Rosters, Salaries, and Prospects for the American League East

They're a top-down listing of everything you might want to know about your club: leadership and executive structure, rosters all the way down to single A, salary information, team/player/mutual/vesting options, and arbitration details as well.

Contracts + Depth Charts + Prospects = MLB COMPLETE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS!

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Find the links to each AL East Complete Organizational Charts after the jump:

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The New York Yankees have signed Russel Branyan to a minor league deal, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com.

Branyan, a 36-year-old corner infielder/outfielder is a 14-year vet and has always been a low average, high-power guy -- he has a career line that reads like an Adam Dunn fan's wet dream: .232 / .329 / .485. He's managed to scrape together around 11 wins above replacement over those 14 seasons, mostly on the back of that power.

Marc Craig of the Star-Ledger notes that the Branyan deal is indeed a minor league one and won't hurt the team since there's little risk. Further, the deal should have no impact on pursuing "Chavez, Matsui, Damon, Ibanez, etc."

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The San Diego Padres are nearing a deal to sign Jeff Suppan, according to the team. It would be a minor league deal and will include an invite to Spring Training.

Suppan, 37, has 16 seasons as a pro under his belt and has played for the Royals, Cardinals, Red Sox, Brewers, Diamondbacks, and the Pirates. He's holds a career 4.69 ERA and has earned nearly 13 wins above replacement throughout his career -- though that number has been coming down the past few years as he's been worth negative value to his clubs.

He pitched 100 innings at a 3.84 ERA clip for the Brewers and Cardinals in 2011.

• Twitter / @FollowThePadres - "Hearing #Padres will sign RHP Jeff Suppan today to a Minor League deal invite to ST. Depth move. More soon at Padres.com #MLB"
• San Diego Padres Complete Organizational Chart - MLB Daily Dish
  A complete, live chart of the Padres organization -- leadership, rosters, salaries, arbitration and options, as well as prospect rankings.

Emilio Bonifacio was awarded a $2.2 million salary for the 2012 season by winning his arbitration case against the Miami Marlins, according to Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald.

The Marlins had countered his request by offering $1.95 million, but in losing the case lost an extra $250 thousand. Not bad for a player coming off a two-and-a-half WAR season -- especially a 23 year old that can play every position on the field (other than pitcher and catcher).

Bonaifacio, 26, is coming off his best season as a pro, hitting .296 / .360 / .393 with 40 stolen bases versus just 11 caught stealing. 2011 was his third season as a Marlin and fifth as a pro. Juan Rodriguez of the Sun-Sentinel suggests the Marlins will use Bonifacio as their starting center fielder.

The Marlins also lost their case against Anibal Sanchez, which was reported Monday.

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FOX Sport's Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Texas Rangers and SS Elivs Andrus have avoided arbitration and agreed to a 3 year deal worth $14-$15 million.

The 23 year old started 150 games and had a career best .279/.341/.361 split with a 4.5 WAR. With career highs in Runs, RBIs and Stolen Bases, Andrus' new contract comes at a time when Josh Hamilton is entering his final year of his contract with the club.

The Rangers still need to secure Nelson Cruz and Mike Napoli for the coming 2012 season to go along with a payroll that has been on the rise in recent years. Although adding on Darvish, the posting fee does not count against the payroll.

Flexibility may no longer be a problem with the Rangers now that Nolan Ryan enters his second full season of full ownership of the team and the rest of the American League teams packing on All-Stars from the National League.

The Boston Red Sox have signed top Australian propect Daniel McGrath, according to Rob Bradford of WEEI, originally reported by @sonsofsamhorn. McGrath is a 17-year-old pitcher is reportedly deciding between attending college in the United States -- or signing a professional contract:

• Red Sox lock up highly-regarded Australian teenage pitcher Daniel McGrath - Rob Bradfor | WEEI
  "According to a major league source, the Red Sox have agreed to terms with highly-touted 17-year-old pitcher Daniel McGrath."

Red Sox sign top Australian prospect Daniel McGrath - Sons of Sam Horn
"MELBOURNE Aces manager and international scout Phil Dale believes 17-year-old Doncaster pitcher Daniel McGrath is the next on the radar to head to the US after fielding a swag of major league contracts. The explosive young talent - who made his debut on the Aces' roster last season - is choosing between going to college in the US and signing a professional contract. But it appears certain that he will join the more experienced Aces pitcher Shane Lindsay - who signed with the LA Dodgers last week - to head to the US at the completion of the Aces' season."

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