As the Opening Day roster is finalized, the payroll for the upcoming season comes into focus
With just a couple of games left to go in spring training, the Brewers’ Opening Day roster is nearly set. They’ve informed most players that they will be on the roster, and barring a last-minute roster move, we know who will be on the Opening Day roster. With that in place, let’s take an updated look at where the Brewers payroll stands.
Before we get to the payroll, a few quick notes.
- For pre-arbitration players, I’ll be using an estimate of $800,000 for this season. The actual values of these contracts can slightly differ, but it will not be a significant amount.
- There are incentive clauses included in some contracts, but those are not factored here.
- There are a few amounts I’ll include at the end, but those will not count for the official payroll (but may count for the luxury tax payroll).
- Payroll data is from RosterResource on FanGraphs, as well as Spotrac.
Catchers
- William Contreras: $6,000,000
- Eric Haase: $1,350,000
- Total: $7,350,000
Infielders
- Rhys Hoskins: $18,000,000
- Jake Bauers: $1,000,000
- Brice Turang: $800,000
- Joey Ortiz: $800,000
- Oliver Dunn: $800,000
- Vinny Capra: $800,000
- Isaac Collins: $800,000
- Total: $23,000,000
Outfielders
- Christian Yelich: $26,000,000
- Jackson Chourio: $4,250,000
- Garrett Mitchell: $800,000
- Sal Frelick: $800,000
- Total: $31,850,000
Starting Pitchers
- Freddy Peralta: $8,000,000
- Aaron Civale: $8,000,000
- Nestor Cortes: $7,650,000
- Jose Quintana: $2,250,000
- Total: $25,900,000
Relief Pitchers
- Joel Payamps: $2,995,000
- Trevor Megill: $1,940,000
- Tyler Alexander: $1,000,000
- Elvin Rodriguez: $900,000
- Bryan Hudson: $800,000
- Jared Koenig: $800,000
- Elvis Peguero: $800,000
- Connor Thomas: $800,000
- Abner Uribe: $800,000
- Total: $10,835,000
Injured List
- Brandon Woodruff: $5,000,000
- Aaron Ashby: $3,450,000
- Nick Mears: $963,000
- Robert Gasser: $800,000
- DL Hall: $800,000
- Tobias Myers: $800,000
- Blake Perkins: $800,000
- Total: $11,813,000
Other Commitments
- Gary Sánchez buyout: $4,000,000
- Frankie Montas buyout: $2,000,000
- Wade Miley buyout: $1,500,000
- Colin Rea buyout: $1,000,000
- Devin Williams buyout: $250,000
- Frankie Montas/Jakob Junis trade owed: $160,000
- Devin Williams/Nestor Cortes trade received: -$2,000,000
- Total: $6,910,000
Summary
- Catchers: $7,350,000
- Infielders: $23,000,000
- Outfielders: $31,850,000
- Starting Pitchers: $25,900,000
- Relief Pitchers: $10,835,000
- Injured List: $11,813,000
- Other Commitments: $6,910,000
- Grand Total: $117,658,000
Other Financial Commitments
- Estimated Player Benefits: $17,500,000
- Minor-League Contracts for 40-Man Roster: $2,500,000
- Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Payment: $1,666,667
- Deferred Money for Ryan Braun: $1,800,000
- Deferred Money for Lorenzo Cain: $1,000,000