Put a Cap on the Roster

With rookie minicamp starting this weekend, to be followed by (voluntary) full team minicamp starting May 15th, it time for Keim to put some finishing touches on the roster.

The Cardinals currently are $18,296,453 under the salary cap. A quick (er not so quick) subtraction of the team’s $6,607,413 draft pool cap, means that Steve Keim has $11,689,020 to work with. Typically the team would like to head into the season with $5M remaining on the cap in case it needs to accommodate new contracts via the waiver wire, veteran signings for need or trades.

Thus---what Keim is really looking at is a $6,689,020 budget---and here is a plan for spending every penny of it---in order---of course---to win…