This roster is only 41.24M...about 2M less than my full-season roster...and I think it's superior to the higher-priced one. That's the advantage of two months' hindsight and watching the sleepers who have had breakout years so far. I'm pretty much set at 1B, 2B, SS & Closer. I'm definitely getting Posey as one catcher, but I've also looked at Molina, Santana & Mauer as well as Gattis & Napoli. At 3B I've considered Longoria for Wright and Donaldson for Machado. There are 2 or 3 other outfielders I've looked at, and 2 or 3 SPs outside the 12 on this roster.
Pos Player Salary
C Gattis, Evan C,UT - ATL 700,000
C Napoli, Mike C,UT - BOS 760,000
1B Davis, Chris 1B,UT - BAL 890,000
1B Votto, Joey 1B,UT - CIN 1,470,000
2B Pedroia, Dustin 2B,UT - BOS 1,210,000
2B Phillips, Brandon 2B,UT - CIN 1,180,000
3B Cabrera, Miguel 3B,UT - DET 1,700,000
3B Wright, David 3B,UT - NYM 1,300,000
SS Segura, Jean SS,UT - MIL 450,000
SS Tulowitzki, Troy SS,UT - COL 1,270,000
OF Brown, Domonic OF,UT - PHI 480,000
OF Ellsbury, Jacoby OF,UT - BOS 1,030,000
OF Gonzalez, Carlos OF,UT - COL 1,360,000
OF Jones, Adam OF,UT - BAL 1,250,000
OF McCutchen, Andrew OF,UT - PIT 1,550,000
OF Trout, Mike OF,UT - LAA 1,450,000
UT Encarnacion, Edwin 1B,UT - TOR 1,300,000
UT Machado, Manny 3B,UT - BAL 560,000
SP Corbin, Patrick SP,P - ARI 550,000
SP Harvey, Matt SP,P - NYM 720,000
SP Iwakuma, Hisashi SP,P - SEA 720,000
SP Kershaw, Clayton SP,P - LAD 1,560,000
SP Miller, Shelby SP,P - STL 640,000
SP Minor, Mike SP,P - ATL 770,000
RP Grilli, Jason RP,P - PIT 850,000
RP Kimbrel, Craig RP,P - ATL 1,300,000
RP Mujica, Edward RP,P - STL 730,000
P Chapman, Aroldis SP,P - CIN 1,110,000
Total 28,860,000
RESERVE
Player Salary
Posey, Buster C,UT - SF 990,000
Goldschmidt, Paul 1B,UT - ARI 1,120,000
Cano, Robinson 2B,UT - NYY 1,530,000
Cabrera, Everth SS,UT - SD 620,000
Fowler, Dexter OF,UT - COL 870,000
Gomez, Carlos OF,UT - MIL 920,000
Buchholz, Clay SP,P - BOS 760,000
Darvish, Yu SP,P - TEX 1,000,000
Hernandez, Felix SP,P - SEA 1,250,000
Lee, Cliff SP,P - PHI 1,170,000
Scherzer, Max SP,P - DET 1,050,000
Wainwright, Adam SP,P - STL 1,100,000
Total 12,380,000