2013 Player Salaries

The 2013 Salary List is out, here are the Rapids salaries:

Player		Pos	Base	Guaranteed
Armstrong	David	M	46,500.00	55,964.29
Brown	Deshorn	F	65,000.00	113,000.00
Buddle	Edson	F	275,000.00	275,000.00
Calderon	Diego	D	50,000.00	50,000.00
Cascio	Tony	M	64,900.00	98,650.00
Castrillon	Jaime	M	46,500.00	46,500.00
Ceus	Steward	GK	60,000.00	70,333.33
Griffiths	Brenton	D	35,125.00	35,125.00
Harbottle	Kevin	F	180,000.00	180,000.00
Harris	Atiba	M-F	165,000.00	173,275.00
Hill	Kamani	M	46,500.00	46,500.00
Irwin	Clint	GK	35,125.00	35,125.00
Kindle	Kory	D	35,125.00	35,125.00
Klute	Chris	D	46,500.00	46,500.00
LaBrocca	Nick	M	120,000.00	138,333.33
Mastroeni	Pablo	M-D	150,000.00	200,000.00
Moor	Drew	D	235,000.00	247,000.00
Mullan	Brian	M	162,000.00	170,335.00
Mwanga	Danny	F	130,000.00	171,250.00
O'Neill	Shane	M	49,350.00	60,850.00
Pickens	Matt	GK	190,000.00	212,933.33
Powers	Dillon	M	46,500.00	79,000.00
Rivero	Martin	M	75,000.00	75,000.00
Serna	Dillon	M	46,500.00	59,500.00
Smith	Jamie	M	46,500.00	46,500.00
Sturgis	Nathan	D-M	93,712.50	97,962.50
Thomas	Hendry	M	180,000.00	200,000.00
Wallace	Anthony	D-M	66,563.70	66,563.70
Wynne	Marvell	D	200,000.00	285,000.00

For comparison, here are the 2012 salaries.  Some notes:

• More than $10K Raises:
• Cascio - $20K
• Ceus - $16K/$26K
• Klute - $13K
• Moor - $35K
• Mullan - $10K
• Pickens - $12K/$31K
• Rivero - $25K
• Total - $131K/$160K
• Reductions:
• Mastroeni - $90K/$45K
• Smith - $102K/$112K
• Wynne - $50K/$45K
• Total - $242K/$202K
• As you can see, any raises we gave out were more than covered by the new contracts to Mastroeni, Smith, and Wynne.  Smith really took a big hit which shows how much he had to work himself onto the team in preseason.
• The 2013 salary cap is 2.95 million, but only the top 20 players count towards the cap.  The Rapids top 20 have a base of 2.51 million and a guaranteed of 2.88 million.  That gives us a little wiggle room to fit in Mera.
• Clint Irwin at $35K is the steal of the league.  Given that he was the 3rd string keeper when he signed the contract I can't say he deserved more, but safe bet that in 2014 he'll be making significantly more.
• Rivero, Calderon, Castrillon, and Klute are all steals at $75K or less (assuming they recover from injury).
• On the flip side, we're paying Buddle $275K?  Harris $173K?  Mwanga $171K?  Talk about wasted money.
• Buddle's number is particularly annoying when you look at Philly's list and see Casey is only making $175K.  The face that he took that amount to leave his hometown means we could have signed him for somewhere under $250K, which would have been a very smart move.  Buddle has a lot to live up to when he gets healthy.
• Meanwhile Cummings is getting $225K/$239K.  Good move to trade him when we did as he hasn't deserved that money since 2010.
• Larentowicz is making $225K/$231K, so essentially we could have him or Thomas.  I can't say we made a poor choice.