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This is the third part in my building of the Red Sox. Here is the 25 man roster, with salaries. I have used actual dollar amounts where necessary. For the arbitration cases, I took the salary I expect them to make:

c - Jason Varitek $6.7 m
1b - Kevin Millar $3.3 m
2b -
3b - Bill Mueller $2.1 m
ss - Nomar Garciaparra $11.5 m
lf - Manny Ramirez $20.5 m
cf - Johnny Damon $8.0 m
rf - Trot Nixon $6.0 m*
dh - David Ortiz $4.0 m*
bench - Lou Merloni $0.7 m*
bench - Kelly Shoppach $0.3^
bench -
bench -

sp - Pedro Martinez $17.5 m
sp - Tim Wakefield $4.35 m
sp - Derek Lowe $5.0 m
sp - Byung-hyun Kim $2.75 m*
sp - Bronson Arroyo $0.3 m^
rp - Ramiro Mendoza $3.6 m
rp - Alan Embree $2.75 m
rp - Scott Williamson $3.0 m*
rp - Jorge de la Rosa $0.3 m^
rp -
rp -

25th man (bench/rp) -

Payroll - $102.65 m
Buyouts - $0.7 m (Howry and Suppan)
2004 Expenditures - $103.35 m
Expected payroll - $115 m (my estimate)
Expendable monies - $11.65 m
Total Roster space - 6
* - Arbitration eligible
^ - Player on roster but not arb. eligible yet

Todd Walker filed for free agency and was named a Type-A free agent
Mike Timlin filed for free agency and was named a Type-A free agent
John Burkett filed for free agency and was named a Type-B free agent
Walker and Timlin are expected to be offered arbitration, Burkett is not. Walker and Timlin have both expressed interest in coming back to 2004.

If both are offered arbitration, and are signed by another club, then the Red Sox receive the teams first round pick (if they pick from 16-30), or second round pick (if they pick from 1-15), and a sandwich round pick between rounds 1 and 2. If the signing team signs more then one type A free agent, then pick the receiving team gets is based on the rank of the player in his position, according to Elias’ rankings. The Elias rankings were collectively bargained, and have been in use since 1984. Whew.

So far, no team has expressed an interest in Timlin publicly, but the Indians, Mets, Dodgers, and Yankees have all said that they would look at Walker. The Red Sox have expressed interest in resigning both.

I’ll have more either over the weekend or on Monday about the future Sox.

As of today, it looks like Lee Mazzilli will be the new manager of the Baltimore Orioles.

Mazzilli is known for being the first base coach of the Yankees, as well as the “annoying guy that Fox mics, even though the only things he says are ‘Hell of a job’ and ‘He was safe!’”

Also, the Seattle Times reports that the new Mariners GM might be Bill Bavasi, the old GM of the Angels.

Bavasi is currently the farm director of the LA Dodgers, and his father is the famous ex-Dodgers GM Buzzie Bavasi. He looks like he is going to be a scouting and development type GM, much like Pat Gillick was. For more in-depth discussion go to the David Cameron/Derek Zumsteg/Jason Michael Barker blog U.S.S. Mariner.

Finally, has any one noticed the complete lack of Orioles blogs out there? Does anyone know of any? The only teams I haven’t found at least one good blog from is the Pirates, Rockies, and O’s. Personally, I think that’s pretty insane, considering the fact that the Orioles have a pretty strong fan base.