Many times reading through the blogosphere I see fans ask about how the Braves payroll stands or how much such and such player makes.  Because of this I decided I would post a current projected 25 man roster with all the salary info included and all the numbers crunched.

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As we are all aware our Braves have been on a little tear lately and are now an amazing 44-26 in the post Frenchy era.  Wren has rebuilt this team into one that can win every single night with a legit frontline starter on the mound every night.  With all of the 'rosterbation' flying around and ideas of who we should bring in getting thrown around, I thought it might be interesting to see how it would be financially possible to keep this winning core together.

I realize this may be a fruitless exercise as Wren will likely let one or both of Soriano and Gonzo leave for some picks but I wanted to crunch some numbers and see what would be needed to keep the key players from this run around.  After the jump there will be a table with the current '09 salary and players with a list of players with the exact same total salary for '10.  This comes with a few assumptions which I will get to later.

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In this thread I'd like to discuss what makes us the most excited about the Pirates future.  For me I am really excited to see Morton get a full time shot at reaching his potential as a MLB frontline starter.  I really, really think he is going to develop into/continue to be a very good starter.

As an aside I'd like to build on the thoughts of 'a random Mets fan' and give my view from a 'random Braves fan'.  I grew up in central Indiana so obviously I didn't have a local team to root for but the Braves were on TV ALL THE TIME so I grew up saturated in loving the Braves.  On the other hand my dad took me to regular baseball games so we would go see the Cubs, Reds, and Cards play each other and the rest of the NL Central.  I know don't hate me but I like every team in the central but the Stros (don't know why)......

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