Wilson is still gone. Garza is missing in action, and should be super 2 in '09.

Shouldn't Floyd be listed at 2.75, with an option for same in '09?

Navarro will be arb eligible next year.

By my reckoning, there are 5 under contract into 2010 (Baldelli, Crawford, Aki, Pena, and Price) plus 2 that should be gone by then (Percy, Reyes) summed project for an increase of about $11.5 mil by then. There are 5 guys that will also be in arb by then: Kaz 3, Navarro 2, Upton, Salas, and Shields 1. Add Garza as Arb 2. Another 9 that would be in arb, but might not be around, and none will be much more than bench or pen material: Balfour & Gomes 3, Bartlett, Dohmann, & Jackson 2, Hammell, Howell, Riggans ?, & Zobrist ? 1. Add Aybar to the 1's (S2).

Put Sonny in the pen. Assume Longoria and Brignac will be up by then in the IF, plus Davis, McGee, Niemann, Perez & Ruggiano as OF bench, Jaso or Riggans as C, Aybar in IF, Morlan & Medlock or someone up in pen, all at min or Arb 1. All that's missing are 1 bench guy / DH (Pedroza), 1 pen guy (Mason?), with a good chance to fill at the minimum from within. Payroll should still be well under control. Only added pricey increases by then are Kaz, Garza, BJ, maybe Navarro. Payroll could be around $65 - 70 mil. Trade Kaz, the number falls $10-15 mil - but you'd need another guy, though probably for the pen, with McGee, Niemann, or Sonny becoming the #5 starter. All that would really be required for Kaz are a reliever and prospects.

Of course, this all assumes no injuries of significance. And that the lower level prospects (Hellickson, Rollins, Royster, Jennings) haven't pushed aside uppers. Good young team. In 2011 arbitration & free agency really starts to rear it's head.