Brewcrew82’s 2027 Payroll Blueprint:

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-Jake Bauers, accepts QO at $23.15M

-Jesus Made, signed to 9 year $135M extension. 

-Joey Ortiz, traded to the Seattle Mariners for Emerson Hancock 

-Andrew Vaughn, traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a lottery ticket

-Antonio Senzatela, resigned at 1 year $3.5M

This is how I could realistically see them "running it back". Jake Bauers accepts the QO, which leads to them trading Vaughn and going with the younger replacement in Adams. Made signed to a pre-debut extension, which leads to them trading Ortiz for an established controllable starter in Hancock to supplement a still youthful rotation. Senzatela re-upped to bolster the right handed relief depth. 

And plenty of flexibility left for further additions....

• C: William Contreras ($14.50M)
• 1B: Jake Bauers ($23.15M)
• 2B: Brice Turang ($9.90M)
• 3B: Jesus Made ($2.30M)
• SS: Cooper Pratt ($3.50M)
• LF: Jackson Chourio ($8.00M)
• CF: Garrett Mitchell ($3.40M)
• RF: Sal Frelick ($1.50M)
• DH: Christian Yelich ($22.00M)
• 4th OF: Luis Lara ($2.00M)
• Utility: David Hamilton ($2.30M)
• Utility: Luke Adams ($1.00M)
• Backup C: Bo Naylor ($1.25M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Jacob Misiorowski ($1.00M)
• SP2: Logan Henderson ($1.00M)
• SP3: Kyle Harrison ($1.00M)
• SP4: Emerson Hancock ($1.00M)
• SP5: Robert Gasser ($1.00M)
• RP: Trevor Megill ($7.50M)
• RP: Abner Uribe ($1.00M)
• RP: Aaron Ashby ($7.50M)
• RP: DL Hall ($.95M)
• RP: Chad Patrick ($1.00M)
• RP: Shane Drohan ($1.00M)
• RP: Antonio Senzatela ($3.50M)
• RP: Grant Anderson ($1.00M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 11.96% under budget