Brewers Payroll Growing Rapidly

The signing of free agent outfielder Lorenzo Cain and the trade for outfielder Christian Yelich are pushing the lowest payroll in the major leagues much higher for the Milwaukee Brewers.  Last year’s payroll of 60-million dollars is projected to hit 90-million — even if the team makes no more additions.  Ryan Braun is the highest-paid Brewer at 19-million dollars, followed by Cain at 13-million.  Milwaukee is the smallest media market in baseball and even with the big jump, the Brewers are still very near the bottom of the salary list.  Management indicates more moves are possible for the team which surprised everyone by winning 86 games last year.