"After yesterday's arbitration-avoiding deals and exchanging of figure, the Nationals have their clearest picture yet of their 2012 payroll, or at least what it will look like without Prince Fielder.

They still need to determine 2012 salaries for John Lannan and Michael Morse, both of whomthey filed salary figures against. For these purposes, let's assume they win the $5.7 million and $5 million they filed for, the most-expensive case for the Nats. Based on some back-of-the-envelope arithmetic, then, the Nationals' 2012 payroll sits at a little less than $75 million at the moment. "