Below is a comparison of each team's actual salary paid to their team (if they actually made that salary and not a piddling $1-$3) compared to their major league baseball counterparts in 2012. The CFOD has a bit of a harsher attitude towards players, since nobody is forced to keep that $15 million a year player who is on the DL the whole year. Or Bobby Bonilla. Once again, nobody could hold a candle to the Yankees in spending, and the Phillies were big spenders too. The Walruses almost passed the Phillies in expenditures, logging a league high $173 million. The 'Topes were the most thrify at $69.4 million, but 6 MLB teams were still lower than that. NO. MLB Team PAYROLL NO. CFOD Team Payroll 1 New York Yankees $197,962,289 1 Walruses $173,879,000 2 Philadelphia Phillies $174,538,938 2 Piazza's $157,711,000 3 Boston Red Sox $173,186,617 3 MooseDogs $151,415,000 4 Los Angeles Angels $154,485,166 4 Syndicate $145,625,000 5 Detroit Tigers $132,300,000 5 Arthropods $141,727,000 6 Texas Rangers $120,510,974 6 Rock $139,574,000 7 Miami Marlins $118,078,000 7 Moshers $135,783,000 8 San Francisco Giants $117,620,683 8 Climbers $132,278,000 9 St. Louis Cardinals $110,300,862 9 Brouhaha $121,489,000 10 Milwaukee Brewers $97,653,944 10 Pitbulls $111,072,000 11 Chicago White Sox $96,919,500 11 Termites $109,644,000 12 Los Angeles Dodgers $95,143,575 12 Organization $105,413,000 13 Minnesota Twins $94,085,000 13 Coneheads $103,915,000 14 New York Mets $93,353,983 14 Malice $103,347,000 15 Chicago Cubs $88,197,033 15 Pioneers $99,542,000 16 Atlanta Braves $83,309,942 16 RamJets $89,141,000 17 Cincinnati Reds $83,309,942 17 DrunkenClams $83,862,000 18 Seattle Mariners $81,978,100 18 AngryCandy $78,887,000 19 Baltimore Orioles $81,428,999 19 Sluggers $78,405,000 20 Washington Nationals $81,336,143 20 Pirates $75,749,000 21 Cleveland Indians $78,430,300 21 Mudfish $75,195,000 22 Colorado Rockies $78,069,571 22 Mangos $74,940,000 23 Toronto Blue Jays $75,489,200 23 Thunder $69,727,000 24 Arizona Diamondbacks $74,284,833 24 Topes $69,370,000 25 Tampa Bay Rays $64,173,500 26 Pittsburgh Pirates $63,431,999 27 Kansas City Royals $60,916,225 28 Houston Astros $60,651,000 29 Oakland Athletics $55,372,500 30 San Diego Padres $55,244,700