Team Future Payrolls
- Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)
| Name | Age | Yrs | Acquired | SrvTm | Agent | Contract Status | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansby Swanson | 31 | 9 | Free Agency | 8.047 | Excel Sports Mana... | 7 yrs/$177M (23-29) | $28M | $28M | $28M | $27M | $26M |
| Seiya Suzuki | 30 | 3 | Free Agency | 3.000 | Wasserman | 5 yrs/$85M (22-26) | $19M | $19M | Arb | FA | |
| Jameson Taillon | 33 | 8 | Free Agency | 8.110 | Excel Sports Mana... | 4 yrs/$68M (23-26) | $18M | $18M | FA | ||
| Ian Happ | 30 | 8 | Amateur Draft | 7.036 | Excel Sports Mana... | 3 yrs/$61M (24-26) | $21M | $19M | FA | ||
| Nico Hoerner | 28 | 6 | Amateur Draft | 5.014 | Apex Baseball | 3 yrs/$35M (24-26) | $11.5M | $12M | FA | ||
| Shota Imanaga | 31 | 1st | Free Agency | 1.000 | 2 yrs/$22.5M (24-25) & 26-28 team option | $13.25M | $0 [*] | $0 [Arb-*] | $0 [Arb-*] | Arb | |
| Julian Merryweather | 33 | 5 | Waivers | 4.109 | Warner Sports Man... | 1 yr/$1.23M (25) | $1.23M | Arb | FA | ||
| Keegan Thompson | 30 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 3.006 | 1 yr/$850k (25) | $850k | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Kyle Tucker | 28 | 7 | 5.079 | Excel Sports Mana... | Arb-3 (~$15.8M) | FA | |||||
| Nate Pearson | 28 | 4 | Traded | 4.005 | Excel Sports Mana... | Arb-2 (~$1.4M) | Arb-3 | FA | |||
| Justin Steele | 29 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 3.143 | Wasserman | Arb-1 (~$6.4M) | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | ||
| Eli Morgan | 29 | 4 | 3.091 | Arb-1 (~$1M) | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | ||||
| Cody Poteet | 30 | 3 | 2.095 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | |||
| Ethan Roberts | 27 | 2 | Free Agency | 2.075 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | ||
| Javier Assad | 27 | 3 | Free Agency | 2.027 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | ||
| Vidal Bruján | 27 | 4 | 2.014 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | |||
| Matt Festa | 32 | 5 | 2.003 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | FA | |||
| Rob Zastryzny | 33 | 6 | Amateur Draft | 1.157 | Pre-Arb-2 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | Arb-4 | ||
| Miguel Amaya | 26 | 2 | Free Agency | 1.130 | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Tyson Miller | 29 | 4 | Traded | 1.085 | Wasserman | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | |
| Michael Busch | 27 | 2 | Traded | 1.045 | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Jordan Wicks | 25 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 1.037 | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Luke Little | 24 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 1.020 | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Ben Brown | 25 | 1st | Traded | 1.000 | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | 23 | 2 | Traded | 0.170 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Daniel Palencia | 25 | 2 | Traded | 0.159 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Caleb Kilian | 28 | 3 | Traded | 0.153 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | Arb-3 | ||
| Porter Hodge | 24 | 1st | Amateur Draft | 0.125 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Gavin Hollowell | 27 | 3 | Waivers | 0.095 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Alexander Canario | 25 | 2 | Traded | 0.062 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Luis Vázquez | 25 | 1st | Amateur Draft | 0.047 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Jack Neely | 25 | 1st | Traded | 0.034 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Kevin Alcántara | 22 | 1st | Traded | 0.005 | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb-2 | Pre-Arb-3 | Arb-1 | Arb-2 | ||
| Cody Bellinger traded to/from | $2.5M | $2.5M | |||||||||
| Drew Smyly buyout | $2.5M | ||||||||||
| David Bote buyout | $1M | ||||||||||
| Name | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | ||||||
| Signed | Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) | *8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Dollars Committed | Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) | *$121.3M | $101M | $28M | $27M | $26M | |||||
| Contract Options | Players with any type of option | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Option Values | Maximum value of options if all are exercised | $20M | $20M | $17M | |||||||
| Arb Eligible | Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) | 2-1-1-0 | 6-2-3-0 | 9-6-4-0 | 6-9-6-0 | 0-6-10-1 | |||||
| Arb Costs | Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) | †$24.6M | $45.8M | $75.6M | $94M | $106.2M | |||||
| Other Players | Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| Other Costs | Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) | $9.86M | $6.82M | $3.79M | $2.27M | $5.31M | |||||
| Payroll (no options) | Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other) | $155.8M | $153.6M | $107.4M | $123.3M | $137.5M | |||||
| Payroll (options) | Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other) | $155.8M | $172.9M | $126.7M | $139.6M | $137.5M | |||||
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