The Yankees also win big, with the highest payroll in the majors.

The only team with a higher payroll was the Lakers.

They had the highest payroll in baseball last season at $184.5 million.

She assumed that local businesses could manage with a higher payroll.

The figures they would have had to pay: One is a higher payroll.

"I understand that the team with the highest payroll in baseball, you'd expect to win more games than you lose," he said.

The players know that, despite being on the team with the highest payroll in the league, their talk is still cheap.

They will then push up prices to cover their higher payrolls.

And how could a team with such a high payroll be so bad so far?

"We have the highest payroll in the history of the game," Watson said.