http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , you’re probably asking yourself: how much do the Angels have to spend in free agency? This post is to figure out just that."Projecting payroll and average annual value (AAV) is important as the two are both functions of population size and density, team quality, team enthusiasm, unemployment, consumer wages, and consumer confidence, among other factors. While the AAV is used for luxury tax calculations, and teams receive fines and penalties for exceeding the luxury tax threshold (which is $206 million this year), the actual figure is incredibly important as it represents how much money is spent on the roster each year. It is important to remember that major league baseball is a business first, and businesses lose money if they incur more costs than they generate in revenue. As for this year’s data, Jeff Fletcher, a team beat writer with the Orange County Register, maintains an updated spreadsheet which has the team’s AAV for luxury tax purposes at $144,152,381. By adjusting that figure for how much players will actually make (recall that AAV is simply the average amount per year that a player makes, and frontloading or backloading the contract makes the actual amount vary from the AAV) by adding in players on the 40-man roster ($2.25M) and estimated player benefits ($14.5M), we arrive at an actual payroll that would clock in at $161 Kenta Maeda Jersey ,500,000 if no changes are made to the roster. While accurately predicting the exact year-end payroll of a given year is a crapshoot, the best we can do is evaluate past year-end payrolls and revise payroll accordingly based on the changes that have occurred. Cot’s Contracts is a big help here, as they have the past five years of the team’s actual baseball payroll data; they have luxury tax calculations on their site, too. Angels payroll, 2013-2017YearYear-end payrollPayroll rankYearYear-end payrollPayroll rankThroughout this time, you’ll also see that the Angels find themselves in the mid-to-upper tier of teams, not wealthy enough to exceed the luxury tax threshold on a consistent basis yet having the funds to stay competitive. There are several reasons for the payroll increase over the last five years: most prominent of those are the backloading of the contracts of Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Jered Weaver, and Mike Trout. While 2018 year-end numbers have not yet been published, I foresee this to be in the mid to high-170 million dollar range, due to not having spent much money during the season, trading away Ian Kinsler and Martin Maldonado at the trade deadline, and adding in player benefits and 40-man roster expenses. So long as the Angels are competitive throughout the season, which I expect to be the case as the Mariners are looking to “reshape” their roster and the 25-man roster isn’t hit with the bubonic plague, I expect the organization to be in the $188-193 million range in actual payroll Matt Kemp Jersey , due to several factors: (1) increased pressure to win now, due to the perhaps dwindling future presence of Mike Trout, (2) high stadium attendance and booming sales figures of team store items, (3) international interest in the organization (thanks to both Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout), and (4) strong consumer confidence which bodes well for discretionary-income-centric businesses such as professional sports organizations. To be conservative in each of the staff’s general manager scenarios over the next several weeks, we will be using $190 million as the actual payroll, which means the organization would have an all-encompassing additional $28.5 million to spend this winter. Celebrate responsibly. MIAMI — He was born and raised 45 minutes away from Boston’s Fenway Park. His first collegiate win was a no-hitter over Yale. And, at age 25, he has already been a first-round pick and a trade chip.He’s Sean Newcomb, a 6-foot-5, 255-pound left-hander and a key member of the Atlanta Braves rotation.On Thursday, Newcomb (10-6, 3.73 ERA) will open a four-game series at the host Miami Marlins.Article continues below ...The Braves are 13-11 when Newcomb starts this year, but his two most recent outings have been bombs, allowing 21 hits, five walks and 12 earned runs in 9 1/3 innings.Newcomb, whose average fastball is middle of the road in the majors at 93 mph http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , believes the key to getting back on track are his changeup and curve.“The changeup being good has been a big help,” Newcomb told The Atlanta Journal Constitution earlier this year. “It’s starting to be something to keep guys off my fastball.”Since making his major league debut last year, Newcomb is 3-1 with a 2.48 ERA in five starts against the Marlins. So, perhaps pitching against Miami can revive Newcomb, who was brilliant in May (5-0, 1.54 ERA). He was also strong in June (2-1, 2.67 ERA) before posting a 2-4 record since. He had a 5.06 ERA in July and owns a 7.63 ERA so far in three August starts.Newcomb on Thursday will face Marlins rookie right-hander Elieser Hernandez (2-6, 5.08 ERA).Hernandez has a 1.13 ERA in four relief appearances against the Braves, covering eight innings.But, as a starter, Hernandez is 0-4 with a 4.50 ERA.Hernandez, a 23-year-old from Venezuela, doesn’t throw as hard as Newcomb, averaging just 90.5 mph. He is much better at home (2-4, 2.43 ERA) than on the road (0-2, 10.07).August has been Hernandez’s best month so far as he has a 2.00 ERA in six relief appearances, covering nine innings.As for the lineups on Thursday http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-cozart-jersey , the Braves are hoping to get back catcher Kurt Suzuki, who took a pitch off his elbow on Tuesday in a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.Tyler Flowers has been starting while Suzuki is out, and the Braves have also recalled 38-year-old veteran catcher Chris Stewart from Triple-A Gwinnett.Atlanta also is without its closer, Arodys Vizcaino, who has 29 saves over the past two years but is on the disabled list due to shoulder inflammation. He is expected to return next month.Miami has injury issues of its own. Center fielder Lewis Brinson (hip), third baseman Martin Prado (quadriceps), first baseman/outfielder Garrett Cooper (right wrist), starting pitcher Caleb Smith (lat strain) and reliever Kyle Barraclough (back) are all out.And starting pitcher Jose Urena is on the suspension list after hitting Braves star rookie Ronald Acuna with a pitch the last time these two teams played.The Marlins are coming off a 9-3 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Miami infielder Miguel Rojas smashed a three-run homer as part of a five-run sixth inning.Rojas delivered his shot — which was his 10th homer of the season — on the night that his mother and other family members flew in from Venezuela.“I don’t know what it is, but it’s something coming from upstairs (God) that always give me the chance to make something special for them,” Rojas said.Pinch-hitter JT Riddle slugged a two-run homer in the eighth to pad Miami’s lead.Meanwhile, the Braves beat the host Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Wednesday night as Jonny Venters earned just his second save of the season. A.J. Minter, who has taken over as Atlanta’s closer, was given the night off as he deals with an ailing back.In addition, Acuna — a player the Marlins know well — hit his 20th homer of the season and his sixth while leading off a game. He has also hit 13 homers since the All-Star break.