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So what is the Mets' 2014 payroll now that Curtis Granderson appears coming on board at four years, $60 million? It's not yet clear whether the money is evenly distributed, but let's assume so and do the math ... Existing contracts: David Wright $20M
Granderson, $15M
Chris Young $7.25M
Jonathon Niese $5M Subtotal: $47.5M Arbitration-eligible player estimates (via Pace Law and MLBTradeRumors.com): Daniel Murphy $5.1M
Ike Davis $3.825M
Bobby Parnell $3.725M
Dillon Gee $3.55M
Eric Young Jr. $1.9M
Lucas Duda $1.8M
Ruben Tejada $1M Subtotal: $20.9M To round out the roster, you need to add 14 players, at least at the $500,000 major league minimum, for an additional $7 million. So the rough calculation at this point is the Mets currently have a payroll of $75.4 million. Sandy Alderson has said the Mets should have no lower than an $87 million payroll, so look for about $12 million or so more in spending. Of course, Davis and Murphy very well could get traded, which means as much as $9 million could be freed to spend elsewhere, less the contracts the Mets got back in any such trade.
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