They're at 84 mil this year, and Attanasio said he'd expand that to add an impact player this season. Gagne (10), Mota (3.2), Counsell (2.8), Sheets (12.1) and possibly Cameron (5) and Capuano (3.75) come off the books--up to $37 million total. Add on record attendance and the payroll should only go up. Arbitration won't take up nearly all that excess cash. They can afford Sheets. The issue is whether they should. Edit: Forgot about Turnbow. That's another $3.2 mil, which means up to 40 mil to work with without factoring arby raises and a payroll increase.