jay87shot’s 2025 Payroll Blueprint: Post Devin Plan

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Trade Perkins to Minny for P Cory Lewis and 2B/SS Payton Earles

Lewis is 6'5" with elite spin and extension and Earles is a shorter (yes) left handed version of Caleb Durbin (interesting to read about if you don't know him) Perkins makes way for Black to be 5th OF and 1B.  (2B platoon/utility Earles/Durbin 2026 if not sooner)

Trade Peguero to Arizona for Comp B pick and lotto prospect

Trade Payamps to O's for Comp B pick and lotto prospect

I couldn't find a solid OF that will be in AAA that I loved for either but that would be ideal, instead we like draft picks.

Sign Jose Iglesias 1/6 (incentives and option)

Not discussed much here but he was crazy good last year and seems like he is consistently overlooked. Not sure on how much he makes after that year so it could be a few more million.

Sign Gavin Sheets 1/1.5 

Sheets kind of becomes the lefty bench and insurance at 1B/DH and deep depth in OF if need be. Good power at DH/1B if Yeli or Mitchell get hurt and things shift around.

6 man rotation for a good portion of the year with Ashby #6 man. 

• C: William Contreras ($7.60M)
• 1B: Rhys Hoskins ($18.00M)
• 2B: Turang ($0.8M)
• 3B: Jose Iglesias ($6M)
• SS: Ortiz ($0.80M)
• LF: Jackson Chourio ($4.25M)
• CF: Garrett Mitchell ($0.80M)
• RF: Sal Frelick ($0.80M)
• DH: Christian Yelich ($24.25M)
• 4th OF: Tyler Black ($0.8M)
• Utility: Earles/Durbin/Dunn/Mone/Collins ($0.80M)
• Utility: Gavin Sheets ($1.5M)
• Backup C: Eric Haase ($1.80M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Freddy Peralta ($8.25M)
• SP2: Aaron Civale ($8.00M)
• SP3: Tobias Myers ($0.80M)
• SP4: Brandon Woodruff ($5.00M)
• SP5: Cortes ($8.3M)
• RP: Bryan Hudson ($0.8M)
• RP: Trevor Megill ($2.00M)
• RP: Nick Mears ($0.90M)
• RP: Jared Koenig ($0.80M)
• RP: Yoho ($0.8M)
• RP: Hall ($0.8M)
• RP: Bauk/Jay/Thomas/Wolfram/Uribe ($0.8M)
• RP: Aaron Ashby ($3.45M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 16.23% under budget