[jthig32]

It's all moot now, but one thing to keep in mind when figuring salary is that you can't just worry about this year. Lee and Beltre would be long term commitments, and this team has several players that are going to get a lot more expensive in the next two or three years.

So yeah, maybe signing Lee and Beltre is doable with this year's payroll, but what happens when it's time to extend/re-sign Wilson, and Hamilton and Cruz are either well into arbitration or getting multi-year contracts?

Then you're getting up into the 120-140 range, and that's probably not doable.