David Glass has not proven to be as good at building a winner in Kansas City as he has been in making millions of dollars. Douglas Jones/Icon SMI

7. Jerry Reinsdorf, Chicago White Sox: He's well-known for treating employees like gold, his teams have run the gamut (in the last three years alone). He upstaged the Cubs by bringing a World Series trophy to Chicago and he employs an excellent and diversified front office that can make it happen again (even if the team is a horror show this year).

8. Mark Attanasio, Milwaukee Brewers: This young up and comer is trying hard to bring the first pennant to Brew City in 25 years. He spent $42 million on one player (Jeff Suppan), which just isn't done in Milwaukee.

The worst

1. David Glass, Kansas City Royals: For years he did whatever the league office told him, including what to offer free agents, which often meant Kansas City underbid by embarrassing amounts (for example, its offer to Kenny Rogers was $4 million total for two years). After pocketing tens of millions over the years in revenue sharing, guilt led him to break the bank to the tune of $55 million for Gil Meche. The Royals also gave No. 1 draft choice Luke Hochevar a major-league deal and spent $2 million in Latin America this year. So, perhaps he's changing his ways.

2. Peter Angelos, Baltimore Orioles: There's no part of the organization where he won't meddle, no detail to small to put his two cents in. He has routinely hired managers and killed trades, then sometimes bragged in the press about it. He's also a great proponent of nepotism, with his rotisserie-trained sons playing big roles in a once-proud organization. Angelos may be the world's greatest at making money through asbestos litigation, but he's going down as one of the worst owners in baseball history.

3. Carl Pohlad, Minnesota Twins: The billionaire nickel-squeezer spent a decade threatening and working over Twins fans to pry some loot out of them for a new stadium. But that doesn't mean he's ready to spend what's sure to be increased revenues. Their first offer to the Great Johan Santana was for an embarrassing two years plus an option. Despite cheap payrolls GM Terry Ryan has done a superb job keeping the Twins competitive, and Pohlad has to get some credit for hiring Ryan.

4. Charlie Monfort, Colorado Rockies: The Rockies have done a nice job of gathering prospects, but GM Dan O'Dowd and his people were given no choice with a disappearing payroll. The Rockies, once a free spender, have been cut to a bare-bones operation where veterans are being lopped off one by one. The one who needs to go is the owner.

5. Bob Nutting, Pittsburgh Pirates: This is a little unfair since he just started, officially, after being part of the group to support Kevin McClatchy's failed regime the past few years. But, like McClatchy, he's a newspaperman, which presumably means he won't want to spend a dime.