04 November 2009
This post has been updated to reflect transactions that took place after it was originally published.
Tonight, having finished my profiles of the Braves' pitchers, I'm going to take a brief look at the 2010 payroll, since our offseason discussions are going to require a monetary framework.
To start, the payroll, which I'll break down into three categories:
Guaranteed commitments: Derek Lowe ($15M), Chipper Jones ($13M), Javier Vazquez ($11.5M), Tim Hudson ($9M), Billy Wagner ($6.75M), Kenshin Kawakami ($6.667M), Brian McCann ($5.5M), Nate McLouth ($4.5M), Takashi Saito ($3M), Omar Infante ($2.225M), David Ross ($1.6M)
Total: 11 players, $78.742M
These guys have guaranteed contracts. Not much to say about them.
Arbitration: Matt Diaz ($2.55M), Peter Moylan ($1.25M estimated), Boone Logan ($855K estimated)
Total: three players, $5M
Diaz has signed for $2.55 million; Moylan and Logan were offered arbitration but have not yet agreed to terms.
Minimum salary players: Yunel Escobar, Martin Prado, Jesse Chavez, Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Kris Medlen, Eric O'Flaherty
Total: seven players, $3.15M
Again, these are the only minimum-salary players that I think are guaranteed to be on the Opening Day Roster. I budgeted $450,000 apiece.
Grand total: 19 players, $86.25M
So that leaves probably $8-9 million for Frank Wren to spend this winter, and if he can offload perhaps $11 million either by moving Javier Vazquez or part of Derek Lowe's contract, he'll have a fairly hefty $20-21 million sum to spend. This analysis leaves the Braves with six unfilled roster spots, and those fall as follows: two infielders (a starting first baseman, and a bench IF), three outfielders (two starters and a fifth OF), and two relief pitchers. Doubtless some of those slots will be filled internally with minimum-salary players, but it's unclear exactly who those players will be. Discuss away, and we'll be referring back to this post a lot as we construct our offseason plans and analysis.
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