Blueprint cleaned up

I approach the blueprint with a bit more wiggle room given that there are just certain players who are so interchangeable on the one hand and because it is nice to provide different accounts based on certain expected decisions to be made by the Twins.

To start, let's look at the 2012 payroll as provided by the Twins Centric crew:

C - Joe Mauer $23 million
1B - Justin Morneau $14 million
2B - Alexi Casilla (arb.) $2.5 million
3B - Danny Valencia $0.5 million
SS -
LF - Ben Revere $ 0.5 million
CF - Denard Span $3.0 million
RF -
DH -
4th OF -
CIF - Luke Hughes $0.5 million
MIF - Tsuyoshi Nishioka $ 3.0 million
C - Drew Butera $0.5 million

SP - Carl Pavano $ 8.5 million
SP - Francisco Liriano $ 6.0 million
SP - Scott Baker $6.5 million
SP -
SP - Nick Blackburn $4.75 million
Cl -
SU - Glen Perkins $1.8 million
MD - Brian Duensing $0.5 million
MD -
MD - Alex Burnett $0.5 million
MD - Jose Mijares $0.7 million
Long - Anthony Swarzak $0.5 million

TOTAL: $77.25 million

I want absolutely nothing to do with Drew Butera, Alex Burnett, and Jose Mijares. That's three 40-man roster spots to save to go with $1.7 million. So, we are left with a decision about Nishioka (I want him playing every day in AAA). We are left with $75.55 million and holes at SS, MIF, RF, DH, 4thOF, Backup C, SP, Cl, and 3 bullpen spots. Add Trevor Plouffe for $500K to serve as a super utility player in the middle infield and corner outfield. We are at $76.05 million.

We will assume $35 million, then $30 million, then $25 million to work with.



C - Joe Mauer $23 million
1B - Justin Morneau $14 million
2B - Alexi Casilla (arb.) $2.5 million
3B - Danny Valencia $0.5 million
SS - Clint Barmes $3 million
LF - Ben Revere $ 0.5 million
CF - Denard Span $3.0 million
RF - David DeJesus $5.5 million
DH - Derrek Lee $5 million
4th OF - Jonny Gomes or Marcus Thames $1.25 million
CIF - Luke Hughes $0.5 million
MIF - Tsuyoshi Nishioka $ 3.0 million (starts in AAA, playing every day with Brian Dozier), Trevor Plouffe $0.5 million
C - Ryan Doumit $4 million

SP - Carl Pavano $ 8.5 million
SP - Francisco Liriano $ 6.0 million
SP - Scott Baker $6.5 million
SP - Scott Diamond $0.5 million
SP - Nick Blackburn $4.75 million
Cl - Joe Nathan $7.5 million
SU - Glen Perkins $1.8 million
MD - Brian Duensing $0.5 million
MD - Octavio Dotel $4 million (or Jonathan Broxton $4 million plus incentives)
MD - LaTroy Hawkins $2 million
MD - Michael Wuertz $1 million
Long - Anthony Swarzak $0.5 million


Next is the $30 million scenario. Starting with the roster at $110 million, I make the following alterations:


C - Joe Mauer $23 million
1B - Justin Morneau $14 million
2B - Alexi Casilla (arb.) $2.5 million
3B - Danny Valencia $0.5 million
SS - Jamey Carroll $2 million 
LF - Ben Revere $ 0.5 million
CF - Denard Span $3.0 million
RF - David DeJesus $5.5 million
DH - Derrek Lee $5 million
4th OF - Andruw Jones $2 million
CIF - Luke Hughes $0.5 million
MIF - Tsuyoshi Nishioka $ 3.0 million (starts in AAA, playing every day with Brian Dozier), Trevor Plouffe $0.5 million
C - Kelly Shoppach $2 million 

SP - Carl Pavano $ 8.5 million
SP - Francisco Liriano $ 6.0 million
SP - Scott Baker $6.5 million
SP - Kevin Slowey $3.5 million
SP - Nick Blackburn $4.75 million
Cl - Glen Perkins (likely) $1.8 million 
SU - Octavio Dotel $4 million
MD - Brian Duensing $0.5 million
MD - Jonathan Broxton $4 million plus incentives 
MD -  Anthony Slama $0.45 million (-$4.80 million)
MD - Kyle Waldrop $0.45 mill (-S5.35 million)
Long - Anthony Swarzak $0.5 million

And finally at the lowest rate . . . starting with that first $110 million payroll again:


C - Joe Mauer $23 million
1B - Justin Morneau $14 million
2B - Alexi Casilla (arb.) $2.5 million
3B - Danny Valencia $0.5 million
SS - Jamey Carroll $2 million or Edgar Renteria $1 million 
LF - Ben Revere $ 0.5 million
CF - Denard Span $3.0 million
RF - Magglio Ordonez $2 million
DH - Derrek Lee $5 million
4th OF - Laynce Nix $1.5 million 
CIF - Luke Hughes $0.5 million
MIF - Tsuyoshi Nishioka $ 3.0 million (starts in AAA, playing every day with Brian Dozier), Trevor Plouffe $0.5 million
C - Kelly Shoppach $2 million

SP - Carl Pavano $ 8.5 million
SP - Francisco Liriano $ 6.0 million
SP - Scott Baker $6.5 million
SP - Kevin Slowey $3.5 million 
SP - Nick Blackburn $4.75 million
Cl - Glen Perkins $1.8 million 
SU - Octavio Dotel $4 million
MD - Brian Duensing $0.5 million
MD - Anthony Slama or Kyle Waldrop $0.45 million)
MD - LaTroy Hawkins $2 million
MD - Todd Coffey $2.1 million (-$10.15 million or -$10.65 million)
Long - Anthony Swarzak $0.5 million


(edited to fix the order of presentation)