MLB's All-Bargain and All-Rip off Teams

by Ccampbell34

All Bargain Team contains best players statistic-wise paid under $500,000 a year, while the All Rip off Team is vice versa with salaries $10,000,000 and up with the exception of 2nd Base where no player is paid that amount. Relievers happen to be All Stars for the All Rip Off team considering they are the only two relieving pitchers paid over 10 mil, however, considering you could have almost two All Bargain teams for that price, it still seems like a rip off.

All Bargain Team salary came to $6,465,300

All Rip off Team salary falls at $194,586,864

All- Bargain Team- $6,465,300

• 1B- Prince Fielder .288 50 HR 119 RBI $415,000
• 2B- Brandon Phillips .288 30 HR 94 RBI $407,500
• SS- Hanley Ramirez .332 29 HR 81 RBI $402,000
• 3B- Ryan Braun .324 34 HR 97 RBI $380,000
• LF- Nick Markakis .300 23 HR 112 RBI $400,000
• CF- Curtis Granderson .302 23 HR 74 RBI $410,000
• RF- Brad Hawpe .291 29 HR 116 RBI $403,000
• C- Russell Martin .293 19 HR 87 RBI $387,500

• SP- Fausto Carmona 19-8 3.06 ERA $387,500
• SP- Cole Hamels 15-5 3.39 ERA $400,000
• SP- Chad Billingsley 12-5 3.31 ERA $384,500
• SP- Scott Kazmir 13-9 3.48 ERA $424,300
• SP- Chien-Ming Wang 19-7 3.70 ERA $489,500

• RP- Bobby Jenks 2.77 ERA 40 SV $450,000
• RP- Jonathan Papelbon 1.85 ERA 37 SV $425,500

All- Rip off Team $194,586,864

• 1B- Jason Giambi .236 14 HR 39 RBI $23,428,571
• 2B- Ray Durham .218 11 HR 71 RBI $7,000,000
• SS- Rafael Furcal .270 6 HR 47 RBI $13,730,196
• 3B- Scott Rolen .265 8 HR 58 RBI $12,311, 637
• LF- Johnny Damon .270 12 HR 63 RBI $13,000,000
• CF- Andruw Jones .222 26 HR 94 RBI $14,000,000
• RF- J.D. Drew .270 11 HR 64 RBI $14,400,000
• C- Jason Kendall .242 3 HR 41 RBI $13,429,623

• SP- Mike Hampton (DL) $15,475,185
• SP- Jason Schmidt 1-4 6.31 ERA $15,703,946
• SP- Mike Mussina 11-10 5.15 ERA $11,070,423
• SP- Carl Pavano 1-0 4.76 ERA $10,000,000
• SP- Matt Morris 10-11 4.89 ERA $10,037,283

• RP- Billy Wagner 2.63 ERA 34 SV $10,500,000
• RP- Mariano Rivera 3.15 ERA 30 SV $10,500,000

Niteowl049AAA-er

704 days ago

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Great list....Pavano, Hampton and Schmidt should get arrested for stealing money since they probably didn't pitch 100 innings between them and probably less.

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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer

704 days ago

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Rip Off Neifi Perez - $1.00

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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Did you consider Roger Clemens, or do you only take players that play for the entire year?

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ChachiOSUDraft Pick

704 days ago

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Mariano Rivera on the ripoff team?

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

704 days ago

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Compared to Papelbon, he was!

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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Take a look at these stats:

Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
2007 37 NYY AL   3   4  67   0   0   0  58 30   71.3   68   25   25   4   12   74   6   1   295   2   0  3.15  4.47  142 1.121

I don't think almost ANY relief pitchers should receive over 10 million.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

704 days ago

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Absolutely. I bet if the highest wage in MLB was about $100,000 per year, rather than $10,000,000, there would be do steroid problems in the sport.

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ChachiOSUDraft Pick

704 days ago

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Believing no closer deserves over $10 mill is different then him being a ripoff.

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

704 days ago

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Aren't the young players restricted until the end of the third year of their contract? At which point, they would earn the millions of dollars per year contracts?

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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Exactly. All of these guys are so friggin' young, and many (almost all of them) just finished their second and third years in the majors without any contract renewals. I think the only person that deserves to be on there is Scott Kazmir, since he's already been in the MLB for 4 years.

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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Well.. 3 1/4 or 3 1/2.. whatever.

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MegECass110AAA-er

704 days ago

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No Barry Zito on the All-Ripoff Team? He's at the top of that list in my mind.

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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DING DING DING!

There's another one.

And Andruw Jones.. maybe?

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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer

704 days ago

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Ten years from now I want to look back and see which players from the All-Bargain Team graduate to the All-Rip Off Team.

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Niteowl049AAA-er

704 days ago

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Like Meg wrote Barry Zito should be at top of list since he pitched all season and had a terrible year while most of the others didn't even pitch.

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Niteowl049AAA-er

704 days ago

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In a few years the Brewers may not be able to afford Braun and Fielder and have to let one of them go.

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CoreyisarealboyMajor Leaguer

704 days ago

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That's why they're already trying to work out a contract with Fielder. They don't want to wait for him to decide he wants to test the free agent waters.

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FrugolfVarsity Captain

704 days ago

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Not bad but Rivera don't belong there with 30 saves. He's still by far the best the Yankees have.

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Ccampbell34All-American

704 days ago

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They still may be young, but using that mentality has gotten Colorado and Cleveland into their respective Championship Series. Rivera and Wagner are great pitchers, I just don't believe 70 innings of Mariano Rivera is worth $10,000,000+. Same with a .222 batting average from Andruw Jones.

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RomiezzoLegend

704 days ago

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Like Chachi said:

Believing no closer deserves over $10 mill is different then him being a ripoff.

I believe that's true, to an extent. I mean, I could easily say that A-Rod doesn't deserve the money he's been getting from the Yankees, but look how well he's been doing with them.

I honestly would've put someone like Todd Jones in there. Sure, he earned 38 saves, but he also had a 4.26 ERA and a 1.418 WHIP. Not so great for a closer who got $4,809,159 in 2007.

Mariano didn't have his best year either, but I would be all right putting him on the list. I mean, the guy had over an ERA of 3.00, which is not so good for someone getting over $10,000,000.

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Ccampbell34All-American

704 days ago

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I see your argument but I honestly still believe paying $10 mil for 70 innings is a ripoff. Todd Jones could be more of a rip off, honestly the list isn't perfect, but it shows that there is potential for an all-star lineup for under 7 mil and overpaid players for 195 mil. Maybe all bargain and overpaid teams would describe that better.

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