Havelock’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint: Boyd and Bellinger Out! Cassie, Canario and Shaw In!

[Havelock]

I am trading Cody Bellinger, Ethan Roberts and Matthew Boyd to a team which will take them off my hands. No return.  I'm trusting Shaw, Cassie and Canario.   If Shaw has a good start I might trade Parades in May.   I am signing Tomas Nido to catch.  I am also signing Joey Luchesse.   Wicks, Wesneski, Luchesse, Brown and Assad will compete for fourth and fifth rotation spots.  I'm hoping Wicks and Luchesse can win those and I keep Assad and Wesneski in the pen. Return Brown to Iowa.

• C: Miguel Amaya ($0.80M)
• 1B: Michael Busch ($0.80M)
• 2B: Nico Hoerner ($11.50M)
• 3B: Isaac Paredes ($6.90M)
• SS: Dansby Swanson ($28.00M)
• LF: Ian Happ ($21.00M)
• CF: Pete Crow-Armstrong ($0.80M)
• RF: Alexander Canario ($0.80M)
• DH: Seiya Suzuki ($19.00M)
• 4th OF: Owen Cassie ($0.80M)
• Utility: Matt Slaw ($0.80M)
• Utility: Christian Bettancourt ($2.50M)
• Backup C: Tomas Nido ($1.00M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Shota Imanaga ($13.50M)
• SP2: Justin Steele ($6.40M)
• SP3: Jameson Taillon ($18.00M)
• SP4: Jordan Wicks ($0.80M)
• SP5: Joey Luchesse ($3.00M)
• RP: Nate Pearson ($1.40M)
• RP: Julian Merryweather ($1.30M)
• RP: Tyson Miller ($0.80M)
• RP: Porter Hodge ($0.80M)
• RP: Hayden Wasneski ($1.00M)
• RP: Javier Assad ($0.80M)
• RP: Eli Morgan ($1.00M)
• RP: Luke Little ($0.80M)
• NA: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 34.41% under budget

[NorthsideAvenger]

Why would the Cubs trade a guy they just signed in Boyd?

[squally1313]

$144m payroll huh. Found PTRs burner

[Irrelevant Dude]

Can someone explain why we have all these "payroll blueprint" threads?  What is a payroll blueprint?  And why do we have 2023 threads being created a month or from 2025?  Is there some sort of inside joke I'm missing out on?

[harmony]

Matthew Boyd cannot be traded without his permission until June 15.