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

[moonslav59]

I might put Sato at 2B.

Why wouldn't you want Brez to steal your plan?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I dunno how the boys in the locker room will feel about paying Dubon more money than half the starting line-up... but the Sox did with IKF last year, too.

They all must be used to this, since Yoshida is a bench-warmer who makes more than any position player except Story, who's been paid the most to nurse injuries 4 of the last 5 years.

[mvp 78]

8 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

I dunno how the boys in the locker room will feel about paying Dubon more money than half the starting line-up... but the Sox did with IKF last year, too.

They all must be used to this, since Yoshida is a bench-warmer who makes more than any position player except Story, who's been paid the most to nurse injuries 4 of the last 5 years.

Dubon has 2 GG's, doesn't k and doesn't whiff. It's good motivation for a guy like Durbin and seeing that he can get that payday down the line. 

[mvp 78]

49 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

I might put Sato at 2B.

Why wouldn't you want Brez to steal your plan?

Sato definitely cannot play 2B. I only put him at 3B temporarily until an OF spot opens up down the line. 

[NHNative]

9 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Dubon has 2 GG's, doesn't k and doesn't whiff. It's good motivation for a guy like Durbin and seeing that he can get that payday down the line. 

Hey--someone agrees with me! Cool Boston Baked Beans.

;-)

[moonslav59]

21 minutes ago, mvp 78 said:

Sato definitely cannot play 2B. I only put him at 3B temporarily until an OF spot opens up down the line. 

In some ways 2B is harder then 3B, so you could be right.

As long as Mead is at DH, Anthony is in LF, so Sato stays at 3B for a while.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

3 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

Dubon has 2 GG's, doesn't k and doesn't whiff. It's good motivation for a guy like Durbin and seeing that he can get that payday down the line. 

He's also arguably become the best player Dombrowski traded away from the Red Sox org, back when DD scorched the Earth.

At least Dubon is still a factor in the majors.

[Randy Red Sox]

6 hours ago, mvp 78 said:

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

Skubal????_Ha Ha Ha Ha HAH !!!

[Randy Red Sox]

3 hours ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

I dunno how the boys in the locker room will feel about paying Dubon more money than half the starting line-up... but the Sox did with IKF last year, too.

They all must be used to this, since Yoshida is a bench-warmer who makes more than any position player except Story, who's been paid the most to nurse injuries 4 of the last 5 years.

IKF- another great use of $$$