Twins 2010 Payroll

by roger13 on Mar 28, 2010 9:13 AM EDT

The Twins 2010 Payroll stands at $95,325,000 as of today. This amount includes 27 players...the 25 players that will break camp on Thursday, Joe Nathan who will be moved to the 60-day disabled list (will open a spot on the 40-man roster when needed) and Glen Perkins, who may or may not be on the final roster when breaking camp.

The total does not include the many award bonuses or bonuses for plate appearances for Brendan Harris (would be $75,000 at estimated 450 plate appearances) and Jim Thome ($450,000 at estimated 400 plate appearances). The amount also does not include salary earned by the many minor league players who will receive the minimum while called up to the Twins. Considering all the bonuses and compensation to minor leaguers, the Twins final payroll at the end of the year will likely be in the $96,000,000+ range (more if they go out and pick up an expensive closer). This amount will be offset however, by the amount of any insurance they collect on Joe Nathan.

Starting Pitchers:

Scott Baker 3,000,000

Francisco Liriano 1,600,000

Nick Blackburn 750,000

Kevin Slowey 500,000 (E)

Carl Pavano 7,000,000

Glen Perkins 430,000 (E)

Relief Pitchers:

Joe Nathan 11,250,000 (60-DL)

Jesse Crain 2,000,000

Matt Guerrier 3,150,000

Pat Neshek 625,000

John Rauch 2,900,000

Jose Mijares 430,000 (E)

Clay Condrey 900,000

Brian Duensing 430,000 (E)

Catchers:

Joe Mauer 12,500,000

Wilson Ramos 430,000 (E)

Infield:

Justin Morneau 14,000,000

Jim Thome 1,500,000

Orlando Hudson 5,000,000

Alexi Casilla 430,000 (E)

Nick Punto 4,000,000

J.J. Hardy 5,100,000

Brendan Harris 1,450,000

Outfield:

Michael Cuddyer 8,500,000

Jason Kubel 4,100,000

Delman Young 2,600,000

Denard Span 750,000

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95,325,000

(E) Estimated

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Did I miss something?

Is Ramos going to be on the big league team to start the season?

by TVtwins on Mar 28, 2010 10:52 AM EDT reply actions

Yes...

…however, Butera and eventually Jose Morales will be paid the same amount.

by roger13 on Mar 28, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Insurance

Yeah, because of Nathan’s insurance they’re probably sitting more at 90-92 or so. Keep in mind that was where they wanted to be at the start of the year, so we’re already pushing the boundaries here…

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
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~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on Mar 28, 2010 11:12 AM EDT reply actions

These numbers make closer trades a lot less likely.

This year, we’re going to hate 9th innings.

by Evan in North Dakota on Mar 28, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Nah

I say we should just score enough runs every game that we won’t need a closer

"God tells me he can get me out of this mess, but he's pretty sure you're fucked."-Braveheart

by Camraman926 on Mar 28, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Looks like......

The Twins will be able to shed approx. $24 million of that at the end of 2010.

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by rosterman on Mar 28, 2010 12:23 PM EDT reply actions

I would rephrase

I think they will have $24 million they can invest differently.
I assume you mean Pavano ($7m), Hudson (5), Punto (4), and Cuddyer (9).

To me, that sounds like $24 million they can reinvest, and will have to, at P, 2B, IF, and OF. We can hope that another OF is ready to take Cuddyer’s place, but it is somewhat hard to picture him leaving. Similarly with Punto, I see a good chance he gets re-signed, but we’ll see. It’s going to be hard for them to cut payroll to much, with raises going to everyone else on the team, so we will definitley need some prospects to come through, and be ready to perform on the cheap.

My hopes are for Valencia, a Casilla/Huges/someone as a utility infielder, and an outfielder, but I really don’t know who I expect to be ready. I kind of doubt Revere will be.

by snolls on Mar 28, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Cuddyer's option was picked up for next year. It's 10.5 million, I think.

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by Twins33 on Mar 28, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep

His contract stated that the Twins had to make the decision on his option after last year, so he’s on the books for 2011 already.

Other guys who could come off the books (although I don’t see the first one as likely):

Kubel ($5.25 million option for 2011)
Rauch
Crain
Thome

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Mar 29, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed on Cuddy

Mauer may be the face of the Twins but Cuddy had been the voice. His 2011 option is for $10.5M. It seems most talk has him gone but I have a hard time seeing it. Punto on the other hand…

by z-squad on Mar 28, 2010 3:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Right now the commitment in 2011 is $79,750,000...

…and that is for 10 players (Baker, Blackburn, Nathan, Mauer, Morneau, Punto, Harris, Cuddyer, Kubel and Span). They can save $4,500,000 by not picking up Punto’s $5.0mm option which has a $500k buyout. That cuts it to $75.250mm for 9 players. Assume that they spend another $3.5mm for Liriano and Slowey plus the minimum for someone like Duensing, Manship or Swarzak as the 5th starter and they are close to $80mm. Add another $10-12mm for the bullpen and they are in the low $90’s.

Lets assume they resign Thome for another $1.5mm and replace Punto with Valencia ($430k) at minimum wage. Tolbert or Luke Hughes replaces Hudson and battles Casilla for the second base job (+$500k) and Hardy gets another raise of say, $2.0mm and they are around $96mm. Delmon Young gets a raise of another $750k or so and Ben Revere sees a lot of time with the Twins at minumum wage puts them a couple million under $100mm. Any free agent pick ups would be limited to someone like the Hudson pickup this year in which case they would break the $100mm level by a million or two.

So the final line is that they will have to be a bit creative next year and will be counting on the farm system for almost all of the new blood in 2011.

by roger13 on Mar 28, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd be ok with that.

I’d like to see what guys like Valencia, Hughes and Revere could do with a little playing time.

It’s a long ways away, and plenty of things can go wrong or awry between here and there, but right now I’m definitely not worried about 2011.

by Jesse on Mar 29, 2010 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Pavano a big league pitcher?

After watching his pitiful performance in today’s game against the Red Sox, would anyone believe that Pavano can actually pitch at the big-league level? My Gawd. I saw more more meatballs from him in his 3 innings plus than I did in the entire year and a half I worked in an Italian restaurant during my college days. One would hope it was just an aberration, but that was awful!

by bobbler on Mar 28, 2010 3:50 PM EDT reply actions