We’re another step closer to figuring out what the 2017 payroll will look like for the Boston Red Sox.
The team announced on Friday that they have agreed to terms with seven players on one-year deals to avoid arbitration. Keep in mind that all of these players were already under team control, so this is merely a formality of determining their salary for the upcoming season.
Thanks to MLB Trade Rumors, we already had a pretty good idea of how much these players would count toward the payroll. Their projection model proved its brilliant accuracy once again, as they either nailed the target salary or came reasonably close on almost every Red Sox player.