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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

I've read the insurance for Vargas covers 75 percent of his deal, so $6 million. That would drop their committed salaries down to about $78 million once Gordon declines his player option, with about $25-30 million for arbitration guys (assuming Holland is allowed to walk, which would be a big arb figure).

That puts KC around $110 million, with about 9-10 players to go get. Those would be:

Starting LF
Starting RF (if you don't go with Dyson/Orlando/etc.)
UTIL IF (Likely filled with Colon)
5th OF (filled internally)
Reserve C (could be filed internally with Francisco Pena, potentially, or by keeping Butera)

SP
BP (long reliever)
BP (middle)
BP (middle)
BP (lefty)

I could see Young returning because I still don't think his free market value will be that high, and even if he is at $3-4 million, that's a pretty valuable swing guy to have on a staff.

Guys like Louis Coleman, Brian Flynn, and perhaps Michael Mariot could fill the other bullpen slots.

So really, the number of guys KC needs to "pay" for is pretty limited.

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