A few years since I've done this, but I thought I'd mock this up to give us a better idea of the kinds of money that might be available to take on in trades, free agency or the active player draft among other things. Also, generally, just to get a feel for how much money is being spent, such as what is locked up with veterans. I've also added in a few key stats to have a look at while we're here.
As per previous attempts, I will be making it ¥100 to $1 just to make it easy. It's more like ¥70 to $1 USD, but I'm more looking at a general idea of what the wage budget looks like rather than to make direct comparisons with other leagues. Please also take note that statistics indicated with an asterisk are for players that featured on the farm but not the first team. All others are representative of their performance with the top team. Those that didn't make an appearance at all in either team have nothing recorded (this includes 2023 draftees).
I will attempt to update this regularly as the negotiations are finalised and more details come through. These are the finished negotiations as of the afternoon of the 22nd of December. All deals have been finalised, but the deals for Calixte, Mejia, Feliz and Dickerson haven't been made public yet.
| Pitcher | Age | Role | Wage | Up/Down | G | IP | W | L | SO% | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yudai Ono | 35 | SP | $3,000,000 | - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 0.00 |
| Raidel Martinez | 27 | RP | $2,000,000 | - | 48 | 46.2 | 3 | 1 | 11.96 | 0.39 |
| Yuya Yanagi | 29 | SP | $1,480,000 | $400,000 | 24 | 158.1 | 4 | 11 | 5.97 | 2.44 |
| Hideaki Wakui | 37 | SP | $1,000,000 | - | 21 | 111 | 5 | 13 | 7.22 | 3.97 |
| Daisuke Sobue | 36 | RP | $1,000,000 | - | 45 | 40.1 | 3 | 5 | 7.81 | 3.57 |
| Shinnosuke Ogasawara | 26 | SP | $930,000 | $270,000 | 25 | 160.2 | 7 | 12 | 7.51 | 3.59 |
| Kento Fujishima | 25 | RP | $700,000 | $240,000 | 56 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 8.17 | 1.07 |
| Hiroto Takahashi | 21 | SP | $630,000 | $280,000 | 25 | 146 | 7 | 11 | 8.94 | 2.53 |
| Takahiro Matsuba | 33 | SP | $500,000 | - | 11 | 57.2 | 1 | 4 | 3.12 | 3.28 |
| Tatsuya Shimizu | 24 | RP | $500,000 | $180,000 | 50 | 46.2 | 3 | 3 | 10.41 | 3.09 |
| Hiroto Fuku | 31 | RP | $430,000 | -$70,000 | 29 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | 7.64 | 2.55 |
| Akiyoshi Katsuno | 26 | RP | $400,000 | $210,000 | 50 | 49.1 | 5 | 2 | 8.94 | 2.01 |
| Yoshiki Sunada | 28 | RP | $380,000 | -$120,000 | 18 | 13.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.90 | 4.61 |
| Shinji Tajima | 33 | RP | $350,000 | - | 32 | 29.2 | 1 | 2 | 9.40 | 4.85 |
| Yugo Umeno | 24 | RP | $280,000 | -$70,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sho Iwasaki | 34 | RP | $280,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koki Saito | 26 | RP | $230,000 | $100,000 | 31 | 24.2 | 2 | 0 | 8.76 | 0.73 |
| Koji Fukutani | 32 | SW | $200,000 | -$20,000 | 14 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 6.00 | 5.17 |
| Shinya Matsuyama | 23 | RP | $175,000 | $133,000 | 36 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | 12.74 | 1.27 |
| Akira Neo | 23 | SP | $160,000 | -$25,000 | 2 | 12.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 0.71 |
| Sho Kusaka | 22 | SP | $160,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reia Nakachi | 22 | SP | $150,000 | -$10,000 | 9 | 43.1 | 2 | 5 | 7.68 | 4.98 |
| Yuki Hashimoto | 25 | RP | $120,000 | $10,000 | 13 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 5.28 | 1.17 |
| Hiroto Mori | 25 | RP | $115,000 | -$30,000 | *33 | *33 | *2 | *4 | *7.09 | *5.73 |
| Toshiya Okada | 31 | RP | $100,000 | -$90,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kodai Umetsu | 27 | SP | $100,000 | $5,000 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 5.21 | 0.95 |
| Frank Alvarez | 24 | SW | $100,000 | - | *17 | *22.2 | *2 | *3 | *5.56 | *6.75 |
| Kotaro Ueda | 21 | SW | $85,700 | -$4,700 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4.50 |
| Taisei Ishimori | 26 | RP | $78,000 | -$12,000 | *22 | *19.2 | *0 | *1 | *9.61 | *10.53 |
| Shota Habu | 22 | RP | $72,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ryuma Kato | 24 | RP | $72,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konosuke Fukuda | 18 | SP | $60,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Akio Moriyama | 18 | SP | $60,000 | - | *4 | *23 | *0 | *1 | *2.74 | *3.13 |
| Shotaro Fukushima | 21 | RP | $57,500 | -$1,000 | 4 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 13.50 |
| Tsubasa Kato | 20 | RP | $51,500 | -$3,500 | *8 | *6 | *0 | *1 | *6.00 | *12.00 |
| Kenshin Kakigoshi | 23 | SP | $51,400 | -$1,100 | *14 | *84 | *3 | *5 | *3.00 | *4.39 |
| Batter | Age | Role | Wage | Up/Down | Games | BA | HR | RBI | OPS | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayan Viciedo | 34 | IF | $3,760,000 | - | 91 | 0.244 | 6 | 23 | 0.641 | 0 |
| Sho Nakata | 34 | IF | $3,000,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yohei Oshima | 38 | OF | $2,500,000 | - | 130 | 0.289 | 0 | 23 | 0.650 | 6 |
| Yuki Okabayashi | 21 | OF | $730,000 | $330,000 | 143 | 0.279 | 3 | 31 | 0.688 | 12 |
| Takuya Kinoshita | 32 | C | $680,000 | - | 89 | 0.237 | 5 | 26 | 0.658 | 0 |
| Shuhei Takahashi | 29 | IF | $675,000 | - | 86 | 0.215 | 0 | 14 | 0.524 | 1 |
| Seiya Hosokawa | 25 | OF | $450,000 | $351,000 | 140 | 0.253 | 24 | 78 | 0.780 | 0 |
| Shingo Usami | 30 | C | $410,000 | $110,000 | 69 | 0.282 | 3 | 14 | 0.694 | 0 |
| Takaya Ishikawa | 22 | IF | $300,000 | $150,000 | 121 | 0.242 | 13 | 45 | 0.676 | 0 |
| Shohei Kato | 32 | OF | $230,000 | - | 59 | 0.225 | 0 | 4 | 0.504 | 2 |
| Shunta Goto | 30 | OF | $210,000 | - | 52 | 0.182 | 0 | 6 | 0.510 | 0 |
| Seiji Uebayashi | 28 | OF | $200,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | 41 | IF | $200,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ryuku | 20 | IF | $190,000 | $55,000 | 114 | 0.187 | 1 | 18 | 0.456 | 2 |
| Kaito Muramatsu | 22 | IF | $170,000 | $50,000 | 98 | 0.207 | 1 | 20 | 0.492 | 1 |
| Yasuhiro Yamamoto | 30 | IF | $160,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Takuma Kato | 31 | C | $150,000 | -$40,000 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Hiroki Fukunaga | 26 | IF | $144,000 | $72,000 | 97 | 0.241 | 2 | 15 | 0.612 | 2 |
| Seiji Kawagoe | 30 | OF | $137,500 | -$2,500 | 18 | 0.212 | 0 | 1 | 0.520 | 0 |
| Kosuke Ukai | 24 | OF | $135,000 | -$15,000 | 41 | 0.143 | 3 | 5 | 0.423 | 1 |
| Kenta Bright | 24 | OF | $135,000 | -$5,000 | 33 | 0.241 | 0 | 4 | 0.633 | 2 |
| Kota Ishibashi | 23 | C | $125,000 | $30,000 | 39 | 0.257 | 2 | 9 | 0.696 | 0 |
| Keishi Tsuda | 21 | IF | $120,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carlos Monier | 22 | OF | $100,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cristian Rodriguez | 21 | IF | $100,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masami Ishigaki | 25 | IF | $95,000 | -$5,000 | 22 | 0.087 | 0 | 0 | 0.247 | 0 |
| Rintaro Tsujimoto | 22 | IF | $90,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hironori Miyoshi | 26 | OF | $86,000 | -$4,000 | 30 | 0.154 | 0 | 0 | 0.543 | 3 |
| Yutaro Itayama | 29 | IF/OF | $85,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shonosuke Hama | 23 | IF | $67,300 | -$4,700 | *88 | *0.205 | *1 | *13 | *0.515 | 6 |
| Yuma Fukumoto | 24 | IF/OF | $67,000 | -$5,000 | *58 | *0.321 | *2 | *21 | *0.763 | 0 |
| Mikiya Tanaka | 22 | IF | $65,500 | -$6,500 | *8 | *0.133 | *0 | *0 | *0.267 | *1 |
| Taisei Miya | 20 | C | $64,000 | $4,000 | 6 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0.571 | 0 |
| Rynosuke Yamaasa | 19 | C | $61,000 | $1,000 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Mao Hoshino | 19 | IF | $54,000 | - | *46 | *.205 | *0 | *3 | *0.567 | *2 |
| Seishu Higuchi | 24 | IF | $47,600 | $5,600 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Goriki Oda | 23 | OF | $30,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koki Hiwatari | 19 | C | $30,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rii Kawakami | 22 | OF | $30,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alex Dickerson | 33 | OF | TBA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orlando Calixte | 31 | IF | TBA | TBA | 47 | 0.233 | 5 | 13 | 0.639 | 0 |
Some notes. Shinji Tajima and Yudai Ono are in the final year of multi-year deals they signed earlier on. Ono is the team's top earning pitcher, and top overall earner after Dayan Viciedo. Once those two deals come off the books next year, that will free up a lot of the wage budget.
Here's a list of those that left and an indication of what money has been theoretically re-added to the wage budget. Of course, a lot of this will be chewed up by raises for other players this year.
| Player | Salary |
|---|---|
| Aristides Aquino | -$1,700,000 |
| Yariel Rodriguez | -$600,000 |
| Keisuke Tanimoto | -$420,000 |
| Nobumasa Fukuda | -$350,000 |
| Zoilo Almonte | -$300,000 |
| Naomichi Donoue | -$290,000 |
| Shota Ono | -$220,000 |
| Hayato Mizowaki | -$150,000 |
| Hiroshi Suzuki | -$135,000 |
| Yuichiro Okano | -$85,000 |
| Kosuke Ito | -$72,000 |
| Hiroki Matsuda | -$30,000 |
| Total | -$4,352,000 |
In terms of overall spend, this is a little more than what the Dragons have spent last year. But what is interesting, is that since Tatsunami took over, after his first year anyway, wages have gone from $24.7M in 2020, to what I now calculate as $32.1M in 2024. That's not even counting the probably 2ish million likely going to Calixte, Feliz, Dickerson and Mejia. This is a huge amount of money for this team to be spending. The team hasn't seen this kind of spending since the 2012 season that was still brimming with veterans from the Dragons golden era. The good thing here, is that some of this money will move off the books in 2025 with Viciedo's deal ending and with possibly a Yohei Oshima retirement at some point. Even Sho Nakata's deal is only two years so the commitment isn't that long for any of the high earners. The Dragons may also look to flip Shuhei Takahashi for something on the trade market to reduce their wage budget.
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