Ben Fry has been creating a MLB salary vs. performance graph for the past few years… and he has updated it again this year to see how your favorite MLB team. It’s obviously too early on in the season to see what team will be the winners and losers, but it looks as if the Brewers are getting the most bang for their buck while the Yankees are the biggest losers (no surprise there.) My Phillies are somewhat stuck in the middle with a bunch of other teams. Use the guide at the top of the graph to see how the teams have changed since the beginning of the season.

The biggest discrepancy in team payroll across the MLB: the Yankees ($189.6 million) to the Devil Rays ($24.1 million). Theoretically, the Yankees could fund the Devil Rays payroll for the next 7-8 years (barring inflation, of course) using their payroll from the 2007 season alone. Interestingly enough, each team has the same number of wins this season: 18. (via Kottke, UmpBump, etc.)