Good morning! We don’t know what the San Francisco Giants will do this offseason as Buster Posey settles in as the new President of Baseball Operations but if we’re going to speculate (Juan Soto? Corbin Burnes? Willy Adames?), we might as well try to give ourselves as much information as possible. Let’s start with how much money the team might be willing to spend on player acquisitions this winter.
First, it’s important to note that there are two payroll tabs to keep track of:
- The Competitive Balance Tax (CBT) payroll
- The “real money” payroll
The CBT payroll is the one that encompasses the average annual values of all player contracts year to year and sets the tone for the types of penalties or rewards teams will receive by signing or losing players in free agency.