| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In fact, the team payroll was sliced from $40.5 million in 1994 to $18.5 million in 1996.[2]As attendance slid and the average MLB salary continued to rise, the Royals found it difficult to retain their remaining stars, and the club traded players such as Kevin Appier and Johnny Damon for prospects, and Jermaine Dye for perennial underachiever Neifi Perez rather than pay higher salaries or lose th
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