How Much Payroll Can the Pirates Trade Away?

With the trade deadline just a few days away, I thought I’d examine just how much of the Pittsburgh Pirates payroll would go down if any of the players that could be on the block are traded away.

Of course, this does not account for the additional salary of the players’ replacement ($206,031 for your run-of-the-mill minimum player), so this number will be more than how much payroll actually changes—I’ll break that down after the deadline. Also, these numbers assume a player is traded on the deadline—August 2nd at 6 pm.

Finally, these are strictly my predictions, so while the players you hear about constantly are listed, there are a few more that I think at least have a chance of being shipped…