Aside from Jose and Berto...both with options...these players go to arby.
Hedges
Amed
Wittgren
Bieber
Franmil
Zimmer, if he is retained....which I expect.
Quantrill
Harold, if he is retained...which I dont expect.
Assuming we pick up both options for Jose and Berto, my WAG is that raises will total about $18 mil. We are probably gonna get a break on Biebs, because of his injury.
If the option on Berto is not picked up, and we either resign him at a lower amount or replace him, that figure may drop to around $15 mil.
Assuming we don't keep Shaw and Parker to go along with Eddie and Cesar, we save about $16 mil over our opening day payroll, so that should offset the raises.
I know folks think that the payroll will...or should... jump to $85-90 mil, I don't see it. My WAG is about $65 mil. So the FO will have about $15 mil to play with for a combination of extensions and additions.
The FO has to also plan for 2023, when ten players now on the roster...not including Harold...will be in arby...and, if we don't sign a catcher past 2022, we won't have a veteran catcher.
I have no idea what the FO will do with $15 mil, but its fairly obvious that they would like to extend Jose and Bieber, and maybe Franmil. How much any extensions would bleed off part of that $15 mil is beyond even a WAG.
But one fortunate thing going into the off season is that what seems to be our biggest immediate need...a productive bat that plays a corner outfield spot/1B...is about the least expensive position in free agency.