I am drawing that info from Roster Resource on fangraphs. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/astros. Their math may be off and my math may be off even more. That page says the CBT hit to the Astros for Correa in 2025 is only $1.5M which is very hard to believe. Since the other teams covered the bulk of Sanchez and Urias salaries, their math shows Houston still under the tax. If Houston was able to add those 3 players without giving up any major prospects and still stay under the CBT (preserving a 2nd round pick when Framber rejects a QO), Dana Brown and Jim Crane literally deserve an award.
spotrac says we are on the hook for for like 8.5 million. I have no idea how any of this stuff works.
I know how it works (mostly) but getting verified details of the amount each team is paying in these deals is hard. Spotrac shows $8.412M for actual cash owed by Houston but only $6.89M for CBT purposes.
I'm pretty sure I've learned in the past to just not worry about it until MLB does their official calculations after the season.
