MLB Front Offices Ranked by Dollars Spent per Win

For this study I took the total team payroll, as of opening day, and divided by the number of wins, thinking that this would be a gauge of how effective each front office was. The per win totals are rounded to the nearest hundred dollars.

1. Athletics -- 876,900

2. Guardians -- 1,014,500

3. Orioles -- 1,038,700

4. Pirates -- 1,128400

5. Brewers -- 1,138,000

6. Tigers -- 1,207,400

7. Rays -- 1,262,800

8. Royals -- 1,340,200

9. Reds -- 1,382,300

10. Twins -- 1,513,100

11. Marlins -- 1,568,200

12. Diamondbacks -- 1,582,300

13. Mariners -- 1,596,900

14. Padres -- 1,741,300

15. Nationals -- 1,786,800

16. Cardinals -- 2,163,300

17. Red Sox -- 2,178,500

18. Rockies -- 2,337,200

19. Braves -- 2,441,500

20. Dodgers -- 2,549,200

21. Phillies -- 2,5621,900

22. Cubs -- 2,566,500

23. Giants -- 2,638,000

24. Astros -- 2,687,800

25. Angels -- 2,745,900

26. Rangers -- 2,863,500

27. Blue Jays -- 2,998,100

28. Yankees -- 3,226,800

29. Mets -- 3,434,000

30. White Sox -- 3,487,700

I must confess that I am not too happy with these results. I intend to search for better ways to gauge front office competence.