Still several free agents I think could help this team.
Bader, Hays, Andujar, Marte, Conforto in the OF. Rengifo and Castro at 2B. Hoskins, France, and Goldschmidt at 1B/DH.
Buehler, Canning, Paddack, Montgomery as SP options.
Dominguez, Kopech, Junis, Allard in the bullpen.
So, Clevelandâs cash payroll currently sits at about $84.2M with Clase and Ortiz.
If you operate under the assumption you wonât have to pay them in 2026, you then sit at about $77.4M, which would place them squarely in last place in cash payroll in MLB.