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Catchers:
Adam Moore (free)
Rob Johnson (free)
Infielders:
Russell Branyan (~$6M)
Jose Lopez ($2.5M)
Matt Tui (free)
Bill Hall (uncertain...~3M?)
Josh Wilson (free)
Mike Sweeney (nearly-free)
Mike Carp (free)
Outfielders:
Michael Saunders (free)
Franklin Gutierrez (3M arb estimate)
Ichiro! (12.5M)
Ryan Langerhans (0.8M)
Dustin Ackley (free)
Starting Pitchers:
King Felix (~12M in contract extension's first season)
Ryan Rowland-Smith (~1M arb estimate)
Ian Snell (3M)
Brandon Morrow (free)
Doug Fister (free)
Jason Vargas (free)
Carlos Silva (12M)
Relief Pitchers:
David Aardsma (~1M arb estimate)
Mark Lowe (~0.8M arb estimate)
Sean White (free)
Shawn Kelley (free)
Chris Jakubauskas (free)
Choose any random minor leaguers...all free
So on the 40-man roster, the total payroll currently amounts to: 56.8 + 16*0.427 or 63.6 Million dollars.  Unless I missed someone really important that we've already committed to, that leaves us - EVEN INCLUDING a deal for King Felix - with substantial monies to play with and very few rsoter spots to fill.
We should probably consider signing a one or two veteran relievers to help anchor the bullpen, we should DEFINITELY sign Marco Scutaro or Jack Wilson to a fair-priced deal, and we need to be thinking hard about whether now is a good time to go after a big free agent in either LF or DH with all the money we likely have to spend there.  We should also sign at least one more veteran starting pitcher...either Bedard, Sheets or Harden are fits there...and maybe go after a better utility infielder than Josh Wilson.  I'm actually CREATING upgrade projects for which we can spend our money to find ways to spend it...that's how much we have to spend now.