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Mid Season Update

2004-07-11T23:55:00.000-04:00

I've finally gotten a chance to make some long overdue updates to the site...I've run down the major updates below. My apologies for not keeping more on top of the transactions, but other responsibilities have prevented me from devoting as much time to this site as I would have wanted to. Along those lines, you will notice that many of the more "minor" roster moves (DL stints, DFAs, callups

Opening Day Update is Now Up!

2004-04-16T13:00:00.000-04:00

Thanks to all for your patience! The league wide opening day update is now up for all teams. Each team's page should now reflect the opening day 25 and 40 man rosters, as well as the disabled list to start the year. Thanks to reader Christian Galvin - who passed along an AP Wire story that contained all of the one-year pre-arbitration deals that were signed - I've also now updated all of

Cleaning Out the Mailbag

2004-04-16T12:44:00.000-04:00

Scott Lucas, who has a great site for Texas Ranger information, passed on a bunch of great information, including the details of Mark Teixeira's contract, and the details of Michael Young's deal. Mike Hunssinger caught a mistake from last year - I had missed the deferred money included in the deal Ivan Rodriguez signed with the Marlins last year - I've adjusted their payroll accordingly.

Catching Up on Signings and Extensions

2004-04-16T12:43:00.000-04:00

The Angels inked Garrett Anderson to a four year extension - if anyone has seen a breakdown of the contract, please email me. The Expos agreed to a three year extension with Livan Hernandez. The Yankees signed Mariano Rivera to a 2 year extension, with an option for 2007. The Tigers signed Ugueth Urbina to a $3.5m dollar deal. The Mets exercised their 2005 option on Steve Trachsel

Major Update on the Way

2004-04-13T08:24:00.000-04:00

It's been a very long time between posts here - but I'm in the midst of a major update to all the payroll pages. I've got the opening day 40-man roster cuts, as well as the AP information that reader Christian Galvin (thanks, Christian!) passed along to me on all of the one year deals for 2004. There's also a few signings/trades (Ricky Guiterrez, Steve Traschel, Roger Cedeno, Mariano Rivera,

Catching Up

2004-03-19T16:21:00.001-05:00

Catching up on a few of the signings that I've missed over the past week or so.....first up, the Yankees brought back an old friend, inking Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez to a one year deal. Next up, the Diamondbacks locked up Brandon Webb for 3 years, while the Brewers were also busy, signing Keith Ginter to a 3 year deal and Geoff Jenkins to a 3 year extension. In addition, the White Sox came

Chavez

2004-03-19T16:21:00.000-05:00

Eric Chavez signed a long term extension with the Oakland Athletics - $66 million for six years, and a club option for a seventh. I haven't been able to dig up the particulars of the contract, so if anyone has seen the scoop, please drop me a line.

Inactivity

2004-03-16T08:59:00.000-05:00

Hi all....sorry for the long time between posts - but a slow time for payroll news has conicided with a very busy time for me otherwise, so I haven't had a chance to make updates in a bit. I am behind on a few signings (Geoff Jenkins, Damaso Marte, Keith Ginter, Joe Nathan, Orlando Hernandez, and Brandon Webb)and some email - but I hope to get caught up this weekend. Thanks to all for your

Signings

2004-02-29T12:36:00.002-05:00

A quick rundown of some of the recent signings in MLB: Raul Mondesi was inked to a one year deal with an option by the Pirates - check out the option for 2005 - $8m for a 33 year old Raul Mondesi? Two big signings for the Cubbies - Kerry Wood and Derrek Lee. Both deals void the one-year contracts that had been originally signed to avoid arbitration. The Cub Reporter checked in with

Short Mailbag

2004-02-29T12:36:00.001-05:00

Scott Lucas sent me along a truckload of great information - first up, details on Hank Blalock's new deal with Texas, courtesy of the newbergreport.com. He also sent me the specifics of an old signing, that of Kenny Rogers. And lastly, he found the particulars of four more Ranger signings, of the one-year contract variety. Every team has been busy signing up their pre-arbitration players to

Reds Insite

2004-02-29T12:36:00.000-05:00

A reader, JD Arney, turned me on to a fantastic Reds' payroll site - Reds Insite. It's very well put-together; I've updated the specifics of Juan Castro and Barry Larkin's contracts, as well as the details on Sean Casey's club option on my Reds payroll page. I differ with them on Ken Griffey Jr's contract - I'm trying to contact them to see what their source is.

Inquiring Minds

2004-02-29T10:48:00.000-05:00

Back into the mailbag - this time for some interesting questions: I've gotten quite a number of questions recently concerning the calculation of deferred money against the luxury tax payrolls - I've added a detailed section to the FAQ which address this. At a high level (and as many readers have noted), the majority of deferred money is indeed reduced back on a present-value basis for

Mailbag

2004-02-24T08:45:00.000-05:00

Diving back into the mailbag... John VonBokel checked in with a link to the detailed breakdown of Albert Pujols' new deal - the Cardinals page has been updated with the new information. Michael Laureano advised me of a more accurate account of Gabe White's new contract with the Yankees - thanks Michael! I've also been going back and forth with Michael searching for the details of

Detailed Payroll Analysis

2004-02-24T08:33:00.000-05:00

I finally got a chance to take a closer look at some of the detailed payroll analyses that were sent my way...here's a rundown of the great information that I've added to the site: John VonBokel pointed me towards this absolutely fantastic payroll thread on birdsonthebat.com. The majority of the detailed information on the thread came from a poster named John Bristor - many thanks to

News of the Day

2004-02-18T11:58:00.000-05:00

The big signing - Greg Maddux to the Cubs - looks like a two year deal with option for 2006 that will vest based on a certain number of IP (no details yet - if you see them, drop me a line). The deal calls for Maddux to get $6m this year, and $9m in 2005 (the option year is also at $9m). This brings the Cubs actual 2004 payroll to around $93m, pending a few more contracts - good for 4th in MLB

Mailbag

2004-02-18T10:29:00.000-05:00

Back to the mailbag.... Jay Bradley of Home-Plate.net let me know about deferred money in Fred McGriff's old contract that the Devil Rays will be paying out in 2004 and 2005. Michael Laureano questioned why Adrian Hernandez is still counting against the Yankees luxury tax payroll - I've addressed this question more broadly in the FAQ. WoodyWoodward182 helped me out with the

Revised Payrolls Up

2004-02-17T09:24:00.000-05:00

Revised payrolls are up for the Yankees and the Rangers. Couple of other tidbits I ran across while compliling the payrolls: The Yankee payroll for 2004 is greater than the payrolls of the Twins, Indians, Expos, Pirates, Devil Rays and Brewers combined. The Yankee payroll will account for approximately 9.6% of total MLB payroll in 2004. I haven't updated the Summary page yet - I'll

A-Rodiculous

2004-02-16T09:37:00.000-05:00

Wow. As you no doubt have heard, A-Rod is headed to the Bronx. As the details have been laid out by the AP, the amount of money the Rangers are kicking into this deal is just staggering - they will end up footing the bill for $140m of the $252m originally owed to A-Rod. This for the privledge of having him on their team for three whole seasons. The Yanks get Alex for seven years at $112m, an

Philles Should Slip Under Threshold

2004-02-16T09:24:00.000-05:00

Catching up on the news from this week - the Philles avoided arbitration with Placido Polanco and Kevin Millwood. By reaching a compromise with both players, Philadelphia brings its estimated 2004 luxury tax payroll to $105m. With five more players to be signed for the MLB roster and another 15 to round out the 40-man (figure $2.5m to $3.5m), the Phillies should have no problem sliding under

L.A. Update

2004-02-08T11:11:00.000-05:00

While checking my referral logs, I stumbled across this thread on a Dodgers message board. The post by kennerbuggy points out some questions about the Dodgers payroll that I've got up: He mentions an "obvious error with Cabrera's" salary - judging from the information he's given, I'm assuming he meant Encarnacion. I hadn't been able to find a year-by-year breakdown of his contract, so I've

Mailbag Part II

2004-02-08T03:00:00.000-05:00

Diving back into the Inbox..... Avkash, of The Raindrops, sent me the details of Eric Karros' new deal with the A's which he found here. Steve Beil sent me some great Cubs information, including details of LaTroy Hawkins' contract, an all-star incentive that I had missed for Mark Prior (it kicked in last year and added $1.5m to his deal), and some birthdates. Jeremy Heit of

Catching Up

2004-02-08T02:59:00.000-05:00

Caught up on all of the payroll activity for the week - updates galore for the Athletics, Cubs, Dodgers, Expos, Marlins, Mets, Orioles, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Rangers, Red Sox, Reds, Twins, Tigers, Yankees, and of course, the Payroll Leaderboard. The Devil Rays and Tigers have signed a bunch of one-year deals in the past few days, but I don't have details on them yet -

Updates Coming

2004-02-07T14:28:00.000-05:00

Updates are on the way - I've got some catching up to do with the deals that were signed this week, and a ton of great mail to get to. I'll have payroll updates and a second mailbag column up by the end of the weekend!

Mailbag, First Edition

2004-02-03T02:30:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the first edition of mailbag, DugoutDollars style. Lots of solid questions and detailed salary information, so let's dig in: Gary Wheelock sent me his extremely detailed spreadsheet for tracking the Mariners payroll - we differed on a few numbers that I'm waiting to see his sources on - but I've already updated my sheets with the breakdowns he had for Scott Speizio and Eddie

Thanks!!

2004-02-02T00:24:00.000-05:00

Thanks to links from the boys at U.S.S. Mariner, Will Carroll, and Avkash Patel over at Raindrops, the traffic on this site has spiked considerably - thanks to all for the links, and for the very generous compliments. The extra attention has generated some fantastic emails with lots of good new salary information and questions - I promise I'll be addressing all of the email soon in a mailbox +

Feedback from U.S.S. Mariner

2004-01-29T14:33:00.000-05:00

David Cameron over at U.S.S. Mariner was kind enough to write back with his thoughts (and to link this site - thanks!). He had more information on Ichiro's contract, and reminded me I had forgotten to include cash the M's included in deals in my previous post. Here's the updated 2004 snapshot of the Mariners payroll: