Colorado Rockies: Nolan Arenado and the contracts for the 2020 season
By Kevin Henry
For purposes of this article, we will focus on salaries for the 2020 season that are already in place or are estimated to be $8 million or more.
Charlie Blackmon will make $21.5 million as part of a contract extension he signed last April.
Wade Davis will make $17 million as part of a three-year, $52 deal he signed last offseason.
Ian Desmond will make $15 million as part of a five-year, $70 million deal inked two offseasons ago.
Jake McGee will make $9.5 million as part of a three-year, $27 million deal signed last offseason.
Bryan Shaw will make $9 million as part of a three-year, $27 million deal signed last offseason.
Daniel Murphy will make $8 million as part of the two-year, $24 million deal he inked recently.
Trevor Story, projected to make $6.4 million in his first year of arbitration this season, will likely go over the $8 million mark in arbitration next season. Let’s set it at $8 million for now, which could be low, depending on Story’s 2019 campaign.
With those numbers, those seven players will make up $88 million (or more, depending on Story) of the payroll for the 2020 season.
Let’s say that the Rockies sign Arenado and his average salary would be $30 million for next season. That would bump that figure up to $118 million for eight players.
This year, Colorado is projected to have a payroll just under $152 million. The contracts for those same eight players this season are expected to be $114 million, or roughly 75 percent of the overall payroll.