tavish

Any chance you have a breakdown of that, because that sounds extremely optimistic? That's basically the number I get if you resign Estrada and Lowe for exactly what they made this year and fill in Navarro, Price, Buerhle, and Hawkins spot with pre-arb guys.

I don't think there really is much money coming off the books. Buerhle's $20m is going to be eaten up really quick with Arbitration raises and Martin's pay jump. If they do free up much money from last year's payroll it is going to be from declining an option like RA. Adding a frontline starter, bullpen arms and resigning Estrada would probably push the payroll closer to $175m.