Mr. EFL Answer Man

Is Murgatroid Worth It?

Dear Mr. EFL Answer Man:

Do you happen to know (or can approximate) what the average money is spent per player on ESL rosters (during the season)? More to the point: how many players per roster are above a certain “very expensive” threshold? Say, more than 10 million, and more than 5 million? I am trying to get a sense of how expensive relative to ESL rosters, these Rule 5 players are. My instinct tells me Murgatroid (Editor’s Note: Name was changed to preserve a fellow EFL owner’s proprietary secrets)  is not that good of a deal at 9 mil, seeing that so few players cost more than 5 mil or so. Am I missing something?

— Figuring Things Outs

 

Dear Figuring:

These are good questions.  You can get a good idea for yourself by looking at the EFL rosters here.
Here are some stats from our end-of-season rosters in 2017:
Veteran Contrracts:  Number 72
Rookie Contracts:  Number 156
Veteran Contracts: Mean 5720.60
Veteran Contracts: Median 5000
Rookie Contracts: Mean 903.85
Rookis Contracts; Median 500
97030.8   Average EFL salary 2017
92.6   Average EFL wins 2017
45   Average fWAR
2156.24   Average $ per WAR

 

Also, I’ve got the MLB teams’ expansion protected lists done.  I won’t reveal this to you until after you’ve Rule 5 drafted (by 5 PM Wednesday) and everyone else has posted their expansion protected lists (of 14 players max) by 5 pm Friday.