A new securities filing by Braves owner Liberty Media tallied the amount of guaranteed contracts on the Braves’ books.
The tally: As of Dec. 31, the Braves owed players $77 million in guaranteed salaries for the 2016 season, $54 million for 2017, $49 million for 2018, $40 million for 2019 and $53 million thereafter, according to Liberty’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
The 2016 figure shows that this season’s payroll is positioned to be at the low end of the MLB scale. (Currently fourth lowest among the 30 teams, according to the payroll tracker at spotrac.