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Centerfield Apr 22 2010 07:46 AM

According to ESPN: 1. Johan Santana 20,144,707 2. Francisco Rodriguez 12,166,666 3. Oliver Perez 12,000,000 4. Gary Matthews Jr. 11,400,000 5. David Wright 10,250,000 6. Jose Reyes 9,375,000 7. Jason Bay 8,625,000 8. Luis Castillo 6,250,000 9. Jeff Francoeur 5,000,000 10. John Maine 3,300,000 11. Pedro Feliciano 2,900,000 12. Alex Cora 1,850,000 13. Angel Pagan 1,500,000 14. Ryota Igarashi 1,250,000 15. Hisanori Takahashi 1,000,000 16. Fernando Tatis 850,000 17. Henry Blanco 750,000 18. Frank Catalanotto 650,000 19 a. Rod Barajas 500,000 19 b. Mike Pelfrey 500,000 21. Fernando Nieve 414,000 22. Jonathon Niese 402,000 23 a. Raul Valdes 400,000 23 b. Ike Davis 400,000 23 c. Jenrry Mejia 400,000 Total Team Salary: 136,022,942 Maybe my math is wrong, but those numbers don't seem to add up to the stated team salary. Even if you factor in Beltran's $19 million (and deduct GMJ's $11M), you get something in the range of $119M. I wonder where this is coming from. The link at ESPN has us at fifth in the majors in payroll: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/salaries?team=nym But you wonder about the veracity of these numbers. (any admin wanting to format, please help!)

metirish Apr 22 2010 07:50 AM Re: Payroll

Cot's has a lower number than espn http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2004/1 ... -mets.html http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... utput=html

Edgy DC Apr 22 2010 07:56 AM Re: Payroll

The difference probably has something to do with bonus money and/or outstanding obligations to past players.

Frayed Knot Apr 22 2010 08:09 AM Re: Payroll

Maybe my math is wrong, but those numbers don't seem to add up to the stated team salary. What are you using for "the stated team salary"?

Centerfield Apr 22 2010 08:17 AM Re: Payroll

According to ESPN, the number is: 136,022,942 Maybe they are including Beltran, all the DL guys and GMJ's full salary.

metirish Apr 22 2010 08:24 AM Re: Payroll

The Cot's spreadsheet is much more detailed than that espn link.

Frayed Knot Apr 22 2010 08:32 AM Re: Payroll

There's all sorts of ways of calculating team payrolls. You can use the 25-man roster (which change often) or the 40-man (a bit more stable). You can also use the specific yearly salary of each player (some of which vary wildly for accounting reasons) or use the per/yr average for the entire contract. I believe the lux-tax threshold also adds in the benefits that go along with the salaries (something like an extra $6-8 mil per year) and includes any deferred money up front.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 22 2010 08:42 AM Re: Payroll

The Buffalo Shuttlers receive prorated MLB minimum based on service time, rather than 400K outright, don't they?

Farmer Ted Apr 22 2010 09:24 AM Re: Payroll

I had a better year than half of those slugs and don't earn the amount of the meal money.

Ashie62 Apr 22 2010 10:28 AM Re: Payroll

I want Ollie's agent

Frayed Knot Apr 22 2010 12:30 PM Re: Payroll

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: The Buffalo Shuttlers receive prorated MLB minimum based on service time, rather than 400K outright, don't they? Depends on the contract. Most minors leaguers still on the way up get "split" contracts where they'll get ML min for days on the ML roster but a greatly reduced rate (50-100K ?) for days in the bush leagues. But someone like Sean Green and probably one of both of the Japanese guys get full pay even though they have no say about being sent down.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 22 2010 12:40 PM Re: Payroll

Meant the minor-league-contract guys. Specificity helps... flarg.

Centerfield Apr 22 2010 12:50 PM Re: Payroll

The interesting part about the payroll is that there appears to be very little flexibility going into next season.

Ceetar Apr 22 2010 12:58 PM Re: Payroll

Centerfield wrote: The interesting part about the payroll is that there appears to be very little flexibility going into next season. Depends how you define flexibility. They're under their "budget" so that provides some room. Chances are Frenchy doesn't make the team next year, so that's $5 mill saved. (and if it's F-Mart, doesn't have to be used for RF. Actually, taht $5 probably goes to Bays contract increase.. If Davis and Thole are for real (something that's by no means a certainty), it's really only pitching to focus on. (Provided Beltran is still alive) Maine would be the most likely turnover type guy, he's not making a ton, but provides some flexibility I suppose.

Gwreck Apr 22 2010 03:24 PM Re: Payroll

Not reflected there is that 2011 is an option year for Reyes, and presumably the Mets will be picking up his $11m option for that year.