December 13, 200322 yr I've lost track of were the payroll sits at today. Last I heard the team's stated max was 58 million. Assuming KW has at least $20 million to play with; where should he place his $6,000,000 bets? My feeling is: Starting pitching Bullpen OBP at the top of the lineup Which is why I yawn at any outrage over Robbie, Carl, Daubach, etc.
December 13, 200322 yr As of now with estimates for Lee, Schoney, and Wunsch the payroll is about $64 mil or about $6 mil over the $58 mil budget. Any serious trade talk should take into account this overage.
December 13, 200322 yr Author As of now with estimates for Lee, Schoney, and Wunsch the payroll is about $64 mil or about $6 mil over the $58 mil budget. Any serious trade talk should take into account this overage. Is that after losing Colon, Alomar, Everette, Flash, etc.?
December 13, 200322 yr Tex the breakdown is as such Maggs $14 mil Kong 8 mil Koch 6.25 mil Frank 6 mil Jose 5 mil Elo 4 mil Burly 3.5 mil Gar 2.3 mil Sandy .75 mil That's a firm $ 49.8 mil, then there are the 3 arb guys and their estimated salaries. CLee 6.5 mil Schoney 1.8 mil Wunsch 1 mil that's about $9.3 mil more for a total of $59.1 mil Then there's your expected roster fill of non arb guys and the minimum they can get. Marte $400k Uribe 400k Wright 375k ARow 375k Crede 375k Olivo 330k Harris 330k Joe B 325k Ginter 325k Sanders 310k Rauch 310k Gload 300k Cotts 300k Obviously(hopefully) some of these names can change but the amounts will only most likely go up so at a minimum you're looking at another $4.7 mil. That's a total of about $63.8 mil to fill out the roster as of right now.
December 13, 200322 yr Nice stuff upnorth. When I get time I'm gonna copy that post and put it up top courtsey of you, so people can make quick reference to it
December 13, 200322 yr Author The more I look over the list the more pissed I get at Kong and Koch. Show me the results ~ You got the money!
December 13, 200322 yr I think when it gets down to it.... the payroll will actually be around upnorths figure of $63MIL. I think the only one gone will be Koch. just addd some arms in his spot.
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