Heath Bell May Be on the Market

[Swifty]

Eh, if we have a chance to win in 2011, our young ML core and stadium $ should allow us to go for it, system weakness be damned.

[Ramp]

Sources: #Marlins would love to get in on H. Bell if #Padres ever move him. Loria loves Bell. Team would need to move Nunez to clear $$ #MLB

Ken Rosenthal

[lou]

Really, the only way we could do Heath bell is if we trade Leo and raise payroll to $60 mil, unless we trade Ricky or something.

As is.

C John Buck $5,000,000
1B Gaby Sanchez $420,000
2B Omar Infante $3,250,000
3B Bonifacio/Dominguez $420,000
SS Hanley Ramirez $11,000,000
LF Logan Morrison $410,000
CF Chris Coghlan $600,000
RF Mike Stanton $420,000
B Bonifacio/Dominguez $410,000
B John Baker $430,000
B Wes Helms $1,000,000
B Veteran Lefty $410,000
B Veteran Outfielder $410,000

SP Josh Johnson $7,750,000
SP Javier Vazquez $7,000,000
SP Ricky Nolasco $6,000,000
SP Anibal Sanchez $2,250,000
SP Chris Volstad $430,000
RP Leo Nunez $4,000,000
RP Clay Hensley $1,750,000
RP Edward Mujica $1,000,000
RP Brian Sanches $430,000
RP Ryan Webb $430,000
RP Mike Dunn $410,000
RP Burke Badenhop $600,000

$56,230,000

*Buck Technically making $4.5 million in salary in 2010, but received a $1.5 million signing bonus. Cot’s recently has been averaging his contract $5-6.5-6.5, i.e. distributing the bonus over all 3 seasons.
*Infante Base Salary of $2.5, but has plate appearance incentives.
*Nolasco, Anibal, Nunez, Hensley, Mujica, Badenhop are estimates
*Going under rough formula $410,000 for first year, $420 2nd, $430 3rd. This is minimum salary roughly adjusted by $10k for cost of living inflation in CBA
*Coghlan gets more because of his ROY escalator

Bell is probably closer to $7 million.

So yea, $60 million.