mlbtraderumors released arby estimates
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/10/projected-arbitration-salaries-for-2026.html
Brewers (7)
Jake Bauers (5.084): $2MM
Andrew Vaughn (4.142): $7.8MM
William Contreras (4.112): $11.1MM (Brewers hold a $12MM club option with a $100K buyout)
Nick Mears (4.022): $1.6MM
Trevor Megill (4.002): $4.2MM
Garrett Mitchell (3.040): $1MM
Brice Turang (2.165): $4.4MM
We will pay Yeli 24, Freddy 8, Chourio 7.25, and Ashby 5.7 with likely option buyouts of 10 Woody, Rhys 4, Quintana 2, and .5 for Jansen. By my quick math, 30-32 for arby, 45 for player under contract, 16.5 for buyouts and probably like 15 for pre-arby players. That puts us under 110 (around 106-108). Based on this year Sortrak has our 2025 number at 121, I my guess is that we are around that number next year. Maybe like 115 to start the year with some room to add players throughout the year, That really doesn't leave much room to add anything substantial. Maybe with a deep run here Mark would open up the check book for an extra 1 year deal, but that doesn't seem to likely.