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Roger Mooney covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Tampa Tribune, TBO.com and News Channel 8. He has covered the Rays since their first season in 1998, including 11 years for the Bradenton Herald. Roger has also covered Florida, South Florida and Florida State football, the Bucs and the Lightning.

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Sternberg: Payroll to go down after this season

Posted Feb 15, 2010 by Roger Mooney

Updated Feb 15, 2010 at 09:16 PM

Rays owner Stuart Sternberg was a guest Monday night on the Rays weekly Hot Stove Show (WDAE 620 am) and told hosts Andy Freed and Dave Wills that Rays fans can expect a reduced payroll after this season.

“It won’t be 70 (million) and it won’t be 60 (million),” he said.

The payroll is around $72 million for 2010 and includes huge contracts for Carl Crawford ($10 million), Carlos Pena ($10.125) and newly signed closer Rafael Soriano ($7.25).

“We did out-spend ourselves last year and completely out-spent ourselves this year, and we’ll feel the effects of that next year,” Sternberg said.

Crawford and Pena are in the final years of their contracts. Soriano recieved a one-year deal.

Trading for and paying Soriano was a sign the Rays are loading up for another run at the World Series, but it is hard to see a scenario where the Rays resign Crawford, Pena, Soriano or any combination of the three.