Sports General Manager: How to do more with less

Sports PV General Manager How to do more with less GM's goal: build a consistently competitive team, without depleting the teams' future In the last decade, 75% Being a GM is easy when you have money of the teams to win the World Series have had budgets over the league average of $98 million The GM Challenge is Base Ballin' on a budget Follow your head or your heart? MICHAL GM game changer: the 2003 Michael Lewis book, “Moneyball" Today's new GMs are typically younger and highly educated in statistical analysis. Which GM's got the most bang per buck in 2012? 2012 average MLB cost per win: $1.22 million Most expensive wins: N.Y. Yankees Least expensive wins: Oakland A's $590,000 per win $2.08 million per win $500,000 $1 million $2 million Win to salary percentages (based on MLB average) GM winners GM losers PAYROLL +/ - WINS +/ - DIFFERENCE IN PAYROLL +/ - WINS +/ - DIFFERENCE IN TEAM TEAM LEAGE AVG LEAGE AVG SALARY & WINS LEAGE AVG LEAGE AVG SALARY & WINS -44% +16% +60% +77% -15% -92% Boston Red Sox Oakland A's AY -35% +11% +46% Tampa Bay Rays Miami Marlins +20% -35% -15% Phillies Washington Nationals -17% +21% +38% Philadelphia Phillies +78% 0% -78% Padres -44% -6% +38% +102% +17% -85% San Diego Padres N.Y. Yankces VaA Classic Cost Effective GM Winners Billy Beane and the Oakland A's A's are the 3rd poorest team in MLB (in terms of revenue and value) Using MoneyBall strategies Oakland has made it to the post-season six times since 2000 Andrew Friedman and the Tampa Bay Rays Their first decade, [1998 through 2007] The Rays never had a winning season. 2006: Hired a 32 year old former investment banker as their new GM 2008: went 97-65 (a 31 win improvement from the previous year) and went to the World Series Payroll of $43.7 million, 29th lowest out of 2006 2007 2008 30 teams. The 2013 draft saw new steps taken to increase parity in MLB Here's why: N.Y. Yankees Top Payroll: $228.9 million Houston Astros Bottom Payroll: $24.3 million Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees will make more money than the entire Houston Astros roster The Competitive Balance Lottery $29 million vs. $24.3 million per year Gives teams with minimal revenue additional high draft picks per year Who's in the lottery: 10 clubs with the lowest revenue Chance of winning is based on losing% of last season 10 clubs from the smallest markets 6 extra picks at end of the first draft 6 extra picks at end of the second draft The 2014 draft winners of the 12 picks are: Comp Round A: 1. Colorado Rockies Comp Round B: 1. San Diego Padres 2. Baltimore Orioles 2. Arizona Diamondbacks 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Miami Marlins 5. Kansas City Royals 3. St. Louis Cardinals 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Pittsburgh Pirates 6. Seattle Mariners 6. Milwaukee Brewers Sources Presented by http://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations/list http://espn.go.com/mlb/worldseries/history/winners http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team/2012 http://www.allsportstalk.net/mlb-baseball/high-mlb-payroll-more-wins/1442 http://deadspin.com/oakland-athletics-chris-young-8-700-000-yoenis-cespede-462773606 http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/7/17/4533072/2014-mlb-draft-competitive-balance-lottery-results http://oaklandnorth.net/2012/10/05/despite-small-budget-oakland-as-triumph-in-american-league-west http://www.piratesprospects.com/2010/12/the-prestige-of-small-payroll-baseball-tampa-bay-rays-2008-10.html SportsManagementDegreeHub.com DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING