Now that everyone who qualifies for arbitration has been signed we have a solid idea of 2012's payroll. Who is getting what and what positions are the pricey ones?
So from that we can see the Jays have ended up with a fairly even split between hitters and pitchers for raw dollars this year. There is still one hitter needed, and some might not count the 4 injured (OK, 3 hurt 1 likely to be) pitchers but the costs are there regardless. A bit of a surprise when I saw just how tight the dollars were between the two groups. Each group has one guy likely to be making over $1 mil in AAA. There are more relievers I could've listed in the Delabar/Loup/Cecil group but whoever is in those slots will make about the same (close to ML minimum).
All salary figures are from Cot's Contracts while links are going to Baseball Reference.
| Position | Salary | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Catcher | $2.60 | |
| CA | $0.60 | J.P. Arencibia |
| CA | $0.75 | Henry Blanco |
| CA | $1.25 | Josh Thole (in AAA maybe) |
| Infield | $24.20 | |
| 1B | $8.00 | Edwin Encarnacion |
| 2B | $3.00 | Maicer Izturis |
| 3B | $0.60 | Brett Lawrie |
| SS | $10.00 | Jose Reyes |
| IF/OF | $2.60 | Emilio Bonifacio |
| Outfield | $29.18 | |
| LF | $8.00 | Melky Cabrera |
| CF | $4.68 | Colby Rasmus |
| RF | $14.00 | Jose Bautista |
| OF | $2.50 | Rajai Davis |
| DH | $5.00 | |
| DH | $5.00 | Adam Lind |
| Hitters | $60.98 | |
| Starters | $49.20 | |
| #1 | $5.25 | R.A. Dickey (edit: was listed at $5 mil) |
| #2 | $13.75 | Josh Johnson |
| #3 | $11.00 | Mark Buehrle |
| #4 | $8.00 | Brandon Morrow |
| #5 | $7.50 | Ricky Romero |
| #6 | $3.70 | J.A. Happ (in AAA maybe) |
| #7 | $0.60 | Brad Lincoln (in AAA) |
| Relievers | $12.65 | |
| Closer | $2.75 | Sergio Santos |
| RH Setup | $3.90 | Casey Janssen |
| LH Setup | $3.00 | Darren Oliver |
| Middle | $0.60 | Esmil Rogers |
| Middle | $0.60 | Steve Delabar |
| Middle | $0.60 | Aaron Loup |
| Long | $0.60 | Brett Cecil |
| Spare | $3.00 | |
| Starter | $1.50 | Dustin McGowan |
| Injured | $0.50 | Kyle Drabek |
| Injured | $0.50 | Luis Perez |
| Injured | $0.50 | Drew Hutchison |
| Pitchers | $64.85 | |
| Net | $125.83 |
So from that we can see the Jays have ended up with a fairly even split between hitters and pitchers for raw dollars this year. There is still one hitter needed, and some might not count the 4 injured (OK, 3 hurt 1 likely to be) pitchers but the costs are there regardless. A bit of a surprise when I saw just how tight the dollars were between the two groups. Each group has one guy likely to be making over $1 mil in AAA. There are more relievers I could've listed in the Delabar/Loup/Cecil group but whoever is in those slots will make about the same (close to ML minimum).
All salary figures are from Cot's Contracts while links are going to Baseball Reference.
