Any exercise in deciding what the Phillies should do going forward, I imagine, begins with an evaluation of payroll for 2014:
Hamels-$22.5
Howard-$25
Lee-$25
Papelbon-$13
Rollins-$11
Adams-$6
Brown-$500K
Revere-$500K
Known is roughly $104 Million tied up in 8 players. Unknowns would be Utley and Ruiz, Kendrick and then a bunch of role players.
A 25 man roster and you need to allocate the remaining budget to 17 players, 4 of which will be starting position players C, 3B, 2B and RF. 3 of Which will be starting rotation behind Lee and Hamels.
The 2014 F/A market is thin. Garza is supposed to hit the market unless the team he gets traded to locks him up. Ellsbury is probably the top name available in the OF both are likely to get AAV deals upwards of $18 Million. Choo will be another name to watch but I'm not sure either is a likely fit for us. I see us needing a right handed hitting RF with .850+ OPS.
We'll see how it shakes out!
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