Monday, December 5, 2011

State of the Roster: 2011 Re-Entry Draft Edition



A couple weeks ago, I put up the New York Red Bulls roster prior to the beginning of the off-season. Mr. Soler and Mr. Backe have been busy since then, and over at our facebook page, members of the Viper's Nest Editorial Board have been clamoring for an updated post to sum up the salary and roster ramifications of the moves thus far.

Below is the roster, including today's signing of Homegrown defender, Connor Lade.

Name
Player Des.
Roster Des.
Base Salary
Total Comp.
Cap Hit
Juan Agudelo
HG, GA
OB
55000
85000
0
Stephane Auvrey


60000
80000
80000
Medhi Ballouchy


125625
125625
125625
Thierry Henry
INT
DP
5000000
5600000
335000
Corey Hertzog
GA
OB
65000
93500
0
Sacir Hot
HG
OB
32600
33600
0
Matt Kassel
HG
OB
32600
36600
0
Stephen Keel

OB
44100
44100
0
Connor Lade
HG
OB
?
?
0
Joel Lindpere
INT

90000
125000
125000
Rafael Marquez
INT
DP
4600000
4600000
335000
Dax McCarty


155000
175000
175000
Roy Miller
INT

99996
99996
99996
Brian Nielsen
INT

120000
120000
120000
Tim Ream


55125
62625
62625
Dane Richards


145000
156500
156500
Carl Robinson
INT

75000
75000
75000
Luke Rodgers
INT

180000
180000
180000
Frank Rost
INT
DP
545460
545460
167500
Jan Gunnar Solli
INT

180000
180000
180000
Teemu Tainio
INT

159996
164996
164996
TOTALS
10 INT, 4 HG, 2 GA
3 DP, 6 OB
11,820,502
12,583,002
2,382,252


Roster moves since the off-season began:

WAIVED - Alex Horwath, Mike Jones, Tyler Lassiter, Marcos Paullo (INT), John Rooney (INT), and Teddy Schneider.

OPTION DECLINED - Chris Albright, Bouna Coundoul, Carlos Mendes (taken by Columbus in the Re-Entry draft.)

MYSTERIOUSLY SIGNED BY MONTREAL VIA MLS POLICY OF OBFUSCATION - Greg Sutton

SIGNED - Connor Lade (Homegrown). (Note, in the chart above, while we don't know his salary (I'll bet it is for one of the sub-$40,000 slots), we can be sure he is off-budget and will not impact our salary cap.)

While members of the front office have publicly spoken about Frank Rost departing, this move has not been made official and so he is still listed.

So, the team is currently spending $2,382,242 on the roster. The salary cap should rise to $2,800,000 for the 2012 season. This gives us about $420,000, plus 4 more off-budget slots (for young and low-salary types) of room. It should also be noted that in 2011, I calculate that we were using around $170,000 in allocation money to pay down our salaries to conform to last year's cap. The league's Policy of Obfuscation does not allow the amount of a team's available allocation money to be divulged, so there's no saying what we will have available in 2012.

Also, we currently have 10 International players, and it's anybody's guess how many of those slots we will have in 2012. I do know that the slot we got from DC in exchange for Austin da Luz was only for this season, and is being returned to DC on January 1. It is all but certain that Carl Robinson will not be on the roster in 2012, and Frank Rost's departure will bring us down to 8 slots. Hard to believe, though, that the Red Bulls won't look overseas to fill in some holes in the roster, though.

So, there you have the roster as of December 5, with whatever other roster and salary information I've been able to scrape together. What moves would you like to see the team make going forward? Where are our weak spots? Should we accept a transfer offer for either of our young stars, Tim Ream and Juan Agudelo, to boost our allocation dollars? Should the team work with the League, and Frank Rost, to find a way to bring him back without burning a DP designation on him? See anyone available in next week's second round of the Re-Entry Draft on which Mr. Soler should cast his eye? Let us know in the comments below.
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