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Hot Stove: Giants Budget Math Looks Bleak

Found October 31, 2011 on The Crazy Crabbers: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jeremy Affeldt,  Javier Lopez,  Jeff Keppinger,  Ryan Vogelsong,  Chris Stewart,  Aaron Rowand
TEAMS: San Francisco Giants

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With the signing of Jeremy Affeldt and Javier Lopez the MLB Hot Stove season has officially kicked off for the Giants. With that in mind I think it is a good time to take a look at how much of the Giants budget will be left to spend on Free Agents this off season. To get an idea I pulled up the Giants from Cot's Contracts and took a look at what MLB Trade Rumors projects for the Giants arbitration eligible players to get a rough estimate of where things will be for next year. Here is the table with the 2012 salaries with an assumed $130 million budget: Player Salary Budget Remaining Lincecum, Tim $ 19.20 $ 110.80 Zito, Barry $ 19.00 $ 91.80 Cain, Matt $ 15.33 $ 76.47 Rowand, Aaron $ 13.60 $ 62.87 Huff, Aubrey $ 10.00 $ 52.87 Wilson, Brian $ 8.50 $ 44.37 Sanchez, Freddy $ 6.00 $ 38.37 ...
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