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

 

[AK Troutbum]

As a native San Franciscan and lifelong giants fan I can root for the devil himself against the dodgers!

You and me both!

 

[AK Troutbum]

Same here....As a fan of the game, I respect the talent on that team but did you see the stat?

The payroll for the Dodgers pitching staff alone is $1.3 Billion. Thats Ridiculous!

Baseball needs the same salary cap as football.

Yeah, they're a regular modern day NY Yankees.

 

[wanderingwolf24]

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.

I wish Freddie was still hitting WS homers in a Braves jersey. Can’t help but cheer for him

 

[Beendare]

Great game last night- Wednesday's win by the scrappy Blue Jays. Think of the pressure on that rookie pitcher...and he mowed them down. I'm happy for that kid.

That will put me in a good mood all day seeing the underdog beat up that high priced team- and that was without Springer.

Next game is Yamamoto for the dodgers and he has been tough. I would love to see the Jays come right out of the gate against him like they did last night.

 

[Flyjunky]

Great game last night- Wednesday's win by the scrappy Blue Jays. Think of the pressure on that rookie pitcher...and he mowed them down. I'm happy for that kid.

That will put me in a good mood all day seeing the underdog beat up that high priced team- and that was without Springer.

Next game is Yamamoto for the dodgers and he has been tough. I would love to see the Jays come right out of the gate against him like they did last night.

Yeah, that was a great outing by Yesavage. Cool to see such a young guy rise to the occasion like that.

If Yamamoto pitches like he has been I foresee a game 7.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

I literally did not even know the world series was going on right now,...sad

I used to be a big baseball fan as well, since the mid eighties. Bought my first pack of baseball cards, the most valuable card in the pack was a Don Mattingly card, i was since that day a Mattingly and Yankees Fan. I wouldn't even know where or what streaming service to even watch games on now. I fondly remember TBS airing Cubs and Braves games and watching them when I was younger, (less of the braves cause i hated them lol)

I also remember myself and my friends playing sandlot baseball and softball and literally every kid modeled their batting stance after their favorite player. Watching my son play little league baseball you don't see that anymore either, I am guessing because a large majority have went to streaming and kids don't have access to watch games like we did growing up

anyway I know I'm off topic going down memory road here, so i will stop

 

[Yoder]

The only way this would be better is if it was the Montreal Expos and the Blue Jays. Too bad they moved to D.C.

 

[Beendare]

I literally did not even know the world series was going on right now,...sad

I used to be a big baseball fan as well, since the mid eighties. Bought my first pack of baseball cards, the most valuable card in the pack was a Don Mattingly card, i was since that day a Mattingly and Yankees Fan. I wouldn't even know where or what streaming service to even watch games on now. I fondly remember TBS airing Cubs and Braves games and watching them when I was younger, (less of the braves cause i hated them lol)

I also remember myself and my friends playing sandlot baseball and softball and literally every kid modeled their batting stance after their favorite player. Watching my son play little league baseball you don't see that anymore either, I am guessing because a large majority have went to streaming and kids don't have access to watch games like we did growing up

anyway I know I'm off topic going down memory road here, so i will stop

Yeah, ^ thats why Baseball was great.....

It's the good old days again with this series....two great teams battling it out- one scrappy....one that bought every great player. Its almost a David V Goliath story.......there is still time to catch it......

 

[cubdriver84d]

Yeah, that was a great outing by Yesavage. Cool to see such a young guy rise to the occasion like that.

If Yamamoto pitches like he has been I foresee a game 7.

I don't really care which team takes the series, but I've really enjoyed watching these two guys dominate. My hope is Yamamota gets a W tomorrow and they give the ball back to Yesavage for game 7. Maybe risky letting the dodgers see him a third time though.

 

[eddielasvegas]

Yeah, ^ thats why Baseball was great.....

It's the good old days again with this series....two great teams battling it out- one scrappy....one that bought every great player. Its almost a David V Goliath story.......there is still time to catch it......

It's been a good series to watch for sure, but not quite the D vs. G story you mentioned.

A D team, at least in the pro sports world, is a team with a low payroll and lower expectations.

Dodgers PR is 2nd highest at $320M (mind boggling, isn't it?) and the Blue Jays is 5th highest at $240M.

Spending that kind of money better get a team a deep post season run.

My money is going to be on the BJ's tomorrow night.


Eddie