Here is a list of every Boston Red Sox player currently under contract or eligible for arbitration/pre-arbitration heading into the new year, courtesy of the Boston Herald.
(Note: The arbitrated salaries below are just estimates, so the actual payroll number will likely vary.)
UNDER CONTRACTHanley Ramirez, LF: $22 million
Pablo Sandoval, 3B: $19 million
Mike Napoli, 1B: $16 million
David Ortiz, DH: $16 million
Dustin Pedroia, 2B: $13.3 million
Shane Victorino, OF: $13 million
Rusney Castillo, OF: $10.357 million
Justin Masterson, SP: $9.5 million
Koji Uehara, RP: $9 million
Clay Buchholz, SP: $7.75 million
Allen Craig, OF/1B: $6.2 million
Edward Mujica, RP: $4.75 million
Ryan Hanigan, C: $3.583 million
Craig Breslow, RP: $2 million
Total: 14 players, $152.44 million
ARBITRATION-ELIGIBLE
(Salary projections from MLBTradeRumors.com)
Rick Porcello, SP: $12.2 million
Wade Miley, SP: $4.3 million
Junichi Tazawa, RP: $2 million
Daniel Nava, OF/1B: $1.9 million
Total: 4 players, $20.4 million
PRE-ARBITRATION
(Salary estimates)
Joe Kelly, SP: $570,000
Brock Holt, INF: $540,000
Xander Bogaerts, SS: $540,000
Anthony Varvaro, RP: $540,000
Mookie Betts, OF: $520,000
Christian Vazquez, C: $520,000
Total: 6 players, $3,23 million
Overall total: 24 players, $176.07 million
Add in one more $3.9 million payment as part of a 2012 blockbuster trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers and roughly $12 million in benefits and the Red Sox sit over the $189 million luxury tax threshold.
While that won't necessarily preclude the Red Sox from spending on a top-of-the-rotation arm before spring training, it at least increases the chance that they'll wait to make such a splash until they get a gauge on where the 2015 season is going in the middle of the campaign.
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