Payroll Overview - Post Bullpen Reconstruction Edition

by cpins on Dec 7, 2011 9:40 AM EST

So after night's "Bullpen Infrastructure Plan" I'm hungry for more new faces and wonder if there's any budget left.

Here's where I think we stand. Some notes:

I've tried to be a little high on estimates for arbitration/at or near minimum salary guys.
I include Paulino at last seasons salary because I thought I read some wiggle room on whether or not they'd consider bringing him back.
I listed pitchers in order of salary - not quality.
Interesting that there are three starting position players making over $1m, three starting pitchers and five relievers . . .

BOTTOM LINE: I get to $88.65m with three spots open on the 25-man which makes it sounds like there's $5-10m of wiggle room to get to $95-100m . . .

BUT I have a feeling that the $100m number covers either all the 40-man roster salary OR includes other costs like pension/health insurance that go into the official luxury tax payroll calculation. But it'd sure be nice to be able to spend another $10m though.

1	Andres Torres	$2,500,000
2	Daniel Murphy	$700,000
3	David Wright	$15,000,000
4	Ike Davis	$600,000
5	Jason Bay	$16,000,000
6	Lucas Duda	$500,000
7	Josh Thole	$500,000
8	Rueben Tejada	$500,000

9	Johan Santana	$24,000,000
10	Mike Pelfrey	$6,000,000
11	RA Dickey	$4,250,000
12	Jon Niese	$500,000
13	Dillon Gee	$500,000

14	Frank Francisco	$6,000,000
15	Ramon Ramirez	$2,000,000
16	Jon Rauch	$3,500,000
17	Tim Byrdack	$1,200,000
18	DJ Carasco	$1,200,000
19	Bobby Parnell	$600,000
20	Beato/Acosta	$750,000

21	Ronny Paulino	$1,350,000
22	Justin Turner	$500,000
23	Utility IF
24	OFer 4
25	OFer 5
	TOTAL	$88,650,000

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One nitpick

Acosta is arbitration eligible, and Parnell is very close if not this year so you might want to check that out. Also Turner should be around $500,000 like the rest of the minimum salaries.

If I were going to fill in those last three bench spots I’d probably use Satin, Loewen/Baxter, and use that leftover chunk of change to sign Endy.

by crazycarLUXC on Dec 7, 2011 10:09 AM EST reply actions