Ordinarily I probably wouldn’t do a Cheapskate update two days in a row, but there is major moving and shaking going on with the four cheapest teams in Major League Baseball, as they combined to go 4-0 last night. And what’s more is that the two bottom-feeders in this group (Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay) have now each won two in a row, climbing out of the basements in their respective divisions in the process.The Pirates have been particularly impressive, as their two-game winning streak consists of a win over the Cheapskate-leading Marlins (Tuesday night) and a win over the NL Central-leading Cardinals (Wednesday night). Pittsburgh took a half-game lead on Cincinnati in the NL Central in the process, vaulting the Reds into fifth place.
The Rays, meanwhile, have done the best kind of work over the past two days, taking the first two games of a three-game series from AL East foe Toronto and leap-frogging the Blue Jays in the process.
As it stands now, none of the four Cheapskate contenders currently sit in the bottom of their division, and Oakland and Florida continue to lead the AL West and NL East, respectively.
Naturally, all of this winning is having a positive effect on the teams’ costs per win, with the Marlins dipping under $220,000, the A’s right around half a mil, the Rays dropping down to $568,000, and the Pirates looking to get under $700,000. That’s the price of success, folks.
Record: 13-8Standing: 1st in NL East
Games back: 0
Money spent per win: $217,742.88
Record: 13-9Standing: T-1st in AL West
Games back: 0
Money spent per win: $501,081.09
Record: 10-11Standing: 4th in AL East
Games back: 4
Money spent per win: $568,044.79
Record: 9-12Standing: 5th in NL Central
Games back: 6
Money spent per win: $711,022.60
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But the Buckos dropped Morris, so maybe we can knock those Reds back down into 6th again soon.
Thats our 5th spot they're sitting in!
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