With the roster seemingly now virtually complete, here's a look at the projected Mets roster and payroll. It looks like a 37 percent payroll decline from 2011 (about $143 million):
Rotation
Johan Santana, $24 million
R.A. Dickey, $4.25 million
Jon Niese, $500,000
Mike Pelfrey, $5.5 million (arbitration estimate)
Dillon Gee, $500,000
Subtotal: $34.75 million
Lineup
Andres Torres, cf, $2.75 million (arbitration estimate)
Daniel Murphy, 2b, $500,000
David Wright, 3b, $15 million
Ike Davis, 1b, $500,000
Jason Bay, lf, $16 million
Lucas Duda, rf, $500,000
Josh Thole, c, $500,000
Ruben Tejada, ss, $500,000
Subtotal: $36.25 million
Bench
Scott Hairston, of, $1.1 million
Ronny Cedeno, if, $1.15 million
Mike Nickeas, c, $500,000
Justin Turner, if, $500,000
Mike Baxter/Adam Loewen, of, $500,000
Subtotal: $3.75 million
Bullpen
Frank Francisco, $5.5 million
Jon Rauch, $3.5 million
Tim Byrdak, $1 million
Ramon Ramirez, $2 million (arbitration estimate)
Manny Acosta, $1 million (arbitration estimate)
Bobby Parnell, $500,000
Long man/second left-hander, $600,000
Subtotal: $14.1 million
Other
D.J. Carrasco, $1.2 million
TOTAL: $90.05 million