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Originally Posted by gblowfish
They had the Royals salaries in the paper this AM. This year is the most they've ever spent on payroll, $79 million. Here's some stuff that blows me away:
Ho-Chaser is the 7th highest paid player. Santana, Shields and Guthrie are the only pitchers to make more.
Frenchy makes seven times more than Salvy Perez and twice as much as Escobar. That's a frickin' crime.
Hoz, Moose, Holland, Herrera, Collins, Mendoza, Dyson, Duffy and Cain are all between 500 and 600 thou.
I guess when you're a player, you can't let guys like Hoch and Frenchy stealing money bother you. It would sure bother me if I were a starter.
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That payroll will go up during the year. The most I believe they actually spent on payroll over a whole season was $81 million a few years back during the Meche-era. And that was on top of being near the top of spending in the draft and Latin America.
But those salaries are normal for young players early in their first contract. That'll start going up soon. If they turn into what we hope they will, DM will have some brutal decisions to make.