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joe table wrote:That was the last game I've been to at CBP

murphy wrote:UPDATED, 5:58 p.m -- The Phillies currently have $120.95 million guaranteed to 11 players for 2012. If they fill four of their remaining bullpen openings with young players making $450,000 or under (Bastardo, Stutes, Herndon, Savery, for example), that will leave them with right around $123 million committed to 15 players. Hunter Pence and Cole Hamels should earn around $25 million combined, which bumps the payroll up to $148 million for 17 players. Pencil in Vance Worley at No. 5 starter and John Mayberry Jr. either in left field or on the bench, and you are at about $148.9 million for 19 players. If their payroll sits between $175 million and $180 million, a range comparable to last season, that woudl give them between $26 and $31 million to fill six remaining spots: Short stop, left field, back-up catcher, and either three more bench players or two bench players and a reliever.

So the Phillies clearly have some flexibility to add one or even two more siginifcant salaries for 2012. Say, $10 million for Rollins, $10 million for Cuddyer, and then $1.5 million for each bench player or reliever.

The math makes sense to me.

Grotewold wrote:Crasnick says we're in on Sizemore

ek wrote:there's an insider article by olney on trading hamels this offseason

Wheels Tupay wrote:

ek wrote:there's an insider article by olney on trading hamels this offseason

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