MLB team payrolls

final numbers for 2007, slightly different from above (or beginning of season):

Year / Total Payroll 2007
Team Total payroll
New York Yankees $ 189,639,045
Boston Red Sox $ 143,026,214
New York Mets $ 115,231,663
Los Angeles Angels $ 109,251,333
Chicago White Sox $ 108,671,833
Los Angeles Dodgers $ 108,454,524
Seattle Mariners $ 106,460,833
Chicago Cubs $ 99,670,332
Detroit Tigers $ 95,180,369
Baltimore Orioles $ 93,554,808
St. Louis Cardinals $ 90,286,823
San Francisco Giants $ 90,219,056
Philadelphia Phillies $ 89,428,213
Houston Astros $ 87,759,000
Atlanta Braves $ 87,290,833
Toronto Blue Jays $ 81,942,800
Oakland Athletics $ 79,366,940
Minnesota Twins $ 71,439,500
Milwaukee Brewers $ 70,986,500
Cincinnati Reds $ 68,904,980
Texas Rangers $ 68,318,675
Kansas City Royals $ 67,116,500
Cleveland Indians $ 61,673,267
San Diego Padres $ 58,110,567
Colorado Rockies $ 54,424,000
Arizona Diamondbacks $ 52,067,546
Pittsburgh Pirates $ 38,537,833
Washington Nationals $ 37,347,500
Florida Marlins $ 30,507,000
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $ 24,123,500

so this is what happens when you finish your work by 10:30, I went and figured out how much each team paid per win and came up with the most unsurprising list ever:

New York Yankees $2,017,436.65
Chicago White Sox $1,509,331.01
Boston Red Sox $1,489,856.40
Baltimore Orioles $1,355,866.78
Los Angeles Dodgers $1,322,616.15
New York Mets $1,309,450.72
San Francisco Giants $1,270,690.93
Seattle Mariners $1,209,782.19
Houston Astros $1,202,178.082
Chicago Cubs $1,172,592.14
Los Angeles Angels $1,162,248.22
St. Louis Cardinals $1,157,523.37
Detroit Tigers $1,081,595.10
Oakland Athletics $ 1,044,301.84
Atlanta Braves $1,039,176.58
Philadelphia Phillies $1,004,811.38
Toronto Blue Jays $987,262.65
Kansas City Royals $972,702.90
Cincinnati Reds $957,013.61
Texas Rangers $910,915.67
Minnesota Twins $904,297.47
Milwaukee Brewers $855,259.04
San Diego Padres $652,927.72
Cleveland Indians $642,429.86
Colorado Rockies $604,711.11
Arizona Diamondbacks $578,528.28
Pittsburgh Pirates $566,732.84
Washington Nationals $511,609.59
Florida Marlins $429,676.06
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $365,507.58

Oakland looks pretty funny in the middle of that list to be honest.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-york-yankees-owe-28-million-los-angeles-dodgers-owe-11-million-in-luxury-tax-121713

The Dodgers' total player expenditures for last season -- payroll for a 40-man roster, plus incentive bonuses, benefits and tax payment -- at $248 million.