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USA Today published baseball's payrolls. The Reds are at $74.1 million, 10th in the National League, fifth in the NL Central, 18th in the majors. Yankees check in at $209 million, Marlins at $21 million.
Biggest surprise to me: Corey Patterson is making $3 million. He came in on a minor league deal, but must have gotten a big bump for making the club.
Yikes.
almost 4 years ago
Geki
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My comment from the game comments thread:
FWIW, there are several players on the list that do not match MLB4U or Cots, so this may not be completely right. Plus, their total salary of $74,117,695 is about $10 million less than what I came up with on the wiki. I'm not saying that I'm necessarily right, just that there is a disconnect somewhere. For instance, Griffey and Arroyo seem to be missing a large amount of money - Griffey's is deferred money and I believe Arroyo's number on USA Today is his old contract, which was over-written by the new deal. Plus, I don't think they've included Stanton's contract in the total.
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I think so
but don't be surprised if he starts out hot and they give him 2 more years. I'd be willing to bet that if he's batting .300 in June, he gets a contract. ashbakertoothpickchild
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differences
Differences appear to be Griffey's deferred money, which USA Today and ESPN have always cited as the actual paid number, plus the following ommissions/understated contracts on the USA Today website: lack of Stanton's or Javier Valentin's contract and lower figures for Arroyo and Fogg.
Wow, looking at the wiki, there's a big difference in guaranteed money between this year and next. I thought most of the money freed up was going to go to the increasing contracts of Arroyo, Harang, Gonzalez, and Cordero, but it looks like there's room to keep Dunn and add another big dollar player (C.C. Sabathia?), if that's the route they wanted to go.
Maybe
If the Wiki is right for this year, then they only have $33 million to spend (assuming no options are picked up), and they will be losing their catchers, the entire starting OF, Hatteberg, Weathers, Fogg and Affeldt. EdE, Belisle and Coffey will be in arbitration, with EdE likely getting the biggest raise mainly because of his position. Bruce and Bailey might make room for some of the cost, but they still have a lot of spots to fill before they have a full roster. Hopefully Volquez and Cueto will pitch well enough this year that they won't need to spend huge on another starter (not that I'd be opposed to CC). That means they can spend some money on the offense. If they lose both Dunn and Griffey after this year and don't replace them with something close, the offense could be anemic next year.
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Marlin's revenue sharing figure
What did the Marlins receive for revenue sharing this year? It was more than their payroll, wasn't it?
If I were Josh Fogg
I would be pissed. I would have overvalued myself early in the free-agent market as a middling starter, but pissed never the less.
I'm thirsty.
Yeah
Worth remembering how we fleeced Fogg. How did this guy not get at least 3 years at 4-5 mill per?
We'll find out
And it will be interesting to see if we unload him if he gets hot, save the money, and bring up Bruce.
i think its good to have patterson
we never know how long untill griff gets hurt or traded, and then bruce can come up
"Never perfect but perfectly forgiven." -Petra
Honestly, do you think that if he gets hot Baker would let him go?
He clearly believes in Patterson and a hot streak from him would do nothing but justify that belief, wouldn't it?
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Good question
Baker isn't the GM, but clearly he has input. Fact is, they need a good defensive CF to keep the seat warm until Bruce is ready. Patterson was probably the cheapest option. What would Lofton have run us? But I still wish Patterson was getting less. Then again, I feel that way about every baseball player currently suiting up.
I agree with Slyde
if he gets "hot" (I can't wait to see what kind of low threshold that will be) then he's in Cincy for a while...In ur threadz, not cloggin ur basez!
That aside, this "bump" seems a little much for a guy who would be mowing my lawn right now if it weren't for Dusty Baker.
Plus ca change...
This team wastes more money...
than the government
LaRue
Cormier
Milton
Stanton
Patterson
Coffey
Just think of what better things we could have done with all that money...
Nobody listens to Andrew
technically, Patterson and Coffey aren't wasted money yet
but yeah.
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