Chicago White Sox Salaries and Contracts

Team Name: Chicago White Sox

Seasons: 124 (1901 to 2024)

Record: 9594-9612, .500 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 11

Pennants: 6

World Championships: 3

Winningest Manager: Jimmy Dykes, 899-940, .489 W-L%

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Team Future Payrolls

Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)

Team Future Payrolls
Name	Age	Yrs	Acquired	SrvTm	Agent	Contract Status	2025	2026	2027
Andrew Benintendi	30	9	Free Agency	8.062	Excel Sports Mana...	5 yrs/$75M (23-27)	$17.1M	$17.1M	$15.1M
Luis Robert Jr.	27	5	Amateur Free Agent	5.000	Magnus Sports	6 yrs/$50M (20-25) & 26-27 team option	$15M	$2M [FA-*]	$0 [FA-*]
Austin Slater	32	8		6.147	Ballengee Group	1 yr/$1.75M (25)	$1.75M	FA
Matt Thaiss	30	6		3.038	Pro Agents, Inc.	1 yr/$1M (25)	$1M	Arb	Arb
Andrew Vaughn	27	4	Amateur Draft	4.000			Arb-2 (~$6.4M)	Arb-3	FA
Justin Anderson	32	3		3.122			Arb-1 (~$1.1M)	Arb-2	Arb-3
Steven Wilson	30	3	Traded	3.000	Wasserman		Arb-1 (~$1M)	Arb-2	Arb-3
Penn Murfee	31	2		2.169			Arb-1 (~$800k)	Arb-2	Arb-3
Jesse Scholtens	31	1st	Free Agency	1.125			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Miguel Vargas	25	3	Traded	1.101			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Tyler Gilbert	31	4		1.076	Ballengee Group		Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Korey Lee	26	3	Traded	1.071			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Jared Shuster	26	2	Traded	1.066			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Lenyn Sosa	25	3	Free Agency	1.044			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Dominic Fletcher	27	2	Traded	1.040			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1
Gus Varland	28	2	Waivers	0.169			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Arb-1
Jordan Leasure	26	1st	Traded	0.162			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Arb-1
Cam Booser	33	1st		0.150			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Arb-1
Oscar Colás	26	2	Free Agency	0.147			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Jonathan Cannon	24	1st	Amateur Draft	0.127			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Davis Martin	28	2	Amateur Draft	0.117			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Drew Thorpe	24	1st	Traded	0.111			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Brooks Baldwin	24	1st	Amateur Draft	0.073			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Fraser Ellard	27	1st	Amateur Draft	0.062			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Nick Nastrini	25	1st	Traded	0.058	Wasserman		Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Ky Bush	25	1st	Traded	0.056			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Bryan Ramos	23	1st	Free Agency	0.053			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Prelander Berroa	25	2	Traded	0.045			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Zach DeLoach	26	1st	Traded	0.042			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Jairo Iriarte	23	1st	Traded	0.029			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Sean Burke	25	1st	Amateur Draft	0.020			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3
Jake Eder	26	1st	Traded	0.018			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3

	Max Stassi buyout						$500k
	Martín Maldonado buyout						$250k
	Yoán Moncada buyout						$5M
	Eloy Jiménez traded to/from						$1.5M
	John Brebbia buyout						$1.5M
Name							2025	2026	2027
Signed	Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options)						*4	1	1
Dollars Committed	Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts)						*$43.9M	$19.1M	$15.1M

Contract Options	Players with any type of option							1	1
Option Values	Maximum value of options if all are exercised							$20M	$20M

Arb Eligible	Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds)						3-1-0-0	0-3-2-0	10-0-4-0
Arb Costs	Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..)						†$9.3M	$26.16M	$56.7M

Other Players	Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised)						17	19	10
Other Costs	Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players)						$12.89M	$14.41M	$7.58M

Payroll (no options)	Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other)						$66M	$59.7M	$79.4M
Payroll (options)	Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other)						$66M	$78.9M	$98.6M

* - This is not intended as an accurate payroll accounting for current. Trades are not prorated, new debuts are not added, incentives are not included.
† - 2025 arbitration projections are provided by Matt Swartz and MLBTradeRumors.com. Please check the link for a description of process and a lot more great transaction content.
All salary values are VERY unofficial. On occasion, we have estimated arbitration eligibility.
Future arbitration eligibility assumes players will play full major league seasons.
Signing bonuses are typically prorated across the contract, but in some cases may have been paid at the time of signing.
For information like contract history, contract incentives, and more, we heartily recommend Cot's Contracts
Unsigned players salaries are estimated based on the last three years of salary data:

$758.18k for pre-arbitration, $2.59M for 1st-year arb, $3.59M for 2nd-year-arb, $7.7M for 3rd-year-arb, $7.7M for 4th-year-arb.
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