Payroll/Wins: Cleveland very good. White Sox VERY bad.

Clinched division: Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Cleveland. (in box)

Clinched playoff: Yankees, Dodgers.

Wins as of 9/24/2024 5:00 PM  The table below will be updated but the basics are unlikely to change.

Cleveland has won it's division and spent only a little over one million dollars for each of its 90 wins.

The Yankees have two more wins but spent $3.1 million per win.

Worst of all: Chicago White Sox spent $3.6 million for each of its few 36 wins.

Dodgers lead by a lot in total home attendance (3.7) and home attendance per game; they have three more home games (against San Diego). Others over 3 million: San Diego (3.3, no more home games), Philadelphia (3.2, 2 more games), Yankees (3.0, 6 home games).

The Yankees play their final six games at home; 3 each against Baltimore and Pittsburgh). Isn't Pittsburgh in the other "league"?

Juan Soto was traded by San Diego to the Yankees between the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Yankees wins increased from 82 to 92 (possibly going as high as 98). But San Diego wins increased similarly: 82 to 90 so far. And San Diego didn't have to pay Soto $31 million in 2024. Soto becomes a free agent after the 2024 season.

Sorted by estimated payroll:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2024-misc.shtml

Tm	Est. Payroll	Wins	Pay/Wins	Attendance	Attend/G	BatAge	PAge
New York Yankees	$291,463,084	92	3,168,077	3,053,702	40,716	28.0	30.1
Houston Astros	$275,678,766	85	3,243,280	2,764,820	34,998	28.8	29.5
New York Mets	$262,702,250	87	3,019,566	2,329,299	28,757	30.0	31.0
Los Angeles Dodgers	$262,386,278	93	2,821,358	3,786,139	48,540	30.4	29.7
Texas Rangers	$261,471,834	74	3,533,403	2,651,553	32,735	28.1	31.7
Atlanta Braves	$260,912,300	85	3,069,556	2,816,061	37,547	29.3	31.5
Philadelphia Phillies	$248,632,283	93	2,673,465	3,279,241	41,509	29.1	29.5
San Francisco Giants	$232,370,883	78	2,979,114	2,543,959	32,615	28.7	27.3
Toronto Blue Jays	$225,628,287	78	2,892,670	2,525,346	33,228	28.1	30.6
Chicago Cubs	$223,048,500	80	2,788,106	2,805,700	35,971	27.8	29.2
St. Louis Cardinals	$189,534,400	79	2,399,170	2,878,115	35,532	27.7	30.9
Los Angeles Angels	$167,637,049	63	2,660,906	2,461,584	31,559	27.2	28.9
Arizona Diamondbacks	$161,660,152	87	1,858,163	2,170,557	28,560	28.6	28.6
Boston Red Sox	$160,834,775	79	2,035,883	2,556,060	32,770	27.3	29.5
San Diego Padres	$159,391,555	90	1,771,017	3,330,545	41,118	28.9	28.7
Colorado Rockies	$147,069,963	60	2,451,166	2,316,579	30,888	27.9	28.3
Tampa Bay Rays	$138,533,112	78	1,776,066	1,337,739	16,515	27.2	28.4
Minnesota Twins	$135,762,591	81	1,676,081	1,811,473	24,153	28.7	27.9
Washington Nationals	$132,086,867	69	1,914,302	1,825,138	24,335	26.4	28.9
Seattle Mariners	$132,047,548	81	1,630,217	2,439,200	31,272	28.9	27.7
Chicago White Sox	$130,170,125	36	3,615,837	1,329,026	17,039	27.9	27.8
Kansas City Royals	$122,692,261	82	1,496,247	1,658,347	20,473	27.9	29.1
Baltimore Orioles	$117,347,715	86	1,364,508	2,281,129	28,162	26.9	29.6
Milwaukee Brewers	$115,142,460	89	1,293,736	2,429,815	31,151	26.4	29.0
Miami Marlins	$109,992,600	57	1,929,695	1,087,455	13,425	27.2	27.0
Detroit Tigers	$105,584,833	83	1,272,106	1,646,727	21,956	26.7	27.9
Cincinnati Reds	$98,323,334	76	1,293,728	2,024,178	24,990	27.1	29.1
Cleveland Guardians	$94,230,728	90	1,047,008	1,942,894	25,564	26.2	27.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	$85,226,500	73	1,167,486	1,673,579	21,456	28.6	27.4
Oakland Athletics	$55,690,000	67	831,194	809,725	10,381	26.5	28.5
Tm	Est. Payroll	Wins	Pay/Wins	Attendance	Attend/G	BatAge	PAge
max		93	3,615,837	3,786,139	48,540	30.4	31.7
min		36	831,194	809,725	10,381	26.2	27.0