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I will again post my payroll figures and beg the posters to tell me where I'm wrong:
Ichiro: 12.0 mil (the rest is deferred! guys...)
King Felix ~12.0 mil
Carlos Silva: 11.5 mil
Kenji Johjima: 8.0 mil
Erik Bedard: ~8.0 mil (assuming extension)
Russell Branyan: ~7.5 mil
Ian Snell: 4.25 mil
Franklin Gutierrez: 3.0 mil
Bill Hall: ~3.0 mil that we have to pay
Jose Lopez: 2.3 mil
David Aardsma: ~1.5 mil
Mike Sweeney: ~1.0 mil
Ryan Rowland-Smith: ~0.8 mil
Mark Lowe: ~ 0.8 mil
Brandon Morrow: ~0.75 mil
Ryan Langerhans: 0.6 mil
Jack Wilson: 0.6 mil buyout
Subtotal: 81.6 million
League Minimum earners who will be paid ~0.4 mil each:
Adam Moore
Rob Johnson
Mike Carp
Matt Tuiasosopo
Dustin Ackley
Jack Hannahan
Michael Saunders
Josh Wilson
Jason Vargas
Luke French
Chris Jakubauskas
Doug Fister
Sean White
Shawn Kelley
Nick Hill
That's 6 million more.
So I've spent ~ 88 mil on a 100 mil payroll.  Why can't we buy a couple of mid-priced free agents to plug holes again?