STATurday: Smart Spending

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Glove with money
Money Ball?

Last week, Businessweek published a fun tool for calculating what they call an “efficiency index.” This is what there using to figure out how much a team spends per win and how that compares to the league average. ??? 365 They are taking into account playoff and championship wins as a multiplier value compared to regular season wins. ??????? ??? ????? ????? That multiplier is what you can adjust. ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? You can set it to only show a single league, say MLB, and start increasing the value of post-season wins. Watch as the Marlins plummet from the top as the Yankees begin their climb.

Check it out: Smartest Spenders in Sports 2014