Total team salaries:

Cleveland Indians = approx. $61 Million
NY Yankees = approx. $195 Million
Boston Red Sox = approx. $143 Million

The combined cost of paying NYY’s Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez for one year could pay for the WHOLE team of Florida, Washington, Pittsburgh or Tampa Bay.

The combined salary of NYY’s Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jason Giambi is $10 million more than the cost to pay all 22 players of the current Cleveland Indians team.

It just shows that money may buy you glitz and glamor but doesn’t necessarily make you are good team. Someone once told me that there is no ‘I’ in the word ‘Team’. Isn’t that the truth!

Espn’s salary breakdown for the various teams:

[1] NY Yankees
[2] Boston
[3] Cleveland