Atlanta Braves payroll estimate update

So how much damage did the Dodgers’ trade do to the Braves’ ability to spend this Winter?

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…