Payroll to Success?

Can an inflated payroll guarantee a world series? The freaking Yankees have a lot of banners......

NL Central average 84.8 million
Cubs: 118 million
Cards: 100
Astros: 88
Brew: 80
Reds: 74
Bucks: 49

NL East average 82.6
Mets: 138 million
Phillies: 102
Braves: 98
Nationals: 54
Marlins: 21

NL West average 80.2
Dodgers: 118
SF: 76
SD: 73
Colorado: 68
DBacks: 66

You can look at these numbers and draw your own conclusions... Here is what jumps out at me.

It doesn't take the most money to deliver a great product on the field. Take a look at Arizona for example. They have a remarkable top of the rotation... probably the best in the NL and potentially the best in the league which is a key factor in any playoff series.

And they are paying $66 million for their whole team!? If I was the GM of pretty much any other team I would be embarrassed by this. Then, as the DBacks were sweeping my team in the playoffs, I would be typing my resignation letter in case anybody realized the disparity. My questions are: Why are their scouts so far superior to others? Can't a ballclub essentially save themselves tens of millions of dollars by offering the best scouts and player development guys an extra half million to work for them? This sounds way too easy to actually work.

Also noticed that the Florida Marlins are the "Goodwill" of the NL. I guess I knew this before, but $21 million? There are 24 players in the league making more than $15 million this year on their own! 3 of those making more than $21 million... I could have named 2 of the 3. However, I did not know that if you combined the salaries of Florida's starting rotation, their bullpen, Hanley Ramirez, the rest of their infielders and all of their outfielders, they would be making $2.428 million less than... Jason Fucking Giambi. If that isn't a guarantee that payroll doesn't lead directly to success then I don't hate the Yankess.

Have a great day. Kosuke Fukudome makes me want to "Onani shimas." Take that to your Japanese dictionary.