What did the Red Sox get for $83.1 million in 2015? Zero!

I know major league athletes make a lot of money. I also know the dollar amounts are so ridiculous that people lose sight that this is real money, Millions of dollars of real money.

With that in mind, how could/can the Red Sox just pour money on terrible talent. It is really beyond comprehension that a team can spend $83.1 million in 2015 on this collection of mediocre talent and get this little a return on their investment.

Here are the individual and combined numbers for Ramirez, Sandoval, Napoli, Victorinio, Castillo and Craig last year. For $83.1 million they mustered a grand total of 49 HR's, 176 RBI's and a feeble .659 OPS. Are you kidding me?

Name	Salary	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Hanley Ramirez	$19,750,000	105	401	59	100	12	1	19	53	21	71	0.249	0.291	0.426	0.717
Pablo Sandoval	$17,600,000	126	470	43	115	25	1	10	47	25	73	0.245	0.292	0.366	0.658
Mike Napoli	$16,000,000	98	329	37	68	18	1	13	40	45	99	0.207	0.307	0.386	0.693
Shane Victorino	$13,000,000	33	94	10	23	2	0	1	4	9	14	0.245	0.324	0.298	0.622
Rusney Castillo	$11,271,000	80	273	35	69	10	2	5	29	13	54	0.253	0.288	0.359	0.647
Allen Craig	$5,500,000	36	79	6	12	1	0	1	3	7	26	0.152	0.239	0.203	0.441
TOTALS	$83,121,000	478	1,646	190	387	68	5	49	176	120	337	0.235	0.287	0.372	0.659

For comparison looks look at what Toronto got out of Josh Donaldson or Colorado got out of Nolan Arendo for a combined $4.8 million. Ouch! Either player alone almost outperformed the entire collection of smegma from above.

Name	Salary	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Nolan Arenado	$512,500	157	616	97	177	43	4	42	130	34	110	0.287	0.323	0.575	0.898
Josh Donaldson	$4,300,000	158	620	122	184	41	2	41	123	73	133	0.297	0.371	0.568	0.939
TOTALS	$4,812,500	315	1,236	219	361	84	6	83	253	107	243	0.292	0.347	0.572	0.919

Also, the money the Red Sox spent on the under performing group from above was more than the entire payroll for 6 teams.

TEAM	TOTAL PAYROLL
Houston Astros	$81,450,835
Oakland Athletics	$80,376,830
Cleveland Indians	$77,404,413
Arizona Diamondbacks	$76,781,801
Tampa Bay Rays	$73,582,652
Miami Marlins	$63,590,525