The Cost of the 2009 Yankees: $201 Million

Well, $201,449,289 to be exact, which is down about $ 8 million (3.65%) from last year's $209,081,579 total. Not bad when you can sign Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and A.J. Burnett and still lower your payroll. The Journal News posted this Major League Baseball salary database today. On it you can find the salaries for every player and the payroll for every team around the league.Here's the rest of the top ten:2. Mets - $135,773,9883. Cubs - $135,050,0004. Red Sox - $122,696,0005. Tigers - $115,085,1456. Angels - $113,709,0007. Phillies - $113,004,0488. Astros - $102,996,4159. Dodgers - $100,458,10110. Mariners - $98,904,167The bottom three teams were the Pirates with $48,743,000, the Padres with $42,796,700, and the Marlins with a payroll of $38,814,000, or just about six million more than Alex Rodriguez is making.