Is it really fair when the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays? The Yankees field a team of all-stars making $205 million, while the D-Rays field a glorified AAA team making $38 million. Yet, the Devil Rays have won seven of ten against the Yankees this season. As the cliche goes, that's why games aren't decided on paper.

Let's momentarily abolish the geographic divisions of the American and National Leagues, and place Major League Baseball's thirty teams in divisions against their payroll peers. Does money make a difference? Yeah, it does...but not always. The top five highest payrolls--the MTV Cribs Division--all boast winning records. Four of the bottom five lowest payrolls--the Spare Change? Division--have losing records. Hail to the Indians, White Sox, and A's, who can't compete in the contracts department but can compete where it counts. Boo to the Mariners, Giants, and Dodgers, who can each field a team of millionaires but not a team of winners.

Forget the races in the National League East and the American League West. Who's going to win the moneyball divisions?

MTV Cribs
62-45 Los Angeles Angels ($95,017,822)
61-45 Boston Red Sox ($121,311,945)
56-49 New York Yankees ($205,938,439)
56-52 Philadelphia Phillies ($95,337,908)
54-53 New York Mets ($104,770,139)

Trump Tower
68-39 St. Louis Cardinals ($92,919,842)
62-46 Atlanta Braves ($85,148,582)
54-53 Chicago Cubs ($87,210,933)
46-60 Seattle Mariners ($85,883,334)
45-61 San Francisco Giants ($89,487,426)

Suburban Colonial
69-37 Chicago White Sox ($75,228,000)
59-48 Houston Astros ($76,779,022)
48-59 Los Angeles Dodgers ($81,029,500)
51-55 Detroit Tigers ($68,998,183)
51-56 Baltimore Orioles ($74,570,539)

Trailer Park
55-52 Minnesota Twins ($56,615,000)
54-51 Florida Marlins ($60,375,961)
52-55 San Diego Padres ($62,888,192)
52-57 Arizona Diamondbacks ($63,015,833)
48-59 Cincinnati Reds ($59,658,275)

The Projects
60-47 Oakland A's ($55,869,262)
57-50 Washington Nationals ($48,581,500)
55-51 Toronto Blue Jays ($45,038,500)
53-53 Texas Rangers ($53,891,258)
39-67 Colorado Rockies ($48,107,500)

Spare Change?
57-51 Cleveland Indians ($41,830,400)
53-55 Milwaukee Brewers ($40,234,833)
46-62 Pittsburgh Pirates ($38,133,000)
42-66 Tampa Bay Devil Rays ($37,975,067)
38-69 Kansas City Royals ($36,881,000)

I fairness to the Giants, they have gone the whole season without bonds and have had more than their share of injories, including time spent on the DL by Alou and Schmidt. They almost always finish 1 or 2 and Sabean is generally considered to be in the Beane-epstein echelon of GMs.

I take umbridge with the trailer park division! Why is it ranked higher than the Projects? I know there are alot of people including myself that love Fremont Crt. and really are upset by this!

Great list Flynn.

Bravos vs Cardinals this weekend, great series! Go Braves!

The Suburbam Colonial White Sox just got done taking two of three from the Trump Tower Mariners.

Has anyone noticed that Seattle's Adrian Beltre, an ex-Dodger signed to a big free agent contract over the winter by Seattle, has experienced a drop off? Last year: 48 home runs, this year just 14 to date. Last year, .337 ave., this year he's at .274.

"Has anyone noticed that Seattle's Adrian Beltre, an ex-Dodger signed to a big free agent contract over the winter by Seattle, has experienced a drop off? Last year: 48 home runs, this year just 14 to date. Last year, .337 ave., this year he's at .274."-John Ruberry
That what happens when you stop injecting steroids in the a$$!