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USA Today Rank
Team
2017 USA today Opening Day
USA Today Average
USA Today Median
Cots Rank# players
Cots 2017 Salary
Cots Average
1 year Delta
% Change from 2016
Delta between Cots & USA Today Figures
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1 Los Angeles Dodgers$187,989,811 $6,064,187 $2,600,000 138$241,149,167 $6,346,031 ($8,882,501)-3.60%($53,159,356)
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2 Detroit Tigers$180,250,600 $6,932,715 $1,650,000 229$199,750,600 $6,887,952 $1,157,600 0.60%($19,500,000)
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6 Boston Red Sox$174,287,098 $5,622,164 $1,950,000 333$197,041,179 $5,970,945 ($858,500)-0.40%($22,754,081)
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7 New York Yankees$170,389,199 $6,310,711 $2,290,000 429$196,389,700 $6,772,059 ($31,464,650)-13.80%($26,000,501)
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4 San Francisco Giants$176,531,278 $6,304,689 $2,000,000 527$180,822,611 $6,697,134 $8,736,000 5.10%($4,291,333)
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8 Chicago Cubs$170,088,502 $6,541,865 $2,750,000 626$172,199,881 $6,623,072 $588,047 0.30%($2,111,379)
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14 Los Angeles Angels$143,965,833 $4,798,861 $2,250,000 731$166,375,833 $5,366,962 $1,702,500 1.00%($22,410,000)
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3 Texas Rangers$178,431,396 $5,247,982 $1,850,000 835$165,348,063 $4,724,230 $14,392,673 9.50%$13,083,333
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9 Washington Nationals$162,742,157 $6,259,314 $4,000,000 927$164,335,444 $6,086,498 $19,156,558 13.20%($1,593,287)
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11 Baltimore Orioles$161,684,185 $5,774,435 $3,462,500 1030$164,326,172 $5,477,539 $16,632,459 11.30%($2,641,987)
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10 Toronto Blue Jays$162,353,367 $5,598,392 $2,887,500 1131$163,381,937 $5,270,385 $26,599,910 19.40%($1,028,570)
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5 New York Mets$176,284,679 $5,686,603 $2,200,000 1231$154,437,460 $4,981,854 $19,249,375 14.20%$21,847,219
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12 Seattle Mariners$155,207,720 $5,006,701 $1,325,000 1331$154,318,843 $4,978,027 $11,988,650 8.40%$888,877
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13 St. Louis Cardinals$146,630,000 $4,887,667 $2,762,500 1431$147,380,000 $4,754,194 $1,826,500 1.30%($750,000)
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16 Kansas City Royals$132,091,916 $4,717,568 $4,000,000 1529$143,005,817 $4,931,235 $11,518,692 8.80%($10,913,901)
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21 Colorado Rockies$101,513,571 $3,172,299 $545,000 1634$127,828,571 $3,759,664 $15,183,500 13.50%($26,315,000)
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17 Houston Astros$127,443,900 $4,720,144 $3,725,000 1728$124,343,900 $4,440,854 $25,550,200 25.90%$3,100,000
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18 Cleveland Indians$115,991,166 $4,142,542 $2,950,000 1829$124,116,166 $4,279,868 $27,811,766 28.90%($8,125,000)
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15 Atlanta Braves$137,339,527 $4,577,984 $1,250,000 1932$122,603,054 $3,831,345 $36,022,262 41.60%$14,736,473
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19 Miami Marlins$115,348,302 $4,119,582 $2,762,500 2029$115,406,101 $3,979,521 $41,041,601 55.20%($57,799)
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22 Minnesota Twins$100,787,500 $3,475,431 $600,000 2132$108,102,500 $3,378,203 $2,768,800 2.60%($7,315,000)
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25 Philadelphia Phillies$87,418,378 $3,362,245 $562,500 2226$100,041,000 $3,847,731 $4,194,333 4.40%($12,622,622)
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20 Chicago White Sox$109,591,167 $3,913,970 $875,000 2329$97,823,271 $3,373,216 ($16,675,396)-14.60%$11,767,896
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23 Pittsburgh Pirates$94,637,833 $3,639,917 $2,962,500 2427$95,807,004 $3,548,408 ($4,138,496)-4.10%($1,169,171)
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26 Cincinnati Reds$82,375,785 $2,657,283 $567,000 2532$95,375,786 $2,980,493 $4,959,558 5.50%($13,000,001)
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24 Arizona Diamondbacks$90,730,499 $3,240,375 $1,300,000 2628$93,120,200 $3,325,721 ($5,052,483)-5.10%($2,389,701)
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27 Oakland Athletics$70,601,667 $2,353,389 $560,000 2731$81,738,333 $2,636,720 ($5,067,901)-5.80%($11,136,666)
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28 Tampa Bay Rays$69,982,520 $2,186,954 $1,325,000 2832$70,064,700 $2,189,522 $3,382,709 5.10%($82,180)
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30 San Diego Padres$34,574,400 $1,115,303 $545,800 2935$69,624,400 $1,989,269 ($30,885,100)-30.70%($35,050,000)
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29 Milwaukee Brewers$61,020,089 $2,346,927 $545,950 3027$63,061,300 $2,335,604 ($847,000)-1.30%($2,041,211)
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usa today
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/mlb/salaries/2017/team/all/
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cots
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/
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