LANCE'S LISTS: A LOOK AT 2023 OPENING DAY SIMBL PAYROLLS
SIMBL GMs Spending & Slashing As League Average Payroll & Impending Luxury Tax Continue To Climb
Many SIMBL pundits believed that Las Vegas GM Carl Hannah overpaid tremendously for OF Robinson O'Neil (above) in this past off-season. The Hustlers made the soon-to-be 36 year-old OBP-machine the SIMBL's highest-paid player by signing him to a $36,000,000 a season two year-deal. The Hustlers are one of the teams with substantial team payroll increase going from third-lowest last season to the fourteenth-highest SIMBL payroll this season.
By Lance Stanley
SIMBL Contributor
Hi again bedwetters. Lance Stanley reporting.
The influx of returning First File Era players to the SIMBL the past few off-seasons has undoubtedly peaked the interests of the GMs in the SIMBL and also has peaked the checkbooks, team payrolls and league average payrolls as SIMBL GMs bid heavily for such players to help improve their teams at a high price.
The 2023 SIMBL Opening Day average league payroll stands at $124,983,905. There are currently 27 players with salaries over $20,000,000 a season up substantially from only 15 a season ago.
After 2022 off-season returnees OF Benjamin Rodriguez of Cleveland and SP Deangelo Ceja of Whitby were the only players who broke the $30,000,000 per season barrier last season. This season six players are being paid over $30,000,000 as well.
The star players of Calgary GM Christian DeMarco have put his team up to over $188,000,000, a substantial spike from last season's top SIMBL team salary of over $165,000,000, as the Clippers remain the highest team payroll in the SIMBL from a season ago.
Dallas GM Robert Don's two-time defending UL Champion Texans have seen the SIMBL's biggest increase in payroll from a season ago as they jumped from 20th in 2022 to 8th this season going from over $72,000,000 last season to over $134,000,000 on 2023 Opening Day.
The Oregon Pioneers of GM Tim Melican jumped from 16th last season to 3rd in the SIMBL this season with team payroll at over $172,000,000.
Other notable jumps from last season are GM Pat Flanagan's Texas Roadrunners (14th to 5th), the Direwolves of Deer Lake GM Chip Orton (18th to 6th), Cleveland GM Jonathan Fitzgerald's Brownies (11th to 2nd), Boston GM Dennis Walters' Revolution (10th to 4th) and Las Vegas GM Carl Hannah's Hustlers (22nd to 14th).
Chicago GM John Bowden's rebuilding Hitmen remain the SIMBL's lowest team payroll from 2022 Opening Day at over $59,000,000.
GMs who have made substantial declines in team payroll from last season are Knoxville Lumberkings GM Andy Hutchinson (5th to 23rd), Bristol Owls GM Greg Checovetes (7th to 20th), San Diego Warewolves GM Paul Ware (4th to 16th), Whitby Battalion GM John Callahan (3rd to 11th) and Astoria Wolverines GM Doug Craft (2nd to 11th).
SIMBL League Average Payroll: $124,983,905
2023 SIMBL Opening Day Payrolls (Last Season Opening Day Rank):
1 Calgary Clippers $188,740,000 (1)
2 Cleveland Brownies $175,212,500 (11)
3 Oregon Pioneers $172,610,000 (16)
4 Boston Revolution $160,662,334 (10)
5 Texas Roadrunners $146,426,500 (14)
6 Deer Lake Direwolves $144,014,185 (18)
7 Montreal Expos $140,415,000 (9)
8 Dallas Texans $134,288,500 (20)
9 Hawaii Pineapples $132,010,000 (6)
10 Charlotte Landsharks $131,755,011 (12)
11 Astoria Wolverines $129,805,000 (2)
12 Whitby Battalion $124,629,000 (3)
13 Bend Bandits $123,374,500 (13)
14 Las Vegas Hustlers $121,375,000 (22)
15 New York Enforcers $120,152,500 (8)
16 San Diego Warewolves $118,514,500 (4)
17 Asheville Smokies $118,328,500 (21)
18 Rochester Roosters $103,675,000 (15)
19 Toronto Rush $101,776,000 (17)
20 Bristol Owls $96,868,500 (7)
21 Hollywood Stars $85,165,000 (19)
22 Sacramento Giants $84,845,000 (23)
23 Knoxville Lumberkings $83,797,500 (5)
24 Chicago Hitmen $64,773,690 (24)
2023 SIMBL Opening Day Top Player Salaries:
1 OF Robinson O'Neil Las Vegas $38,000,000
2 SP Glenn Murphy Deer Lake $35,540,000
3 OF Benjamin Rodriguez Cleveland $32,872,500
4 SP Deangelo Ceja Whitby $31,900,000
5 SP Anibal Vargo, Jr. Deer Lake $31,060,000
6 1B DeShaun Mack Montreal $30,000,000
7 OF Carlos Molina Calgary $28,320,000
8 2B Duane Fuller Deer Lake $27,800,000
9 OF Cesar Castillo Toronto $27,600,000
10 OF Dustin Powers Whitby $26,610,000
11 SP Vinny Corleone Calgary $26,450,000
12 OF Ricky Thompson Texas $26,110,000
13 1B Jason Flynt Cleveland $25,730,000
14 OF Alberto Delgado Bend $25,620,000
15 SP Ron Jackson Cleveland $24,970,000
16 OF Jose Gonzalez Charlotte $24,026,511
17 SP Alberto Tovar San Diego $24,000,000
18 OF Cesar Delgado Oregon $23,620,000
19 3B Chance Bailey Charlotte $23,100,000
20 SP Antonio Santana Bend $23,000,000
21 1B Frank Hodges Deer Lake $22,949,185
22 1B Grady McPherson Asheville $22,500,000
23 1B Willie Briggs Asheville $22,070,000
24 1B Toby Gibson Whitby $22,000,000
25 OF Mario Montalbano Oregon $22,000,000
2022 SIMBL Opening Day Payrolls:
1 Calgary Clippers $165,894,500
2 Astoria Goonies $156,050,000
3 Whitby Battalion $145,240,500
4 San Diego Warewolves $137,670,500
5 Knoxville Lumberkings $135,504,500
6 Hawaii Pineapples $128,402,000
7 Bristol Owls $125,137,000
8 New York Enforcers $122,131,000
9 Montreal Expos $120,927,000
10 Boston Revolution $119,400,000
11 Cleveland Brownies $118,774,500
12 Augusta Spartans $113,492,000
13 Bend Bandits $111,398,500
14 Texas Roadrunners $107,954,500
15 Rochester Roosters $107,500,000
16 Oregon Pioneers $106,464,500
17 Toronto Rush $106,295,500
18 Deer Lake Direwolves $99,650,000
19 Hollywood Bounty Hunters $89,715,000
20 Dallas Texans $72,820,000
21 Asheville Smokies $71,105,000
22 Las Vegas Hustlers $70,500,000
23 Sacramento Giants $69,007,500
24 Chicago Hitmen $59,124,190
2022 SIMBL Opening Day Top Player Salaries:
1 Benjamin Rodriguez Cleveland $32,872,500
2 Deangelo Ceja Whitby $31,900,000
3 Cesar Castillo Toronto $27,600,000
4 Vinny Corleone Calgary $26,450,000
5 Ron Jackson Knoxville $25,970,000
6 Jason Flynt Knoxville $25,730,000
7 Chance Bailey Augusta $23,100,000
8 Carlos Molina Calgary $23,000,000
9 Kenny Brooks Knoxville $22,540,000
10 Willie Briggs Asheville $22,070,000
11 Bobby Grimes San Diego $22,000,000
12 DeShaun Mack Montreal $22,000,000
13 Mario Montalbano Oregon $22,000,000
14 Ken Blaylock Astoria $21,500,000
15 Antonio Santana Bend $20,000,000
16 Travis Wright Bristol $19,900,000
17 Glenn Webb New York $19,490,000
18 Bobby Bruno Hollywood $19,000,000
19 Andy Chase Cleveland $19,000,000
20 Robinson O'Neil Whitby $19,000,000
21 Sean Turner Montreal $19,000,000
22 Nate Coleman Rochester $18,000,000
23 Rhett Forrester San Diego $18,000,000
24 Jules Jurrey Bend $18,000,000
25 Sebastian Meander Knoxville $18,000,000
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