Jason Martinez of Roster Resource currently pegs the club’s 2022 payroll at $85MM, including arbitration estimates. When combined with his excellent defense, he’s produced 5.4 fWAR.
In 182 career games so far, he has hit 28 home runs and slashed. Murphy, who just turned 27 and has four remaining years of control, would certainly be more appealing than any option on that list. However, Rosenthal also says that “their available parts include even catcher Sean Murphy, who is a year away from arbitration,” and later adds that Murphy “will be a hot commodity in a market starved for catchers.” It has been certainly been noticed, including by MLBTR, that the free agent catching market in indeed weak this year, with the best option being 34-year-old Yan Gomes. All of that group have been speculated to be trade chips due to their arbitration raises and shrinking team control. Per Cot’s Baseball Contracts, it hovered in the vicinity of $80MM from 2014 to 2017.Īs to who is expected to move, Rosenthal lists many names that have previously popped up in rumors, such as Matt Olson, Matt Chapman, Sean Manaea, Chris Bassitt and Frankie Montas. Despite all of that selling, the payroll didn’t significantly drop in those losing seasons. This led to three straight years of basement dwelling in the AL West while acquiring big leaguers – such as Ben Zobrist, Rich Hill, Ryan Madson – who would later be flipped for further prospects. At that time, the Athletics were coming off a third consecutive winning season, yet embarked on a massive roster overhaul that included trading away Josh Donaldson, Brandon Moss and Jeff Samardzija for prospects. While that might sound like good news to A’s fans at first, it doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be selling, as Rosenthal reports they are still “likely to trade almost every player with value on their roster” but could then patch the holes on the club “by signing a bevy of free agents to one-year contracts.”Īs to how this would work, Rosenthal points to the 2014-2015 offseason. In a recent piece from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, he relays that it is unlikely they will bottom out to such a degree that their payroll drops as low as $40MM, a level that even the low-budget Athletics haven’t seen in 20 years. Since then, the questions surrounding the franchise have largely been about exactly how far they will go in stripping down the roster. The skipper still had one year remaining on his contract but was allowed to sign on with the Padres without compensation, as Oakland seemed content with saving the roughly $4MM he was going to make. Projected Arbitration Salaries For 2022Įver since the Athletics let manager Bob Melvin pack his bags and go to San Diego, it has seemed like a long and dark winter is ahead for the franchise and its fans.
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