The Houston Astros could see their payroll increase by $20 million next season, according to owner Jim Crane.

Crane sounded willing to spend more money if the decisions made baseball sense.

“I think somewhere around [$20M]," said Crane. "We're not going to spend it to spend it. We're going to try to spend it effectively and you know if we need to stretch a little, we'll stretch a little. If there's not a good reason to do that, we won't do that. But you know we'll continue to move up."

The Astros began the 2014 season with a $50 million payroll.