2009 player salaries and options left

The following table shows the Cubs players who are under contract for 2009. Henry Blanco just has an option that includes a $300,000 buyout. Next to each players name is the number of options he has remaining. This chart can be found just below the site logo at all times. Chicago Cubs 2009 Salary Chart Player (options left) Position 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Jose Ascanio (1) Pitcher Neal Cotts (0) Pitcher Arb. Chad Gaudin (0) Pitcher Arb. Angel Guzman (1) Pitcher Rich Harden (0) Pitcher 7.000 Kevin Hart (2) Pitcher Rich Hill (0) Pitcher Ted Lilly (0) Pitcher 12.000 12.000 Carlos Marmol (1) Pitcher Jason Marquis (0) Pitcher 9.875 Sean Marshall (1) Pitcher Billy Petrick (2) Pitcher Carmen Pignatiello (2) Pitcher Jeff Samardzija (2) Pitcher 1.300 2.500 2.8.00 3.000 3.500 Randy Wells (3) Pitcher Michael Wuertz (0) Pitcher Arb. Carlos Zambrano (0) Pitcher 17.750 17.875 17.875 18.000 19.250 Henry Blanco (0) C 3.000 Ronny Cedeno (0) SS Arb. Mark DeRosa (0) 2B 5.500 Mike Fontenot (1) 2B Jake Fox (1) OF/C Fukudome (4) OF 12.000 12.000 12.000 Sam Fuld (2) CF Koyie Hill (0) C Micah Hoffpauir (2) 1B/OF Reed Johnson (0) OF Arb. Derrek Lee (0) 1B 13.000 13.000 Casey McGehee (3) IF Felix Pie (0) OF Aramis Ramirez (0) 3B 15.650 15.750 14.600 16.000 Brad Snyder (0) OF Alfonso Soriano (0) OF 16.000 18.000 18.000 18.000 18.000 18.000 Geovany Soto (0) C Ryan Theriot (2) SS NOTES: •Salaries information came from mlb4u.com and Cot's Baseball Contracts and AZ Phil •Dollars are in Millions •Numbers in blue: player option •Numbers in red: club option •Guzman, Marmol, Marshall, and Theriot could qualify as Super-Two players, meaning they'd be arbitration eligible •The following players have some form of No-Trade protection: Ted Lilly, Jeff Samardzija, Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramierz, Kosuke Fukudome, and Alfonso Soriano •Henry Blanco's $3 million option also includes a $300,000 buyout if the Cubs decide not to exercise their option. •Rich Harden can demand a trade since he was traded in the middle of a long-term contract. The Cubs currently have just over $113 million in payroll for 2009. Crane Kenney recently stated the payroll would increase next year from the $130 million it was this year. A couple of the beat reporters have suggested the Cubs payroll would be around $150 million in 2009. That gives the Cubs a lot of money to play around with. I don't completely understand the options process, but AZ Phil shows Fukudome has 4 options left (which is absolutely correct), but I wonder if he can refuse an option. I'm guessing he can't, which means there is a good chance Fukudome will be sent to Iowa or Daytona or Mesa at some point in 2009.