Cobbfather Post Gazette: Top 10 - Finance Edition

Thursday, December 30, 2021

Top 10 - Finance Edition

Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

Here we go again folks, another post in celebration of Season 50, this one about the Top 10s. * indicates signed by a different owner.

Top 10 First Round Draft contracts

$10.13M - S39 - #8 - Hunter DeShields - P - Vancouver Canucks*
$9.42M - S5 - #28 - Lynn Castillo - Columbus Corgis*
$8.97M - S37 - #17 - Nathan Llanos - CF - Minnesota North Stars
$8.97M - S8 - #14 - Chief King - P - Anaheim Diablos*
$8.72M - S19 - #5 - Albert Tapies - P - Scranton Hammers*
$8.50M - S34 - #17 - Brodie Taijeron - RF - Dover Hazmats*
$8.50M - S9 - #36 - Blade Hermann - P - Montreal Fighting Poutine Plates*
$8.19M - S17 - #3 - Hensley Breslow - P - Vancouver Canucks*
$7.83M - S23 - #13 - Matty Gonzales - P - El Paso Gas*
$7.77M - S49 - #2 - Norm Cunningham - P - Los Angeles Lifeguards

Top 10 Winningest Franchises

4550 - Houston Space Cowboys
4366 - Buffalo Bisons
4227 - Atlanta Expos
4214 - Santa Fe Surf Riders VIII
4162 - Oklahoma City Barons
4147 - Boston Massacre
4051 - New Orleans Old Fashioneds
4050 - Colorado Cab Blast
4037 - New York Empire
4005 - Monterrey Stoics
4004 - Colorado Springs From My Loins (bonus)

Top 10 International Prospect Signings by owner
*indicates no longer with the league.

wvwc9092* - 232
bjc30 - 150
dreed115* - 133
topoftheworl - 126
alanharwell - 120
jiml60* - 115
ekoontz41 - 112
jbburner - 111
yoker70* - 99
mathias04* - 98

Top 10 International Average Prospect Bonus by owner (min of 20 signings)
*indicates no longer with the league.

yanks21* - $8.9M
nadawg77* - $6.7M
friarcynric* - $6.6M
sowden* - $6.4M
alogman1 - $5.6M
bjc30 - $5.6M
mike22182 - $5.3M
rawdk27 - $4.9M
isack24* - $4.9M
The_Kid* - $4.8M

Top 12 International Prospect Signings over $10M by owner
*indicates no longer with the league.

bjc30 - 31
topoftheworl - 19
wvwc9092* - 17
alogman1 - 16
yoker70* - 16
rawdk27 - 14
alexng6888 - 14
nadawg77* - 14
isack24 - 13
jibe - 12
ekoontz41 - 11
alanharwell - 11

Top 10 International Prospect Home Country

Dominican Republic - 2,536 ($6.24B)
Japan - 527 ($1.15B)
Venezuela - 428 (1.23B)
Cuba - 417 ($1.1B)
Mexico - 349 ($936M)
Panama - 121 ($384M)
Korea - 91 ($158M)
Nicaragua - 55 ($130M)
Virgin Islands - 52 ($102M)
Aruba - 42 ($97M)

Top 6 Most IFA Contracts over $15M by Home Country

Dominican Republic - 106
Venezuela - 26
Cuba - 22
Mexico - 20
Japan - 17
Panama - 10

Fun IFA Facts:

4,796 International Prospects signed from Season 1 to 49; an average of nearly 98 a season.
Season 39 saw the most prospects signed - 129
Only 496 Prospects saw contracts with invitations to Spring Training
60% of the IFA are 18 years old with only 1% being 23 or older

Top 10 ML Coaching Salaries

$7.8M - S33 - Fielding - Larry Castillo - San Juan Fudds*
$6.9M - S2 - Pitching - Richard Erstad - Milwaukee Metronomes*
$6.4M - S1 - Pitching - John Mancuso - New Orleans Old Fashioneds*
$5.5M - S24 - Pitching - Felipe Sosa - Anaheim Diablos*
$5.5M - S3 - Pitching - Virgil Romero - Colorado Blast*
$5.1M - S38 - Fielding - Ariel Fernandez - San Juan Fudds*
$5.1M - S2 - Pitching - Rip Newman - Hartford Rising Stars*
$5M -S19 - Fielding - JJ Byrant - Buffalo Bisons
$5M - S2 - Pitching - Carlos Santana - Houston Space Cowboys
$5M - S1 - Pitching - Bo Brinkley - Milwaukee Metronomes*

Top 20 IFA contracts

$37.0M - S34 - Yohan Mairena - RF - Buffalo Bisons
$36.0M - S30 - Louie Banuelos - SS - Buffalo Bisons
$35.0M - S40 - Arismendy Costilla - P - Colorado Springs From My Lions
$34.0M - S2 - Rafael Benitez (HoF) - 2B - Wichita Aeros*
$34.0M - S17 - Vladmir Troncoso - RF - Houston Space Cowboys
$33.0M - S18 - Willie Cerda (HoF) - LF - Santa Fe Surf Riders VIII*
$32.2M - S18 - Francisco Aramboles (HoF) - P - Pittsburg Yinzers*
$32.0M - S40 - Yoervis Colome - 2B - New York Empire
$32.0M - S32 - Diego Parraz - P - El Paso Gas*
$31.9M - S19 - Willie Esposito - SS - Houston Space Cowboys
$31.7M - S34 - Yimi Jacquez - 2B - El Paso Gas*
$31.5M - S35 - Einar Johnson - P - Minnesota North Stars*
$30.0M - S30 - Alfonso Osuna - P - New Orleans Old Fashioneds*
$30.0M - S36 - Gerald Kojima - P - New York Empire
$30.0M - S37 - Francisco Bonilla - SS - New York Empire
$29.6M - S32 - Magglio Exposito - P - New York Empire
$29.1M - S37 - Ezequiel Rosario - P - Buffalo Bisons
$29.1M - S48 - Carlos Soto - 2B - Houston Space Cowboys
$29.0M - S43 - Tony Lim - P - Colorado Springs From My Lions
$29.0M - S46 - Al Cervantes - P - Philadelphia Harpers

Highest Payroll by Franchise (listing all teams)

Lowest Payroll by Franchise (listing all teams)