According to the legendary Braves Options Guy, the Atlanta Braves will be spending roughly $93.7 million taking care of guys that are either already under contract, arbitration eligible, or pre-arbitration eligible.
This figure takes into account only R.A. Dickey‘s $500k buyout (likely), as well as the assumed non-tender statuses of Ian Krol, Danny Santana and Jace Peterson (hopefully).
It’s safe to say that $130 million is a reasonable payroll figure for the Braves to start the 2018 season, which is just under their $135 million in total payroll for 2017.