Ted For Two

Wednesday, January 14 2004 @ 07:24 AM EST

Contributed by: Jonny German

The Jays have signed Ted Lilly to a two-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration. The new deal calls for $1.9M in 2004 and $3.1M in 2005.

Lilly is a topic that divides the Box. Some see him as the number 2 starter, while others think he'll be 5A. I'm a little split myself, liking his potential to be a good number 3 but a little wary of the $3.1M now committed to him for 2005.

Here's the full run-down on how the 2004 payroll looks at this point. Salaries in green and red are my own estimates. The green ones are 0-3 players who can be renewed at whatever salary the Jays see fit, the red ones are arbitration-eligible players.

Rotation
SP1 Doc 8.000
SP2 El Artista 3.600
SP3 Hentgen 2.200
SP4 Lilly 1.900
SP5 Towers .325
Bullpen
Righty Patch 1.700
Righty Ligtenberg 2.000
Righty Lopez .315
Righty Speier 1.500
Lefty Kershner .310
Loogy de los Santos .850
Lineup
C Cash .300
1B Delgado 18.500
2B O-Dog .350
SS Woody .775
3B Hinske .800
LF Cat 2.300
CF Wells .700
RF Johnson .310
DH Phelps .350
Bench
OF Werth .305
Utility Berg .700
C Crash .900
Glove Gomez .750
#25 Walker/Haines/Pond/Clark .300
Total 49.740

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