mvp 78’s 2027 Payroll Blueprint: No copying my work, Brez!

[mvp 78]

Traded Duran for prospects. Traded Bello to finally get off that rollercoaster. Assumed no dead money on any trades. All FA amounts taken from FanGraphs Free Agent Tracker. 

• C: Adley Rutschman ($8.50M)
• 1B: Willson Contreras ($13.00M)
• 2B: Caleb Durbin ($1.00M)
• 3B: Teruaki Sato ($20.00M)
• SS: Trevor Story ($25.00M)
• LF: Roman Anthony ($4.00M)
• CF: Ceddanne Rafaela ($3.50M)
• RF: Wilyer Abreu ($5.80M)
• DH: Curtis Mead ($1.00M)
• 4th OF: Mauricio Dubon ($9.00M)
• Utility: Masataka Yoshida ($18.00M)
• Utility: Nick Sogard ($1.00M)
• Backup C: Austin Hedges ($5.00M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0M)
• SP1: Garrett Crochet ($28.00M)
• SP2: Ranger Suarez ($15.00M)
• SP3: Tarik Skubal ($42.0M)
• SP4: Payton Tolle ($1.00M)
• SP5: Jake Bennett ($1.00M)
• RP: Aroldis Chapman ($13.00M)
• RP: Adrian Morejon ($16.00M)
• RP: Justin Slaten ($1.00M)
• RP: Johan Oviedo ($1.55M)
• RP: Erik Miller ($1.35M)
• RP: Tanner Houck ($4.00M)
• RP: Tyron Guerrero ($1.00M)
• RP: Garrett Whitlock ($8.25M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 4.63% under budget