With arbitration issues set to shortly take center stage, this is probably a good time to review the state of the Atlanta Braves‘ major league payroll… or at least our best guess at it.
I will wait until after Friday’s salary exchange deadline before posting my spreadsheet on this topic, but things got a bit more complicated when Alex Anthopoulos and the Dodgers got together on some Advanced Accounting.
My numbers differ from those on the COTS site of the Braves’ payroll information – but not by that much. Here’s the basic differences:
- Their figures take into account the total Average Annual Value (AAV) of contracts including bonuses.