Now that the 25-man roster has been finalized and the regular season is under way, let’s take a look at the opening day 40-man roster and payroll…
40-Man Roster and Payroll (notes on the roster can be found below the table)…
Notes on the 40-man roster projection
- Ages are as of today.
- There are currently 39 players on the 40-man roster.
- If needed, both Chad Bradford and Fernando Perez could be moved to the 60-day DL to open up a spot on the 40-man roster.
- The opening day payroll now projects to be $63.3 million, but we also need to include Rocco Baldelli’s buyout ($4 million). While not technically part of the payroll, it is a cost that cannot be ignored. That brings the projected payroll up to $67.3 million.
- 63.3 million would have ranked the Rays 24th in payroll on opening day last year. The Rays opening day payroll in 2008 was $43.8 million.
- 16 players will make at least $1 million this season. That number was 12 on opening day last year.
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That’s a lot of cheddar for Dan Wheeler and Chad Bradford… Put their payrolls together and you could get one real good arm out there.
One good arm plus one Wade Davis/Mitch Talbot added to the pen for peanuts.
Prof, could you put years remaining on for each player’s contract as well?
For the sake of space I had to pull that from this list, but I will try to find a way to get it back on. In the meantime, you can find that under “control” on the Trade Value Index over in the sidebar.
I’m getting ready to leave and there’s no post where I can pick my Sunburst Player of the Game…
they are set up to come on 2 hours before the game. But maybe I should go 3 for the night games to get people before they leave work
3 hrs prior works better for me (and anyone else who tries to run out of the office right at 5)