76.
The Rangers payroll last year was $103,491,667, fifth most in the Major Leagues. Last year Alex Rodriguez’s salary was $22 million dollars, which was more than the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and about half of the Kansas City Royals. This could be interpreted as a monetary problem for putting together a competitive team. However, when this is not true for the Rangers.
By taking the Rangers payroll and subtracting Rodriguez’s salary, they are left with $81,491,667… or have enough money left over than 21 major league teams. This clearly shows that with their current payroll, the Rangers have sufficient money to build a team. To illustrate what $81 million dollars can do; the Minnesota Twins have made the playoffs in consecutive years, with payrolls of $55,505,000 and $ 40,225,000.
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