The fact that Major League Baseball is still the only major professional sports league in the United States without a salary cap in place makes the 2012 MLB payrolls an important thing to keep in mind as the season progresses. While not as difficult to track down as the NFL payrolls by team, we wanted to provide the easiest to find and most straightforward chart available for the 2012 MLB salaries by team along with some year over year insights. We will also use these numbers in our second annual MLB Cost Per Win Efficiency Standings.
My source for all of these numbers is USA Today, who has tracked MLB salaries by team since 1988....
2012 MLB Payrolls by Team
Posted by Ryan Sleeper
April 11, 2012
