The Marlins opened the 2012 season with a $118.1 million payroll, by far the largest in the history of the franchise. But after trading several high-priced players in the last few months, including a mega-deal with the Blue Jays yesterday, their 2013 payroll is now projected to be approximately $35 million according to BaseballProspectus.com.
Assuming they don't trade any more players or add any high-priced players via free agency, that would be a drop in payroll of ~70%. But as we can see below, sudden drops in payroll are nothing new for the Marlins, who have cut payroll at least 30% in five of the last 16 seasons.
In other words, it is just the Marlins being the Marlins...
Data via USAToday.com. 2013 data is estimated.
Please follow Sports Page on Twitter and Facebook.
Join the conversation about this story »
