World Series

[wnelson14]

Dodgers are ruining the game, and stop pitching to Ohtani

I grew up a Giants Fan, I cannot stand the Dodgers, I heard this stat the other day on a podcast and now it makes a lot of sense, and now I cannot fault them for investment of the players. Theres probably more to it, but maybe other teams should mirror this.

This came from chat GTP:

In 2024, the Dodgers put a significantly higher percentage of their revenue into player payroll compared to most other MLB teams, with figures showing them using about 73% of their revenue for player costs, while league-wide player spending averaged around 47% of total league revenues. This high player expenditure is part of their high-spending strategy, as they lead the league in overall revenue and have one of the highest payrolls, though some sources indicate their payroll is closer to 67% of revenue for a different year. This contrasts with lower-revenue, smaller-market teams that spend a much smaller percentage of their revenue on players, with some teams' player payrolls being closer to 30-40% of their revenue.

• Dodgers vs. league average:
  • Dodgers (2024): ~73% of their revenue ($549 million payroll/$752 million revenue).
    
    
  • League-wide (2024): ~47% of total league revenue was spent on player payroll.
    
  • Dodgers (2024): Around 73% of revenue goes to players, a much higher percentage than the league average and most other teams.
    
    
  • Other teams: Spending varies significantly. For example, the Tampa Bay Rays spent about 32% of their revenue on player salaries in 2024, which was the lowest in the league. The Oakland Athletics were also on the lower end at 34%.

 

[Jimmy]

It's not the Dodgers fault, its baseballs fault for allowing the largest markets to get all the best players. Like the Detroit Tigers ace Skubal I think. They will shop him over the winter just because they know they can't compete with what other teams can afford to pay.

 

[7mm-08]

Fabulous game! My daughter and I stayed up and watched every minute of it. The Blue Jays are holding up better than I expected (and that is no disrespect to them). LA is a beast of a machine.

 

[DAOutfitters208]

I'm still pissed its not the Mariners playing the Dodgers. I hope Dodgers finish the job we couldn't.

 

[diamond10x]

I’m anything but a Dodgers fan, but Freddie Freeman is about as good of a role model for an athlete as you can get. So it makes my heart happy that he hit the game winner. Brings a smile to my face. Great guy.

Same. The guy is a REAL ball player and a class act, truly a dying breed in today's game. Hate that he's in LA but happy he is in the hunt for his 3rd ring.

 

[eddielasvegas]

I grew up a Giants Fan, I cannot stand the Dodgers, I heard this stat the other day on a podcast and now it makes a lot of sense, and now I cannot fault them for investment of the players. Theres probably more to it, but maybe other teams should mirror this.

This came from chat GTP:

In 2024, the Dodgers put a significantly higher percentage of their revenue into player payroll compared to most other MLB teams, with figures showing them using about 73% of their revenue for player costs, while league-wide player spending averaged around 47% of total league revenues. This high player expenditure is part of their high-spending strategy, as they lead the league in overall revenue and have one of the highest payrolls, though some sources indicate their payroll is closer to 67% of revenue for a different year. This contrasts with lower-revenue, smaller-market teams that spend a much smaller percentage of their revenue on players, with some teams' player payrolls being closer to 30-40% of their revenue.

• Dodgers vs. league average:
  • Dodgers (2024): ~73% of their revenue ($549 million payroll/$752 million revenue).
    
    
  • League-wide (2024): ~47% of total league revenue was spent on player payroll.
  • Dodgers (2024): Around 73% of revenue goes to players, a much higher percentage than the league average and most other teams.
    
    
  • Other teams: Spending varies significantly. For example, the Tampa Bay Rays spent about 32% of their revenue on player salaries in 2024, which was the lowest in the league. The Oakland Athletics were also on the lower end at 34%.

While reading this, my first thought was wouldn't it be great if corporate America did this? They might but I seriously doubt it.

Can you imagine any Fortune 500 company spending 50% (let's go with league average and discard outliers) to get top talent and keep their employees happy? Yeah, me neither.


Eddie