LADodgerTalk.com · Nov 14, 2017
Trading For Stanton as a Way to Cut Payroll
OK, that headline brands me as crazy, right? Well, that’s old news! Everyone knows that Gioncarlo Stanton is going to cost almost $30 million a year right? Maybe over the life of the contract, but next year, he might be FREE. Here’s a really important fact: The Dodgers don’t need to do anything, but if they do, it should be significant and it should reduce payroll. I think the Dodgers can do both at once.
At the end of this past season, Andre Ethier, Carl Crawfish, Chase Utley, Franklin Gutierrez and Sergio Romo all came off the books. That’s right at $50 million! As it stands RIGHT NOW, I have the Dodgers payroll at just shy of $218 Million for 2018.