That’s one of few quotes from Rocky Mountain GM Justin Niles that weren’t hit on from his introductory press conference.“The one thing I heard in the interview is that I better buckle up for some rough financial years”.
One from his most recent post deadline conference that surely will get some noise?
What a 180 flip.“I think we’ll compete for a division title next year.”
That’s the latest after Rocky Mountain appears to have shored up some of its potential financial woes at the trade deadline. The team now appears to have just 68,100,000 committed salaries for next season with a slew of young players acquired in deadline deals.
Maybe more importantly? It’s rumored the club’s budget is expected to be in the $130,000,000 range, which would potentially give the club room to add upwards of $30,000,000 minimum in player salary this off-season after considering other expenses such as staff expenses, draft expenses, and other misc. expenses.
While this club is far from “solved” considering they are currently on pace for 74 wins, which will be the lowest in a decade, it appears to certainly be a step in the right direction. Of the $68.1M in salaries for next season, that is the entire team returning from it’s current state other than 3 pitchers who one could argue are addition by subtraction.
“We certainly have a few holes to fill, but should be able to maybe fill these with players over the off-season who contribute in positive ways to our team.” Said Niles.
