Here is a list of the final 2006 40-man roster payrolls and luxury taxes. Interesting to see the Sox drop to 9th in payroll, and only $1.6 mil from 11th.

 

Final 2006 40-man Roster Payrolls

1 New York Yankees       $207.5  (Luxury tax - $26)

2 Boston Red Sox         $137.5  (Luxury tax - $0.5)

3 New York Mets          $116.6 

4 Houston Astros         $107.7 

5 Los Angeles Dodgers    $107.3 

6 Los Angeles Angels     $104.0 

7 Chicago Cubs           $99.0

8 San Francisco Giants   $98.9

9 Chicago White Sox      $96.9

10 St. Louis Cardinals   $96.1 

11 Seattle Mariners      $95.3

12 Philadelphia Phillies $93.3

13 Atlanta Braves        $92.2

14 Detroit Tigers        $89.8 

15 Texas Rangers         $82.7

16 Baltimore Orioles     $76.1

17 San Diego Padres      $73.8

18 Toronto Blue Jays     $72.4

19 Oakland A's           $70.9

20 Washington Nationals  $67.4

21 Minnesota Twins       $64.8 

22 Cincinnati Reds       $63.7

23 Arizona Diamondbacks  $61.5

24 Milwaukee Brewers     $58.1

25 Colorado Rockies      $53.2

26 Cleveland Indians     $52.4

27 Kansas City Royals    $51.5

28 Pittsburgh Pirates    $43.4

29 Tampa Bay Devil Rays  $36.4

30 Florida Marlins       $21.1 

* All figures in Millions (US)

Note: Figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and earned incentive bonuses and other compensation. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to reflect present-day values. Figures include money paid or received in cash transactions between teams to defray parts of salaries of traded players.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/base.../luxury.tax.ap/

just goes to show how much salaries in baseball have jumped the past few years. 2005 we were around 75-80 million and that number jumped significantly but everyone else kept up with payroll increases too.

I say 12th by April 1-a starter is sure to go after Zito signs

I say 12th by April 1-a starter is sure to go after Zito signs

They are probably already there with the Garcia deal, that freed up a ton.

Yeah, but isnt there a Crede arbitration decision ahead?