Salaries are only to two digits and deferred signing bonuses aren't included as they're small adjustments mostly for tax purposes, and I can't be bothered. I also broke down spending by area so you can see rotation vs. pen vs. starting 9 vs. back-ups. Teams are in no discernible order. Arb amounts are taken from mlbtr, who I don't always agree with, but has more authority on the subject than I do. Pre-arb is flat 500k, 'cause no one cares about the difference.
Anyone I'm missing that will be on these squads? I almost included a 6th starter slot, as everyone is going to have one, but in the end those spots don't affect payroll vs. payroll by an appreciable amount (NYY might have a 1.5 vs. TOR at 800k and TB at 500k).
One thing that scares me is how much money the Sox still have available. I don't see why they aren't in on Greinke. I know they're afraid of long-term deals, but Greinke is not Lackey.
The Yankees have a ton more to do. 3 starting 9 players plus I expect their bench to get way more expensive as the Keppinger and Chavez types are brought in/back to cover for all the 20m+ guys who're breaking down, and Soriano or replacement.
I also expect at least one substantial splash from BAL. After making the playoffs I can't see them sitting it out entirely.
I do think it's pretty remarkable that TB's entire rotation costs the same as CC on his own. And if Shields or Price goes, they'll likely be competing next year with less than half the 4th highest payroll in the East and easily less than a third of NYY and maybe BOS when it's all said and done. Friedman has worked absolute miracles to stay competitive this long.
