Current payroll down to $132M
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2026 3:33 pm
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“You don’t spend the money just to spend the money. You spend the money you think is appropriate to put a winning club on the field, and I think we can put a winning club on the field based on some of the high-dollar players going away that’s going to be very competitive.”
They were at $168M to end the season. They are going to exceed that a bit just to say they raised raised it again. So that is about $40M of "room"Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 5:06 pmWhat do you mean by "payroll room"? Does that actually exist with this ownership group?
On second thought I wouldn't be surprised if they landed at about $150M an blame the lockout for not having enough time to get back to $168MD-train wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 5:16 pmThey were at $168M to end the season. They are going to exceed that a bit just to say they raised raised it again. So that is about $40M of "room"Sibelius Hindemith wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2026 5:06 pmWhat do you mean by "payroll room"? Does that actually exist with this ownership group?