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[JCA-CrystalCity]

Red Sox lead the majors in one category already - most money on bench / paying other teams / in minors with MLB guarantees.  $48MM.  Panda, Castillo, Craig (in the minors) is about $38MM of it. Hannigan and Young are also non-regulars making some money.  This does not even count Porcello's contract because he is the 4th starter.  NExt closest is the Angels at about $31MM, most of the owed to Josh Hamilton.  Indians are surprisingly high, too (Swisher, Bourn and others).  As a % of payroll, boht the Indians and the Rays (Loney) have more bench money. Per Alex Speier at Boston.com.

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