Posts Tagged ‘payroll’

The Mariners Are Committed to Something$

Winning and Losing the Winter$

Understanding the Padres’ Business Model$

Dear Cardinals$

Moonshot: Payroll Flexibility Is A Lie$

Flu-Like Symptoms: Minimum Salaries, Payrolls, and Profits$

Moonshot: Big Contracts Don’t Make Tickets More Expensive$

Expanding the Zone: The Rise of MLB’s Minimum Earners$

Flu-Like Symptoms: (Market) Size (Still) Doesn’t Matter$

Flu-Like Symptoms: Tracking Payroll Trends

Looking for return on investment when teams pay up.

Overthinking It: How the Braves Can Keep a Good Thing Going

We just want to say three words to the Braves: “service time” and “extensions.”

Manufactured Runs: Are The Astros Really the Most Profitable Team in History?

No. No they aren’t.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 266: How the A’s Were Built/Why the Dodgers Are Winning

Ben and Sam talk about how the A’s are winning in an unusual way for a small-market team, then discuss why the Dodgers have been the exception to the trend of money not leading to wins.

BP Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild Episode 215: Does Money Still Make Teams Better?/Taking our Temperatures on Tim Lincecum and Chris Davis

Ben and Sam discuss whether the ability to spend big helps teams as much as it once did, then talk about their expectations for Tim Lincecum and Chris Davis.

Skewed Left: How to Analyze the Astros’ Spending

The Astros won’t win in 2013 no matter how much they spend on free agents. So what should we make of their moves?

Bizball: Yankees’ Focus on $189 Million Not Just About the Luxury Tax

A look at the multi-fold reasons the Yankees have for getting under the luxury tax threshold by 2014.