Breaking Down the Texas Rangers Player Salary For 2011

So, matters didn’t turn out quite as the Texas Rangers may have liked during the 2010 World Series. But, you can bet in offices throughout the Rangers organization – well before the World Series ended – were looking at how player payroll would be structured for the club in 2011 and beyond was well underway. So, just what do the Rangers have on their plate? The amount of money the Rangers have going out in contract obligations along with the increased salaries of those players eligible for salary arbitration is the starting off point. Rangers Salary Arbitration With Josh Hamilton As Key The Rangers spent $8.3 million in salary arbitration leading up to the 2010 season on Chris Ray, Scott Feldman, Frank Francisco, Esteban German, Josh Hamilton, Brandon McCarthy, Dustin Nippert, and C.J. Wilson. To place it in perspective, those 8 players earned $4,271,760 in 2009 salary. The biggest increase of the Rangers players last season ($3,250,000 up 486 percent from his $555,000 salary for...