[BonzoHansen]

Originally Posted by cbrrmike

by not that big you mean second biggest in the nl and 5th overall...

In 2008?

http://baseball.about.com/od/newsrum...amsalaries.htm
Baseball Total and Average Payrolls, 2008 (OPENING DAY)

Team         Total payroll     Average salary
Yankees     $209,081,579     $6,744,567
Tigers         $138,685,197     $4,622,840
Mets         $138,293,378     $4,609,779
Red Sox     $133,440,037     $4,765,716
White Sox     $121,152,667     $4,487,136
Angels         $119,216,333     $4,110,908
Cubs         $118,595,833     $4,392,438
Dodgers     $118,536,038     $4,233,430
Mariners     $117,993,982     $4,538,230
Braves         $102,424,018     $3,414,134
Cardinals     $100,624,450     $3,049,226
Blue Jays     $98,641,957     $3,522,927
Phillies     $98,269,881     $3,388,617

Now, 2010 sees movement up the charts

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/salaries/teams
2010 Team Payrolls

No.	Team	Payroll	Average
1.	New York Yankees	$206,333,389	$8,253,336
2.	Boston Red Sox	$162,747,333	$5,611,977
3.	Chicago Cubs	$146,859,000 	$5,439,222
4.	Philadelphia Phillies	$141,927,381	$5,068,835

I applaud the Phils for putting the $$ people spend on their team back into the team. But I think the payroll conversation is getting old.