Connor Murphy’s 2025 Payroll Blueprint: My Cubs team

[Connor Murphy]

• C: Miguel Amaya ($0.80M)
• 1B: Michael Busch ($0.80M)
• 2B: Nico Hoerner ($11.50M)
• 3B: Matt Shaw ($0.80M)
• SS: Dansby Swanson ($28.00M)
• LF: Ian Happ ($21.00M)
• CF: Pete Crow-Armstrong ($0.80M)
• RF: Seiya Suzuki ($19.00M)
• DH: Kyle Tucker ($16.00M)
• 4th OF: Owen Caissie ($0.80M)
• Utility: Gage Workman ($0.80M)
• Utility: Josh Rojas ($5.00M)
• Backup C: Carson Kelly ($6.50M)
• NA: Bellinger Trade Money ($10.00M)
• SP1: Roki Sasaki ($6.50M)
• SP2: Shota Imanaga ($13.50M)
• SP3: Justin Steele ($6.40M)
• SP4: Jameson Taillon ($18.00M)
• SP5: Matthew Boyd ($7.50M)
• RP: Nate Pearson ($1.40M)
• RP: Tanner Scott ($14.00M)
• RP: Tyson Miller ($0.80M)
• RP: Porter Hodge ($0.80M)
• RP: Keegan Thompson ($1.00M)
• RP: Andrew Chafin ($4.75M)
• RP: Eli Morgan ($1.00M)
• RP: Kyle Finnegan ($3.50M)

Payroll is 8.66% under budget

[BKHoo]

One question: Why Suzuki in RF above Tucker? 

[LBiittner]

46 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

One question: Why Suzuki in RF above Tucker? 

Yeah, why use his gold glove caliber in the field. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Probably because the payroll blueprint tool defaults to Seiya in RF so it's easier to type Tucker into DH (over Bellinger who needs replaced in this scenario anyway) than to do it in RF then have to re-do Seiya at DH