Since we all think Wade and Drayton are full of shit with their $107m payroll figure, I think someone needs to make an easily accessible page here with all the AStros' salary figures. It should have a column for garuanteed money and colomn for garuanteed plus incentives. And then at the bottom it has the totals - one for each the 25 man roster and 40 man roster. For example (i'm making up the numbers)
Player Salary Potential Salary
Berkman $15m $17m
Lee $18m $18.5m
Minor 1 $400k $500k
Minor 2 $400k $600k
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Total (25) $33m $35.5m
Total (40) $33.8m $36.6
I would do myself, but I can only make a fanpost and I have no idea how salary works for guys not on the 25 man roster, but are on the 40 man roster.
Then we can see what the real numbers are.