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December 6, 2007 By JON PAUL MOROSI FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER The Free Press projects that the Tigers' Opening Day payroll will be between $125 million and $130 million. Only the Boston Red Sox ($143 million) and New York Yankees ($189 million) had higher opening day payrolls in 2006. This roster projection assumes that the Tigers will trade third baseman Brandon Inge, outfielder Marcus ...
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Tigers payroll could reach $130 million after trade
MLB - Sports Rumors - Yahoo! Sports —
... are included, because they will be paid as 40-man roster players even though they will not be on the active roster. Source: Detroit Free Press Related: ...
How the NHL salary cap contributed to the Tigers success
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... For some time after he was forced to cut back on the overall payroll of the Red Wings, he slowly invested in the Detroit Tigers. Then simply continued to invest as he saw the returns on the investment. He’s continued to do exactly that and the projected salary information for the Tigers in 2008 could surge past $128M. ...
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