Braves may cut payroll

[Fish Troll]

Braves may cut payroll
Friday, Sep 21, 2007 5:26 pm EDT

There are rumors that Liberty Media, which now owns the Atlanta Braves, will mandate a deep cut in this year's $89 million payroll.
That could be difficult since the club is already committed to John Smoltz ($14 million), Tim Hudson ($13 million), Chipper Jones ($12.3 million) and Mike Hampton ($15 million) in 2008 and also needs to sign Mark Teixeira to a long-term deal to justify trading top prospect Jarrod Saltalamachia to get him.

Look like the Braves are throwing in the white towel. Might as well since they haven't reach the playoff for 2 years.

[seaver41]

I guess this means no Andruw Jones.

I wish they didn't extend Smoltz's contract. I would have liked to see him go to the Tigers (He's from the Detroit area and was drafted by the Tigers).

[Maddog31]

This rumor is not true. Selig put a clause in LM's contract that says they can't make the payroll any lower.