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2015 Roster
Roster Salary - $106,426,104
Disabled List - $6,382,500
Retained Salary - $25,214,964
Minor Salary - $286,096
Total Salary - $138,309,664

2016 Roster
Roster Salary - $115,206,361
Disabled List - $19,800,000
Suspended Salary - $521,300
Retained Salary - $8,233,427
Minor Salary - $3,250,000
Total Salary - $146,489,788

NET: $8,180,124

2015 Blue Jays Attendance
Average Attendance - 34,504
Average Ticket Price - $25.14
Ticket Revenue - $67,467,051.36

2016 Blue Jays Attendance
Average Attendance - 38,035
Average Ticket Price - $31.01
Ticket Revenue (Projected) - $95,536,693.35

NET: $28,069,641.99

OVERALL: $19,889,517.99

That's 20 million dollars more in revenue than last year with the current payroll over the team from last year. That's also a number that could potentially get bigger if the Jays stay in contention as their attendance figure would likely climb to over 40,000 by the end of the year if they stay in the race down the stretch.

Hopefully this amounts to something

Considering that teams make most of their money from TV coverage and mechandising, the Jays are a money making machine again. I can still remember not long ago when they when the lead the league in money lost. The Roger Centre always looked empty. Not like that anymore.

Jays are not the Leafs though. So if they wanna keep the attendance in the seats, they gotta keep winning. Pressure is on ownership to keep spending now.