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Old 12-12-2024, 12:44 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by dannibalcorpse View Post
a revenue sharing club is expected to spend 150% of the money it gets from RS on the MLB payroll; since the Athletics received $70M this season from revenue sharing, they *should* be carrying a payroll of $105M.
Yeah, that's it. Brodie Brazil uploaded a pretty clear video on it this morning.

At first I thought maybe it was something specific to the As, but no, it's like I later thought, it's something that is expected of every club, it's just that the As' payroll is so low that this is an issue.

EDIT: Man, they're so cheap. Something like 67% of their payroll is being paid by the other clubs! 35 or so million to field a MLB team in 2024 while the Yankees and Mets are both fielding teams over 300M? And some thought the gap was bad before.

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