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Originally Posted by
moonslav59
To revisit the 2023 budget framework:
Luxury Tax Dollars ($Millions) 31 Players on 40 Man, now
SP
25.6 Sale
8.5 Pivetta (Arb 2 of 3)
.72 Winckowski (pre Arb)
.72 Crawford (pre Arb)
.72 Mata (pre Arb)
.72 Bello (pre Arb)
minor Seabold (pre Arb)
minor Groome (pre Arb)
RP
9.4 Barnes
4.7 Whitlock
3.5 Diekman (if we can't trade him, now or this winter)
1.5 Brasier (Arb 3 of 3, if he's not traded or DFA'd by '23)
1.1 Taylor (Arb 2 of 4)
1.1 Davis (Arb 1 of 3- no options remaining)
.80 DHern (Arb 1 of 3)
.73 Houck (pre Arb)
.73 Schreiber (pre Arb)
minor Danish (pre Arb)
minor P Valdez (pre Arb)
minor K Ort (pre Arb)
C
.72 Wong (pre Arb)
.72 R Hernandez (pre Arb)
1B
~1.0 Cordero (Arb 2 of 3)
.73 Dalbec (pre Arb)
2B
23.3 Story
1.3 Arroyo (Arb 2 of 3, if he's not traded or DFA'd by '23)
3B
~25 Devers (Arb 3 of 3)
SS
.72 Downs (pre Arb)
LF
~6.0M Verdugo (Arb 2 of 3)
CF
.72 Duran (pre Arb)
RF
~1.5 Refsnyder (Arb 2 of 3)
That's about $122M for 31 players. Add a few $Million for the other 9M combined and $16M for player benefits, and we'll be around $140M before spending a dime on additions.
To get to the threshold, we could spend $92M.
For those who want us to extend or re-sign Bogey and Devers, here's how that might look, minimum:
$26 x 5 Bogey
$29 x 7 Devers
That's $55M. If it's true we are re-setting after this season, then that leaves about $36M to fill all the rest of the slots not filled by in system players.
Let's play best case scenario and figure Casas can play 1B, next year, and one young starter can take Hill's 5 starter slot. We need to fill the 1/2 slot (Nate) and the 2/3 slot (Wacha), unless you think our 5 man rotation will be Sale, Paxton, Pivetta, Winckowski and Crawford/Bello/Mata (or Whitlock). We also need a catcher and CF and RF, unless you want to go all year with Wong/RHern at catcher, or Refsnyder/Duran in RF and CF FT. And, who DH'es? Dalbec/Cordero? LOL!!!
How can $36M fill
SP1
SP2
C
1B
CF
RF
DH
Unless Henry opens the wallet, again, what good does it do to sign Bogey? We ain't winning by bringing the same team back minus JD, Nate, Wacha, Hill, Kike, Vaz and Strahm, or by filling all their shoes with $36M.