Comments on: Marlins Add Payroll http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2010/01/marlins-add-payroll/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Millsy http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2010/01/marlins-add-payroll/comment-page-1/#comment-107646 Millsy Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:52:12 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/?p=2541#comment-107646 Interesting about upping the payroll. But do you think that perhaps they took that from investment into their minor leagues (where they have been successful, giving the picture of fantastic rate of return on MLB payroll). If they're taking money out of minor league investment, they might not only make their team worse in the long run, but also risk more on concentrated gauranteed contracts in MLB, rather than spreading it across development. Given the Marlins succes, I think this sets an interesting precedent for teams like the Pirates, who have to compete with the Steelers in a football town, where winning more baseball games through direct payroll spending may not be all that close of a substitute for football fans. Interesting about upping the payroll. But do you think that perhaps they took that from investment into their minor leagues (where they have been successful, giving the picture of fantastic rate of return on MLB payroll). If they’re taking money out of minor league investment, they might not only make their team worse in the long run, but also risk more on concentrated gauranteed contracts in MLB, rather than spreading it across development.

Given the Marlins succes, I think this sets an interesting precedent for teams like the Pirates, who have to compete with the Steelers in a football town, where winning more baseball games through direct payroll spending may not be all that close of a substitute for football fans.

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