sptrc_league_payrolls: *Scrape League Payroll Breakdowns from Spotrac*

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Scrape League Payroll Breakdowns from Spotrac

Description

This function allows you to scrape each team's payroll from Spotrac.

Usage

sptrc_league_payrolls(year = most_recent_mlb_season())

Arguments

year	Year to load

Value

A data frame of contract data.

col_name	types	description
year	character	Payroll season.
team	character	Full team name.
team_abbr	character	Team abbreviation.
rank	numeric	League rank by total payroll allocations.
record	character	Team win-loss record for the season.
avg_age_team	character	Roster-weighted average age of the team.
total_payroll_allocations	numeric	Total payroll allocations across all roster statuses (USD).
active_26_man	numeric	Payroll allocated to the active 26-man roster (USD).
injured	numeric	Payroll allocated to players on the injured list (USD).
retained	numeric	Retained salary owed to players no longer on the roster (USD).
buried	numeric	Payroll for players assigned to the minors ("buried" contracts) (USD).

Column names after rank mirror Spotrac's current league-payroll table and may change as Spotrac updates its layout.

Examples

  try(sptrc_league_payrolls(year = most_recent_mlb_season()))

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