Joe Mauer ($23M), Phil Hughes ($9.2M), Ervin Santana ($7.6M) and Trevor Plouffe ($7.25M) combined to make up 46 percent of the team’s 2016 payroll. Here’s a look at their salaries for the upcoming season.
Mauer:
$23 million
Hughes:
$9.2 million
Plouffe:
$8.2 million*
Santana:
$13.5 million
* Arbitration-eligible players can have their salary set by an independent arbitrator; most will receive significant raises. Salaries listed for 2017 are projections, courtesy of mlbtraderumors.com.
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