Flirting with a Drunken Sailor?
So, how much payroll do you think the boys will be comfortable adding? My figures show the ballclub is carrying just shy of $77 million in annual payroll, while the league average is $110 million(+/-)
And, I don't believe that running our payroll up to league average puts us in the "drunken sailor" realm...So they got room to spend.
Plus, don't forget that Miguel Cabrera's contract will be coming off the books in a couple more years, so the organization isn't exactly strapped over a rock.....
My guess is that they will sign a couple $10 million/year journeymen and explain their lack of balls claiming that they are just being "smart".
Claiming that they are "saving payroll headroom" so that they can one day afford to extend offers to Tork, Mize, and the other whiz kids is an excuse that I expect them to use.