Atlanta Braves 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Atlanta Braves 2020 payroll salary table, including active salaries, bonuses, statuses, retained & dead payments, minor/non-roster players, and team totals.
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| Active Players (31) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Melancon | 35 | RP/CL | Vet | $14,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 11.93 | 15,500,000 | |
| Cole Hamels | 36 | SP | Vet | $18,000,000 | - | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 11.30 | 18,000,000 | |
| Marcell Ozuna | 29 | LF | Vet | $18,000,000 | - | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 11.30 | 18,000,000 | |
| Travis d'Arnaud | 31 | C | Vet | $8,000,000 | - | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | 5.02 | 8,000,000 | |
| Ender Inciarte | 29 | CF | Arb 4 | $7,000,000 | $700,000 | $7,700,000 | $7,700,000 | 4.83 | 6,105,000 | |
| Chris Martin | 34 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | $7,000,000 | - | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 4.39 | 7,000,000 |
| Mike Foltynewicz | 28 | SP | Arb 3 | $6,425,000 | - | $6,425,000 | $6,425,000 | 4.03 | 6,425,000 | |
| Shane Greene | 31 | RP | Arb 3 | $6,250,000 | - | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | 3.92 | 6,250,000 | |
| Tyler Flowers | 34 | C | Vet | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 2.51 | 4,000,000 | |
| Adam Duvall | 31 | RF | Arb 2 | $3,250,000 | - | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | 2.04 | 3,250,000 | |
| Dansby Swanson | 26 | SS | Arb 1 | 3 | $3,150,000 | - | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | 1.98 | 3,150,000 |
| Darren O'Day | 37 | RP | Vet | $2,250,000 | - | $2,250,000 | $2,250,000 | 1.41 | 2,750,000 | |
| Luke Jackson | 28 | RP | Arb 1 | $1,825,000 | - | $1,825,000 | $1,825,000 | 1.15 | 1,825,000 | |
| Johan Camargo | 26 | 3B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $1,700,000 | - | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | 1.07 | 1,700,000 |
| Ronald Acuna | 22 | RF | Pre-Arb | 3 | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 12,500,000 |
| Ozzie Albies | 23 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 3 | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 5,000,000 |
| Yonder Alonso | 33 | 1B | Vet | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 1,000,000 | |
| Charlie Culberson | 31 | 2B | Arb 2 | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 1,000,000 | |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | 31 | SS | Vet | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 1,000,000 | |
| Josh Tomlin | 35 | RP | Vet | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 1,000,000 | |
| Grant Dayton | 32 | RP | Arb 1 | $655,000 | - | $655,000 | $655,000 | 0.41 | 655,000 | |
| Sean Newcomb | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $593,500 | - | $593,500 | $593,500 | 0.37 | 593,500 |
| Max Fried | 26 | SP | Pre-Arb | 1 | $583,500 | - | $583,500 | $583,500 | 0.37 | 583,500 |
| Michael Soroka | 22 | SP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $583,500 | - | $583,500 | $583,500 | 0.37 | 583,500 |
| A.J. Minter | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $575,000 | - | $575,000 | $575,000 | 0.36 | 575,000 |
| Chad Sobotka | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $575,000 | - | $575,000 | $575,000 | 0.36 | 575,000 |
| Bryse Wilson | 22 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $575,000 | - | $575,000 | $575,000 | 0.36 | 575,000 |
| Kyle Wright | 24 | SP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $573,500 | - | $573,500 | $573,500 | 0.36 | 573,500 |
| Austin Riley | 23 | 3B | Pre-Arb | 3 | $568,500 | - | $568,500 | $568,500 | 0.36 | 568,500 |
| Peter O'Brien | 29 | RF | Arb 1 | 2 | $563,500 | - | $563,500 | $563,500 | 0.35 | 563,500 |
| Yasiel Puig | 29 | RF | Vet | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
2020 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (3) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Freeman (10-day, Illness) |
30 | 1B | Vet | $22,000,000 | $359,375 | $22,359,375 | $22,359,375 | 14.03 | 16,875,000 | |
| Will Smith (10-day, Illness) |
30 | RP | Vet | $13,000,000 | - | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 8.16 | 13,333,333 | |
| Jeremy Walker (60-day, Shoulder) |
25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $573,500 | - | $573,500 | $573,500 | 0.36 | 573,500 |
2020 Reserve/Exempt
Salaries from players who are exempt, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (2) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Markakis | 36 | RF | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 2.51 | 4,000,000 |
| Felix Hernandez | 34 | SP | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.63 | 1,000,000 |
2020 Player Pool
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (26) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yangervis Solarte | AAA | 32 | 3B | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0 | |
| Ian Anderson | 22 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Bryce Ball | 21 | 1B | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Logan Brown | 23 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| William Contreras | AA | 22 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tucker Davidson | AAA | 24 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jasseel De La Cruz | AA | 23 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Alex Jackson | AA | 24 | C | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Pete Kozma | AAA | 32 | SS | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Shea Langeliers | 22 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Tyler Matzek | 29 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Jonathan Morales | 25 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Kyle Muller | 22 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Chris Nunn | AAA | 29 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Rafael Ortega | AAA | 29 | LF | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Cristian Pache | AAA | 21 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Philip Pfeifer | AAA | 27 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Shane Robinson | AAA | 35 | CF | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Chris Rusin | AAA | 33 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Braden Shewmake | 22 | SS | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Jared Shuster | 21 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Touki Toussaint | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Drew Waters | 21 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Jacob Webb | AAA | 26 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Patrick Weigel | AAA | 25 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Huascar Ynoa | AAA | 22 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
| Player (0) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Shuster | 21 | P | - | $2,197,500 | $2,197,500 | $2,197,500 | 1.38 |
| Bryce Elder | 21 | P | - | $850,000 | $850,000 | $850,000 | 0.53 |
| Jesse Franklin V | 21 | OF | - | $497,500 | $497,500 | $497,500 | 0.31 |
| Spencer Strider | 21 | P | - | $451,800 | $451,800 | $451,800 | 0.28 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $112,696,000 | $5,700,000 | - | $118,396,000 | $118,396,000 | |
| Injured Reserve Money | $35,573,500 | $359,375 | - | $35,932,875 | $35,932,875 | |
| Reserve/Exempt Money | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $153,269,500 | $6,059,375 | - | $159,328,875 | $159,328,875 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $156,519,333 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $174,019,333 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $33,980,667 | ||||||