Tag: MLB Competitive Balance

  • Follow the Money, or Maybe Not?

    Follow the Money, or Maybe Not?

    Based on our last post (MLB Competitive Balance Not So Much), we examined the success and failure rates of all major league clubs by creating what we term the Baseball Purist (BP) Success Rate.  We wondered though if there is a correlation between our rudimentary metric and the amount spent by each club over time. …

  • MLB Competitive Balance

    MLB Competitive Balance

    We do not hear much in baseball about competitive balance.  Maybe we should. The table at the bottom of this post shows the records of all 30 teams since 2000, which shows the success and failure rates of all MLB clubs.  How though should we measure success?  Do we base it on a team’s win…