Payroll For Some Reason

So a lot of people seem to be really interested in the Mariner's payroll. I can't imagine their reasoning. Any budgetary "limits" are certainly arbitrary and no reasonable projection can be made from this. Also; the Mariners, like all MLB teams, are notorious for keeping their budget secret. Nonetheless, I live to serve. Here is my understanding of the Mariner's 2012 budget. Figures are based of off Cot's Contracts.

Note: There's some wiggle room in these figures depending on how you choose to figure incentives and Ichiro's deferment. These numbers do not include front office, scouting, or managerial salaries. It also does not reflect the draft budget, signing bonuses, baseball academy maintenance, affiliate fees (if applicable), stadium expenditures, travel expenses, equipment, consultant fees, or the salary of any player not on the 40-man roster (you begin to see why I feel this is a waste of time). It also doesn't include Carlos Guillen's (likely) $1.5 mil.

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1
2			MLS thru '11 season		salary + p-r bonus
3			Pos'n	ML Srv		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
4	1	Ichiro Suzuki	RF	11	5 yr/$90M (08-12)	$18,000,000	FA
5	2	Felix Hernandez	RHP-S	6.06	5 yr/$78M (10-14)	$19,200,000	$20.20	$20.70
6	3	Chone Figgins	3B	8.145	4 yr/$36M (10-13)+14 opt	$9,500,000	$8.50	opt
7	4	Franklin Gutierrez	CF	5.08	4 yr/$20.25M (10-13)+14 cl opt	$5,813,000	$7.31	$0.50
8	5	Miguel Olivo	C	8.171	2 yr/$7M (11-12)+13 cl opt	$3,750,000	$0.75
9	6	Jason Vargas	LHP-S	4.114	1 yr/$2.45M (11)	$4,850,000	Arb 3	FA
10	7	Brandon League	RHP	5.145	1 yr/$2.25M (11)	$5,000,000	FA
11	8	Dustin Ackley	2B	0.105	5 yr/$7.5M (09-13)	$1,500,000	$1.50
12	9	Brendan Ryan	SS	4.082	2 yr/$2.75M (11-12)	$1,750,000	Arb 3	FA
13	10	Hisashi Iwakuma	RHP-S	0	1 yr/$1.5M (12)	$1,500,000	FA
14	11	George Sherrill	LHP	6.147	1 yr/$1.1M (12)	$1,100,000	FA
15	12	Cesar Jimenez	LHP	2.07		$420,000	Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
16	13	John Jaso	C	2.032	1 yr/$0.4272M (11)	$420,000	Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
17	14	Shawn Kelley	RHP	2.16	1 yr/$0.42M (11)	$420,000	Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
18	15	Chris Gimenez	C	2.041	1 yr (12)	$420,000	Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
19	16	Michael Saunders	OF	1.138	1 yr/$0.42M (11)	$420,000		Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
20	17	Justin Smoak	1B	1.116	1 yr/$0.419M (11)	$420,000		Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
21	18	Casper Wells	OF	1.05	1 yr/$0.418M (11)	$420,000		Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
22	19	Adam Moore	C	1.167	1 yr/$0.4175M (11)	$420,000	Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	Arb 4	FA
23	20	Mauricio Robles	LHP	0.075	1 yr/$0.414M (11)	$420,000
24	21	Tom Wilhelmsen	RHP	0.106	1 yr/$0.414M (11)	$420,000
25	22	Blake Beavan	RHP	0.088		$420,000
26	23	Mike Carp	1B	1.01		$420,000		Arb 1	Arb 2	Arb 3	FA
27	24	Johermyn Chavez	OF	0		$420,000
28	25	Steve Delabar	RHP	0.023		$420,000
29	26	Charlie Furbush	LHP	0.121		$420,000
30	27	Danny Hultzen	LHP-S
31	28	Alex Liddi	3B	0.023		$420,000
32	29	Lucas Leutge	LHP	0		$420,000
33	30	Yoervis Medina	RHP	0		$420,000
34	31	Jesus Montero	C	0.028		$420,000
35	32	Hector Noesi	RHP	0.139		$420,000
36	33	Carlos Peguero	OF	0.076		$420,000
37	34	Trayvon Robinson	OF	0.055		$420,000
38	35	Chance Ruffin	RHP	0.066		$420,000
39	36	Kyle Seager	2B/3B	0.085		$420,000
40	37	Fransisco Martinez	3B	0		$420,000
41	38	Carlos Triunfel	IF	0		$420,000
42	39	Chih-Hsien Chiang	OF	0		$420,000
43	40	Mike Wilson	OF	0.03		$420,000
44	.	TOTAL				$83,723,000

Allowing for wiggle-room and the above caveats, the Mariner's 40-man roster expenditure is, roughly, $84 million. This is about a $10 mil. dollar decrease from last year. Make of this what you will.