Cincinnati Reds Salaries and Contracts

Team Names: Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Redlegs, Cincinnati

Seasons: 143 (1882 to 2024)

Record: 10934-10766, .504 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 16

Pennants: 10

World Championships: 5

Winningest Manager: Sparky Anderson, 863-586, .596 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	2028	2029
Hunter Greene	25	3	Amateur Draft	3.000		6 yrs/$53M (23-28) & 29 team option	$6.33M	$8.33M	$15.33M	$16.33M	$2M [FA-*]
Jeimer Candelario	31	9	Free Agency	7.038	Paul Kinzer	3 yrs/$45M (24-26) & 27 team option	$16M	$13M	$3M [FA-*]	FA
Emilio Pagán	34	8	Free Agency	7.091	Ballengee Group	2 yrs/$16M (24-25)	$8M	FA
Nick Martinez	34	7	Free Agency	6.002	RMG Baseball	1 yr/$21.05M (25)	$21.05M	FA
Brent Suter	35	9	Free Agency	7.161	Diamond Sports Ma...	1 yr/$2.75M (25) & 26 team option	$2.5M	$250k [FA-*]	FA
Santiago Espinal	30	5	Traded	4.149	MVP Sports Group	1 yr/$2.4M (25)	$2.4M	Arb	FA
Jose Trevino	32	7		5.063	Paragon Sports In...		Arb-3 (~$3.4M)	FA
Brady Singer	28	5		4.156	Excel Sports Mana...		Arb-2 (~$8.8M)	Arb-3	FA
Gavin Lux	27	5		4.114	Wasserman		Arb-2 (~$2.7M)	Arb-3	FA
Jake Fraley	30	6	Traded	4.097	CAA Sports		Arb-2 (~$3.3M)	Arb-3	FA
Tyler Stephenson	28	5	Amateur Draft	4.056	ACES		Arb-2 (~$5.2M)	Arb-3	FA
Sam Moll	33	5	Traded	3.075			Arb-1 (~$1.1M)	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Alexis Díaz	28	3	Amateur Draft	3.000	Wasserman		Arb-1 (~$4.2M)	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Nick Lodolo	27	3	Amateur Draft	3.000			Arb-1 (~$2.2M)	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Graham Ashcraft	27	3	Amateur Draft	2.130			Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Stuart Fairchild	29	4	Waivers	2.114			Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
TJ Friedl	29	4	Amateur Free Agent	2.112	Apex Baseball		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Tony Santillan	28	4	Free Agency	2.099	Boras Corporation		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Will Benson	27	3	Traded	2.042	Wasserman		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Spencer Steer	27	3	Traded	2.035			Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Matt McLain	25	1st	Amateur Draft	1.140			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Brandon Williamson	27	2	Traded	1.139			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Andrew Abbott	26	2	Amateur Draft	1.119			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Elly De La Cruz	23	2	Free Agency	1.118			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Christian Encarnacion-Strand	25	2	Traded	1.077			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Carson Spiers	27	2	Free Agency	0.157			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Noelvi Marte	23	2	Traded	0.139			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Casey Legumina	28	2	Traded	0.139			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Rece Hinds	24	1st	Amateur Draft	0.053			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Blake Dunn	26	1st	Amateur Draft	0.045			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Owen White	25	2		0.042			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Julian Aguiar	24	1st	Amateur Draft	0.042			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Jacob Hurtubise	27	1st	Free Agency	0.040			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Lyon Richardson	25	2	Amateur Draft	0.037			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Yosver Zulueta	27	1st	Waivers	0.032			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Rhett Lowder	23	1st	Amateur Draft	0.031			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Connor Phillips	24	1st	Traded	0.027			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Davis Wendzel	28	1st		0.000			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Evan Kravetz	28	1st	Amateur Draft	0.000			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Eric Yang	27	1st	Amateur Draft	0.000			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Levi Jordan	29	1st	Rule 5 Draft	0.000			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2

	Brent Suter buyout						$250k
	Jakob Junis buyout						$3M
	Luke Maile buyout						$500k
Name							2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
Signed	Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options)						*6	2	1	1
Dollars Committed	Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts)						*$60M	$21.58M	$18.33M	$16.33M	$2M

Contract Options	Players with any type of option							1	1		1
Option Values	Maximum value of options if all are exercised							$3M	$18M		$21M

Arb Eligible	Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds)						3-4-1-0	6-3-5-0	6-6-3-0	15-6-6-0	0-15-6-0
Arb Costs	Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..)						†$30.9M	$64.8M	$60.2M	$106.6M	$100M

Other Players	Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised)						11	9	9	-3	4
Other Costs	Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players)						$8.34M	$6.82M	$6.82M	-$2.27M	$3.03M

Payroll (no options)	Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other)						$99.3M	$93.2M	$85.3M	$120.6M	$105.1M
Payroll (options)	Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other)						$99.3M	$95.5M	$102.6M	$120.6M	$125.3M

* - 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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