I am really not that good at this, but will give it a try.
Our current guys are
C- Thole - $440,000
1B- Ike Davis- $440,000
2B Murphy/Turner- $440,000 each
3B- David Wright- $14,000,000
SS- Jose Reyes- $11,000,000
LF- Jason Bay- $16,000,000
CF- Pagan- guess $3,500,000
RF- Carlos Beltran- $18,500,000
bench
2B Turner/Murphy $440,000
OF Lucas Duda $440,000
1B/3B/OF Nick Evans $440,000
C-
OF-
Starters
IR-Johan- $22,000,000
SP Mike Pelfrey- $4,000,000
SP- RA Dickey- $2,500,000
SP- Jon Niese- $440,000
SP- Gee- $440,000
SP- Misch $440,000
Relief
Closer-K-Rod- $11,000,000
8th inning-Bobby Parnell- $440,000
RP-Igarashi- $1,750,000
RP-O'Connor- $500,000
RP-
RP-
Wasted $$$
Ollie Perez- $12,000,000
Luis Castillo- $6,000,000
GMJ- $1,000,000
I think $128,150,000
So here is my plan:
1)Trade Francisco Rodriquez to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jonathon Broxton($7,000,000) and eat $2,000,000 of his salary it to make it $9,000,000 for Broxton. = 0 net gain $$$
2) Trade Misch, Murphy, Tobi Stoner and another minor leaguer, say Allen to the Toronto Blue Jays for SP-Shaun Marcum (Arb-$1,500,000) and IF-Jon MacDonald(arb$1,250,000)- $880,000 for $2,750,000= +$1,870,000
3) Trade Mike Pelfrey ($4MM), McDonald($1.25MM), and Igarashi($1.75MM) to the Orioles for Brian Roberts($10MM)and LHP-Mike Gonzalez ($6MM). +9,000,000
4) Sign OF-Matt Diaz at $1,500,000
5)sign Russel Martin at $1,500,000
6) Jon Rauch at $2,500,000/2yrs
7) Okajima at $2,000,000
8) Jeff Francis at $3,000,000 for 2011, and $5,000,000 for 2011 if he pitches 150 IP
All move= + $18,370,000
Total+ $146,520,000
Line up
SS-Reyes, 2B Roberts, CF Beltran, 3B Wright, 1B Davis, LF Bay, RF Pagan, C- Thole
Bench- 2B Turner, OF Duda, 1B/3B/OF Evans, OFDiaz, C Martin
SP- Dickey, Marcum, Niese, Francis, Gee
Closer- Broxton
RP- Rauch, Parnell, Gonzalez, Okajima, O'Connor
that is 24 and leaves me room to all up or sign another long RP or PH/PR as needed. I would prefer to have someone on the bench as a PH/PR with good speed. When Johan comes back someone becomes the long reliever. 25th guy usually yo-yos between the minors and majors. Maybe Jesus Feliciano or Tejada.
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