phillies payroll

The Inquirer published the Phillies 2007 payroll yesterday (see excerpt below).

 

Looking at it causes so many things to come to mind. Among them, why don’t all players hire Pat Burrell’s agent, at $96 million the Phillies can’t be called cheap anymore, four of the team’s best players’ salaries combined don’t equal burrell’s (Myers, Hamels, Utley, Howard), with all the projections as the Phillies a favorite to win the East this year Gillick was really wrong when he suggested last year they couldn’t compete till 2008.

 

Garcia, Lieber, Myers, Moyers, and Hamels isn’t a bad rotation as long as Garcia can eat innings – and if they don’t trade lieber for bullpen help.

 

Looking at the money they still Thome, when was last time the Phillies signed a big-time free-agent to a big-time contract that worked out for them.  Pete Rose?

 

Without Howard's contract, the projected payroll stands at about $95.66 million. Here's how it breaks down:

Pitchers (12 pitchers worth $48.43 million). Freddy Garcia ($10 million), Adam Eaton ($7.875 million), Jon Lieber ($7.5 million), Tom Gordon ($7 million), Jamie Moyer ($7 million), Brett Myers ($5.25 million), Ryan Madson ($1.1 million), Geoff Geary ($837,500), Antonio Alfonseca ($700,000), Cole Hamels ($400,000), Fabio Castro ($383,000), and Matt Smith ($380,000).

Catchers (two catchers worth $2.88 million). Rod Barajas ($2.5 million) and Carlos Ruiz ($380,000).

Infielders (six infielders worth $19.54 million, not including Howard). Jimmy Rollins ($8 million), Chase Utley ($5.5 million, plus perhaps $1 million of a $2 million signing bonus), Wes Helms ($2.55 million), Abraham Nunez ($2.1 million), Ryan Howard (unsigned), and Chris Coste ($385,000) or Greg Dobbs ($385,000).

Outfielders (five outfielders worth $19.31 million). Pat Burrell ($13 million), Aaron Rowand ($4.35 million), Jayson Werth ($850,000), Karim Garcia ($700,000), and Shane Victorino ($410,000).

Other (1). Jim Thome ($5.5 million).