I like the Mets. This post is for my buddy Mark, hardcore Mets fan. Somehow, despite their spending, the Mets continue to miss the playoffs. The Philadelphia collapses, the injuries last year. Yes, I guess they can be explained, but the chart shows them as really the odd man out.
Data:
The vertical bars are the average number of times in 2002-09 (8 years) that the teams shown were in the top 25% of payroll. The Yankees, Boston and Mets were every year, so they have scores of 100% (or 1.0 average for each year). Chicago was in the top 25% 5 out of 8 times (63%).
The line is the number of times that team made the playoffs in those 8 years, or their annual playoff probability over those years. Nice clean correlation starting with CHN (Cubs) but the Mets are the outlier.
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