Official San Francisco Giants Thread (commentator, breaking, Tampa Bay, pitcher)

[echo7tango]

Angel Hernandez was terrible. MLB screwed up in assigning him behind the plate. That’s not why the Giants lost, they were not the better team last night, but the strike zone was so inconsistent and at times it was flat out wrong.

Now, the Giants have to beat Scherzer in Dodger Stadium.

[RMESMH]

Woo hoo !!!!!

What a nail biting defensive gem !!!!!

This is the first time in 98 years where the Giants have won a post season game 1-0 where the one run was a solo home run.

The last time was in 1923, and the home run was hit by Casey Stengel.

Congrats to Longoria re the home run, and congrats to the Giants .

2-1 NLDS series lead for the Giants .

[7express]

Has to take Max back to his time in Washington: a solo home run allowed, and an offense that goes to sleep!

[echo7tango]

That Brandon Crawford snag of Mookie Betts’s line drive in the bottom of the 7th was a defensive gem!

MVP! MVP! MVP!

[RMESMH]

FWIW, the Dodgers have far and away the highest 2021 total payroll at $267 million.

The Yankees are the next highest at $203 million.

The Giants are #10 at $163 million.

The Braves….#12 at $147 million…..have a 2 games to 1 lead over the Brewers…..#19 at $97 million.

The Red Sox….#5 at $184 million……..beat the Rays…..#26 at $70 million.

The Astros……#4 at $194 million…..have a 2 games to 1 lead over the White Sox…….#15 at $140 million.

[echo7tango]

Originally Posted by RMESMH

FWIW, the Dodgers have far and away the highest 2021 total payroll at $267 million.

The Yankees are the next highest at $203 million.

The Giants are #10 at $163 million.

The Braves….#12 at $147 million…..have a 2 games to 1 lead over the Brewers…..#19 at $97 million.

The Red Sox….#5 at $184 million……..beat the Rays…..#26 at $70 million.

The Astros……#4 at $194 million…..have a 2 games to 1 lead over the White Sox…….#15 at $140 million.

Good info! I went and got the entire list, and then added each team’s season record. It would be fun to calculate cost per victory…

2021 MLB Payrolls, and Season Records

1) $267M LAD — Los Angeles Dodgers 106-56
2) $203M NYY — New York Yankees 92-70
3) $200M NYM — New York Mets 77-85
4) $194M HOU — Houston Astros 95-67
5) $185M BOS — Boston Red Sox 92-70
6) $184M PHI — Philadelphia Phillies 82-80
7) $180M LAA — Los Angeles Angels 77-85
8) $178M SDP — San Diego Padres 79-84
9) $169M STL — St. Louis Cardinals 90-72
10) $164M SFG — San Francisco Giants 107-55
11) $150M TOR — Toronto Blue Jays 91-71
12) $147M ATL — Atlanta Braves 88-73
13) $145M WSH — Washington Nationals 65-97
14) $145M CHC — Chicago Cubs 71-91
15) $141M CHW — Chicago White Sox 93-69
— (league average) —
16) $126M CIN — Cincinnati Reds 83-79
17) $118M MIN — Minnesota Twins 73-89
18) $114M COL — Colorado Rockies 74-87
19) $97M MIL — Milwaukee Brewers 95-67
20) $96M TEX — Texas Rangers 60-102
21) $90M OAK — Oakland Athletics 86-76
22) $89M ARI — Arizona Diamondbacks 52-110
23) $87M KCR — Kansas City Royals 74-88
24) $86M DET — Detroit Tigers 77-85
25) $82M SEA — Seattle Mariners 90-72
26) $71M TBR — Tampa Bay Rays 100-62
27) $58M MIA — Miami Marlins 67-95
28) $54M PIT — Pittsburgh Pirates 61-101
29) $54M BAL — Baltimore Orioles 52-110
30) $50M CLE — Cleveland Indians 80-82

Source: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/2021

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by echo7tango

26) $71M TBR — Tampa Bay Rays 100-62
27) $58M MIA — Miami Marlins 67-95
28) $54M PIT — Pittsburgh Pirates 61-101
29) $54M BAL — Baltimore Orioles 52-110
30) $50M CLE — Cleveland Indians 80-82

Source: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/2021

Cleveland and Tampa Bay got the most bang for the buck.

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by Oklazona Bound

Cleveland and Tampa Bay got the most bang for the buck.

That's what I was thinking as well.

With regards to the Cleveland Indians with the lowest payroll and basically finishing around 0.500, I wonder how much of that is due to Terry Francona's coaching, trying to do more with less, a lot, lot less!

[Oklazona Bound]

Originally Posted by cjseliga

That's what I was thinking as well.

With regards to the Cleveland Indians with the lowest payroll and basically finishing around 0.500, I wonder how much of that is due to Terry Francona's coaching, trying to do more with less, a lot, lot less!

I think coaching has a lot to do with it. On both ends. Look at the Mets and Yankees. Huge payrolls and not good results. Injuries are also a factor. If key players are out you are coaching with less, even though the payroll says otherwise.

[RMESMH]

Originally Posted by echo7tango

Good info! I went and got the entire list, and then added each team’s season record. It would be fun to calculate cost per victory…

2021 MLB Payrolls, and Season Records

1) $267M LAD — Los Angeles Dodgers 106-56
2) $203M NYY — New York Yankees 92-70
3) $200M NYM — New York Mets 77-85
4) $194M HOU — Houston Astros 95-67
5) $185M BOS — Boston Red Sox 92-70
6) $184M PHI — Philadelphia Phillies 82-80
7) $180M LAA — Los Angeles Angels 77-85
8) $178M SDP — San Diego Padres 79-84
9) $169M STL — St. Louis Cardinals 90-72
10) $164M SFG — San Francisco Giants 107-55
11) $150M TOR — Toronto Blue Jays 91-71
12) $147M ATL — Atlanta Braves 88-73
13) $145M WSH — Washington Nationals 65-97
14) $145M CHC — Chicago Cubs 71-91
15) $141M CHW — Chicago White Sox 93-69
— (league average) —
16) $126M CIN — Cincinnati Reds 83-79
17) $118M MIN — Minnesota Twins 73-89
18) $114M COL — Colorado Rockies 74-87
19) $97M MIL — Milwaukee Brewers 95-67
20) $96M TEX — Texas Rangers 60-102
21) $90M OAK — Oakland Athletics 86-76
22) $89M ARI — Arizona Diamondbacks 52-110
23) $87M KCR — Kansas City Royals 74-88
24) $86M DET — Detroit Tigers 77-85
25) $82M SEA — Seattle Mariners 90-72
26) $71M TBR — Tampa Bay Rays 100-62
27) $58M MIA — Miami Marlins 67-95
28) $54M PIT — Pittsburgh Pirates 61-101
29) $54M BAL — Baltimore Orioles 52-110
30) $50M CLE — Cleveland Indians 80-82

Source: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/2021

Yeah, it would be.

And that site was my source.

The ones that appear to be off by a million…….I just took off all of the dollars from the hundred thousands slot to single digit pennies, and you rounded up to the next million.