The Rays’ 2013 opening day payroll will be approximately $63.3 million. I say “approximately” because we are still not sure what Shelley Duncan’s contract stipulates as a big league salary, but it should be in the $1.0 million range. The $63.3 million payroll is $0.9 million less than last year, [...]
Now that we know what Kyle Farnsworth, Luke Scott, and Kelly Johnson will be making, the Rays’ payroll is starting to take shape. Based on players that are currently in the organization, the payroll is projected to be $61.3 million, down 4.5% from last year. Obviously that will change if [...]
Let’s do a quick update of the projected payroll for the 2013 season. As usual, this just considers players currently in the organization and arbitration salaries are projected (via MLBTradeRumors.com). Note that there are currently 40 players on the 40-man roster (players shaded in grey are projected to start season [...]
Let’s take a look at how the recent trade of James Shields and Wade Davis impacts the 2013 opening day roster and payroll. Some notes on the payroll can be seen below… Notes on the projection… As the roster stands now, the opening day payroll ($53.0 million) would be a [...]
With the recent additions it seems like a good time to update the 40-man roster and payroll projection. In addition to Yunel Escobar and James Loney, we have also adjusted some of the projected salaries for the remaining arbitration-eligible players using the salaries projected by MLBTradeRumors.com. Some notes on the [...]
If the season started today, the Tampa Bay Rays 2013 payroll would be approximately $61.4 million. This is based on raises already built into existing contracts, and projected salaries for arbitration-eligible players and players in their first three seasons. At this point last year, the projected payroll was $52.1 million and [...]
Barring any major moves, the Rays opening day payroll will be approximately $65.1 million. That would be an increase of 58.4% over last year’s opening day payroll of $41.1 million. It would also be the second-highest payroll under Stuart Sternberg, behind only 2010 when the payroll was approximately $72.8 million. [...]
Nothing too fancy here. Just a look at the Rays 59-man Spring Training roster and how it breaks down by age. Players in blue are on the 40-man roster and players in white are non-roster spring training invites. The average age of the spring roster is 27.7 which is down [...]
We haven’t done this since Jeff Niemann lost his arbitration case, so let’s take a quick look at the projected 40-man roster. Barring any major moves, the Rays opening day payroll will be approximately $64.3 million. That would be an increase of 56.4% over last year’s opening day payroll of [...]
We will update the 25-man roster projection tomorrow, but first, let’s take a look at the payroll projection… With the addition of Carlos Pena, the 2012 payroll projects to be approximately $63.6 million, an increase of 54.7 percent over last season. This is based on raises already built into existing [...]
