Blake Snell 2021 Arb1 $ 2,000,000
Luis Castillo 2021 Arb1 $ 3,000,000
Yoan Moncada 2021 ARB1 $ 3,500,000
Amed Rosario 2021 Arb1 $ 2,000,000
Taylor Rogers 2021 Arb2 $ 3,500,000
Michael Lorenzen 2021 Arb2 $ 2,500,000
Kolten Wong 2020 ARB3 $ 6,000,000
Total of 13M in arbitration raises for the six contracts. This is why I felt this should not be included in the 50M limit in spending. If a team plans well, drafts, and hit on players then this will happen from time to time. You should not be limited in your free agent spending to retain your own players.
Albert Almora 2021 (declined arbitration)
I'm not sure what you did here Brent but your numbers were all over the place. For Rogers, Lorenzen, Wong, and Castillo, you were $500k too high. You were also $1mn too high for Moncada. For Snell, you were $500k too low. And for Rosario, you got it right. Maybe you were using the wrong numbers?
Anyways, that puts your raises at $9mn total. The main point with the $50mn cap though is that you only have $31mn left to spend. So unless you trade away $10mn in contracts, you still can't get to $50mn this offseason.
I used the WAR from the spreadsheet. I'll update my numbers and use what you provide.
I figured that afterwards. The spreadsheet still had 2019 real life numbers on it. I figured that everyone was using Dan Szymborski’s ZIPs projections here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zTn8yy--UgQNCGwLVDo-qkgG_xHa4e6sUml01Yc_hp8/edit#gid=1116979165
I've now updated our spreadsheet with the projected numbers from 2020 so it should be accurate.
Well that does make a difference. Let me confirm my players, that makes a difference.