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Originally Posted by Brainiac
Exactly right.
In 1990 the Royals had the highest payroll in baseball, and Ewing Kauffman had billions of dollars to spend. If he hadn't died, or if he had a son or daughter who shared his enthusiasm, the Royals would be pretty much where the St. Louis Cardinals have been for the last 20 years. Not the Yankees, but pretty damn good.
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Yep. Compare the 93 Royals to the 93 Yankess Payroll
Royals - $38.5 million
Yankees - $42 million
Highest paid player for the Royals was David Cone at $5 million per season and for the Yankees it was Danny Tartabull at $5.050 million.