| 1 | New York Yankees | 196,854,630 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 172,976,381 |
| 3 | Boston Red Sox | 160,257,476 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Angels | 138,999,024 |
| 5 | Chicago White Sox | 129,285,539 |
| 6 | Chicago Cubs | 126,380,663 |
| 7 | New York Mets | 120,147,311 |
| 8 | San Francisco Giants | 117,784,333 |
| 9 | Minnesota Twins | 112,737,000 |
| 10 | Detroit Tigers | 105,705,232 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 103,788,991 |
| 12 | St. Louis Cardinals | 98,746,072 |
| 13 | Texas Rangers | 91,885,265 |
| 14 | Colorado Rockies | 87,998,071 |
| 15 | Atlanta Braves | 87,003,192 |
| 16 | Milwaukee Brewers | 85,497,333 |
Yankees, Redsox and Phillies were top 3 highest payrolls and are all home watching
#10, 12, 13, and 16 play for the World series. Tampa Bay was #29.
stats courtesy ESPN.
Skip Bensley 