We have a bit more clarity on the payroll situation heading into next season after the Boston Red Sox came to terms with five of their seven arbitration-eligible players. Scratch the projections of what we expected them to make and lock in the salaries they agreed to.
Prior to Friday’s deadline to exchange figures with arbitration-eligible players, the only certainty we had was with the players who were already on guaranteed contracts:
David Price ($31 million), Chris Sale ($25.60 million), J.D. Martinez ($23.75 million), Xander Bogaerts ($20 million), Nathan Eovaldi ($16.