By the end of the season, the Diamondbacks will have had a 2016 salary figure of almost exactly the projected $100 million the fan base was told to expect at this tieme last season. It seeems that management’s claims that payroll could be increased to slightly more than $110 million could possibly happen if it enabled signing the right player were merely empty words to appease restless fans grwoing increasingly aware of the front office’s thrifty ways with payroll.
Despite a bounce-back season by Jean Segura that should put him squarely atop the discussion board for the National League Comeback Player of the Year, down seasons from PAtrick Corbin, Shelby Miller, and Rubby De La Rosa should keep the expected arbitration increases pretty much in check.