Marlins payroll in 2008 was $22,650.000. They are expected to raise it to $40 million for 2009.

Back on August 10th…Chris Jenkins from the U-T wrote an article about Brian Giles and his decision to not accept a trade to the Red Sox. In it he wrote this:

As part of a pitch to get Brian Giles to accept a trade to the Red Sox this past week, a Padres executive painted a stark fiscal picture for 2009, saying club owner John Moores might shrink the payroll to $40 million.

The account comes from Giles’ teammates, who say they now expect the club to slash payroll and wage full-scale rebuilding this offseason.

At the time, everybody thought what a bunch of crap it was that they would drop the payroll to the $40 million range.

is the current padres contracts

Projected Padres Payroll for 2009

Any players that were outrighted to AAA will probably be replaced by other players at or near the major league minimum.

If Peavy is traded, all of the players being mentioned would make the major league minimum. Peavy will make $11 million in 2009.

We don’t know what other possible trades are on the horizon, but Greene is pretty certain to be traded. Greene will make $6.5 million in 2009.

Kouzmanoff will be a probable trade if a ML ready outfielder is picked up in the Peavy trade. He is not arbitration eligible and will probably be renewed at the major league minimum.

Giles is probably not going to be traded until near the trading deadline.