Phillies 2010 Player Salaries and Overall Payroll

As of Jan.21, 2010


Thanks to the wonderful website Cot's Baseball Contracts I was able to build this spreadsheet with the Phillies salaries for 2010.  I did this so that we could have an idea of what the owners are seeing on their books and how much flexibility they have with the roster. A few things to take note with this spreadsheet.

• Unless it was done on the Cot's Contracts site, I did not prorate the signing bonus over the life of the contract, I just added it to the first year's salary (since that is when the Phillies will have to pay it).
• Contract Renewals and Arbitration still needs to be decided for many of the younger players, but that will not come until January.  Those players are in italics.
• I haven't included them yet but you can expect a number of other rookies or youngsters to be added to the roster at a salary close to the league minimum ($400,000).

Given all of that and the $6,000,000 from the Blue Jays and the reported desire of the Phillies to keep their payroll below $140,000,000, I believe the Phillies have about $10,000,000 to operate with for the rest of the off-season.  Keep in mind that with another great season expect a lot of raises in arbitration and the possible performance incentive payments.  Any comments or questions feel free to comment or e-mail me.

Updated with announcement of Shane Victorino extension, but don't have details yet.