Twins projected 2010 payroll

With the Twins headed into Target field in 2010 I thought it would be interesting to see where their payroll is projected to be right now. If the Twins have a projected 90 million dollar payroll going into 2010 how much the Twins really have to sign Free Agents. If anyone disagrees with the payroll i have projected just leave a comment in the comment box or shoot me an email at travis_aune@yahoo.com.

• Joe Mauer- 12.5 million That is what he is scheduled and I project that they will put his extension on top of his 2010 contract.
• Justin Morneau- 14.0 million
• Nick Punto- 4.0 million
• J.J. Hardy- 6.0 million *
• Joe Crede- 1.5 million **
• Delmon Young- 2.0 million *
• Denard Span- 450,000 ***
• Michael Cuddyer- 8.5 million
• Jason Kubel- 4.1 million
• Jose Morales- 410,000 ***
• Jason Pridie- 400,000 ***
• Brendan Harris- 1.5 million *
• Alexi Casilla- 450,000 ***
• Carl Pavano- 8.0 Million
• Jarrod Washburn- 6.0 million
• Scott Baker- 3.0 million
• Kevin Slowey- 475,000 ***
• Nick Blackburn- 475,000 ***
• Joe Nathan- 11.25 million
• Jon Rauch- 2.9 million
• Jesse Crain- 2.5 million *
• Matt Guerrier 2.5 million *
• Francisco Liriano 1.5 million *
• Brian Duensing - 410,000***
• Jose Mijares- 410,000 ***

Total: 95 million

*: arbitration estimate

**: guess at signing

***: less than 3 years service time

• What does this all mean is the question. 95 million is a little high for the Twins to be spending. You need to look at Joe Mauer and if his 2010 salary is 18-20 million like many have suggested that puts the Twins over 100 million and I can't see that happening. Therefore I can't see the Twins giving 14 million dollars to Carl Pavano and Jarrod Washburn. So after looking at the numbers no matter what you hear I think a Jarrod Washburn signing is unlikely and really any signing that is more than a million or 2 is probably unlikely too. That probably puts Felipe Lopez, Orlando Hudson, Miguel Tejada, and Mike Lowell out of the Twins price range.