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Forward Thinking

Perhaps this falls under the "rosterbation" category to an extent, but who cares.

Let's examine the potential 2009 free agency market for the M's.

Current payroll, ~$117,666,482

Contracts coming off after this year:

Ho Ram: ~500,000

Wilkerson: ~2.7 mil

Sexson ~14-15m

Vidro (potentially) ~8.5 mil

Raul ~4.5 mil

Bloomquist ~850,000

Cairo  ~850,000

Misc roster filler like Rhodes, Dickey

So assuming the team keeps Raul for about the same, we could potentially have 25-28 million to spend. Where would everbody spend this and what sorts of contracts?

Obviously Tex will be popular, but what if we can't outprice the Yanks? Where do we turn then?