I argue that teams spending more money on their players does not always lead to higher winning percentages using an article titled “How Your Favorite Baseball Team Blows It’s Money”.
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Anyone would think that if you spend more money on something, you will get more out of it. For the most part, this is the case. When talking about professional sports franchises, it is also mostly the case. For many years, the New York Yankees have been one of the best teams in the MLB. For them, this success came with a big price tag on it. They had averaged the highest salary cap of any team in the league for many years. Although the money that they spent on their team seemed to make them a better team, spending more money does not always equal more wins.
At $300 million, the 2015 Los Angeles Dodgers have the highest salary cap in MLB history which would mean that they would have the most wins, right? Wrong. They are a very good team, but not the best, as some would expect from the salaries. The Dodgers have the same amount of wins as the Houston Astros. The only difference is that the Astros are paying their athletes $200 million less in cap. This just goes to show that money does not always buy success.
Next Post: I will focus on how the players values are determined and why they get paid how much they get paid.
I like the example of the Dodgers and how more money doesn't necessarily mean more success. Also comparing the two teams really puts into perspective that $100 million dollars in salary for their players numbers wise, doesn't make a difference. I think your next post sounds like a really great topic and will be interesting to read about.
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