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Baltimore Orioles 2021 Payroll
Orioles 2021 Payroll
An updated look at the Baltimore Orioles 2021 payroll table, including base pay, bonuses, options, & tax allocations.
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| Active Players (26) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Mancini | 29 | DH | Arb 2 | 3 | $4,750,000 | - | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | 8.32 | 4,750,000 |
| Pedro Severino | 27 | C | Arb 1 | $1,825,000 | - | $1,825,000 | $1,825,000 | 3.20 | 1,825,000 | |
| Freddy Galvis | 31 | SS | Vet | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 2.63 | 1,500,000 | |
| Matt Harvey | 32 | SP | Vet | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.75 | 1,000,000 | |
| Shawn Armstrong | 30 | RP | Arb 1 | $825,000 | - | $825,000 | $825,000 | 1.45 | 825,000 | |
| Maikel Franco | 28 | 3B | Arb 4 | $800,000 | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | 1.40 | 800,000 | |
| Pat Valaika | 28 | SS | Arb 1 | 1 | $875,000 | - | $875,000 | $790,272 | 1.38 | 790,272 |
| John Means | 28 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $593,500 | - | $593,500 | $593,500 | 1.04 | 593,500 |
| Jorge Lopez | 28 | SP | Pre-Arb | $586,750 | - | $586,750 | $586,750 | 1.03 | 586,750 | |
| Adam Plutko | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | $584,200 | - | $584,200 | $584,200 | 1.02 | 584,200 | |
| Rio Ruiz | 27 | 3B | Arb 1 | 2 | $583,500 | - | $583,500 | $583,500 | 1.02 | 583,500 |
| Paul Fry | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $581,000 | - | $581,000 | $581,000 | 1.02 | 581,000 |
| Chance Sisco | 26 | C | Pre-Arb | 1 | $580,500 | - | $580,500 | $580,500 | 1.02 | 580,500 |
| Tanner Scott | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | $580,000 | - | $580,000 | $580,000 | 1.02 | 580,000 |
| Austin Hays | 25 | LF | Pre-Arb | 1 | $578,500 | - | $578,500 | $578,500 | 1.01 | 578,500 |
| Cedric Mullins | 26 | CF | Pre-Arb | 2 | $577,000 | - | $577,000 | $577,000 | 1.01 | 577,000 |
| D.J. Stewart | 27 | LF | Pre-Arb | 1 | $577,000 | - | $577,000 | $577,000 | 1.01 | 577,000 |
| Cesar Valdez | 36 | RP/CL | Pre-Arb | $576,500 | - | $576,500 | $576,500 | 1.01 | 576,500 | |
| Ryan Mountcastle | 24 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $574,500 | - | $574,500 | $574,500 | 1.01 | 574,500 |
| Dillon Tate | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $574,500 | - | $574,500 | $574,500 | 1.01 | 574,500 |
| Ramon Urias | 27 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 1 | $571,500 | - | $571,500 | $571,500 | 1.00 | 571,500 |
| Tyler Wells | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $570,500 | 1.00 | 570,500 |
| Dean Kremer | 25 | SP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $572,500 | - | $572,500 | $541,728 | 0.95 | 541,728 |
| Cole Sulser | 31 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $574,500 | - | $574,500 | $537,486 | 0.94 | 537,486 |
| Travis Lakins | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $530,591 | 0.93 | 530,591 |
| Isaac Mattson | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $469,251 | 0.82 | 469,251 |
2021 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (4) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Davis (60-day, Back) |
35 | 1B | Vet | $17,000,000 | - | $21,065,362 | $21,065,362 | 36.91 | 23,000,000 | |
| Anthony Santander (10-day, Ankle) |
26 | RF | Arb 1 | 1 | $2,100,000 | - | $2,100,000 | $2,100,000 | 3.68 | 2,100,000 |
| Hunter Harvey (60-day, Oblique) |
26 | RP/CL | Pre-Arb | 1 | $574,000 | - | $574,000 | $574,000 | 1.01 | 574,000 |
| Mac Sceroler (10-day, Shoulder) |
26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $570,500 | 1.00 | 570,500 |
2021 Retained Salaries
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (3) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Cobb | 33 | SP | $10,000,000 | - | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 17.52 | 10,000,000 |
| Yolmer Sanchez | 29 | 2B | $241,935 | - | $241,935 | $241,935 | 0.42 | 241,935 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 36 | SP | $94,075 | - | $94,075 | $94,075 | 0.16 | 94,075 |
2021 Deferred Salaries
Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.
| Player (3) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Trumbo | 35 | DH | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
| Darren O'Day | 38 | RP | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| Andrew Cashner | 34 | SP | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
2021 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (23) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Zimmermann | 26 | SP | 3 | $571,500 | - | $571,500 | $101,409 | 101,409 | |
| Jay Flaa | 29 | RP | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $6,134 | 6,134 | ||
| Zac Lowther | 25 | SP | 3 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $3,067 | 3,067 | |
| Ryan McKenna | 24 | CF | 2 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $64,407 | 64,407 | |
| Keegan Akin | 26 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Rylan Bannon | 25 | 3B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Mike Baumann | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Yusniel Diaz | 0 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Jahmai Jones | 23 | 2B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Richie Martin | 26 | SS | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Tyler Nevin | 24 | 1B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Alexander Wells | 24 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Fernando Abad | 35 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Nick Ciuffo | 26 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Jairo Custodio | 0 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Marcos Diplan | 24 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Thomas Eshelman | 27 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Gray Fenter | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Conner Greene | 26 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Seth Mejias-Brean | 30 | 3B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Chris Shaw | 27 | 1B | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Steve Wilkerson | 29 | 2B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Austin Wynns | 30 | C | - | - | - | - | 575,000 |
2021 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
| Player (3) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Basallo | 0 | C | - | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 | $1,300,000 | 2.28 |
| Maikol Hernandez | 0 | SS | - | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | 2.10 |
| Wilmer Feliciano | 0 | OF | - | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | 0.70 |
| Victor Celedonio | 0 | SS | - | $360,000 | $360,000 | $360,000 | 0.63 |
| Eruviel Castillo | 0 | SS | - | $350,000 | $350,000 | $350,000 | 0.61 |
| Teudis Cortorreal | 0 | OF | - | $350,000 | $350,000 | $350,000 | 0.61 |
| Anderson De Los Santos | 0 | SS | - | $350,000 | $350,000 | $350,000 | 0.61 |
| Yasmil Bucce | 0 | C | - | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | 0.53 |
2021 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $22,552,450 | - | - | $22,552,450 | $22,258,778 | |
| Injured Reserve Money | $20,244,500 | - | - | $24,309,862 | $24,309,862 | |
| Retained Salary | $10,336,010 | - | - | $10,336,010 | $10,336,010 | |
| Deferred Salary | $2,500,000 | $1,000,000 | - | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | |
| Buried Minor Salary | $2,283,000 | - | - | $2,283,000 | $175,017 | |
| Total Payroll | $55,415,960 | - | - | $59,481,322 | $57,079,667 | |
2021 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $210,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $59,014,305 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,500,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $77,014,305 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $132,985,695 | ||||||
Orioles Payroll Totals
- Active Payroll: $22,258,778
- Injured Reserve: $24,309,862
- Retained: $10,336,010
- Buried Minor Salaries: $175,017
- Total Payroll: $57,079,667
Orioles Luxury Tax Payroll
- 2021 Tax Threshold $210,000,000
- 40-Man Tax Payroll: $59,014,305
- Est. Benefits: $15,500,000
- Est. Minor Salaries: $2,500,000
- Total Tax Allocations $77,014,305
- Est. Tax Space $132,985,695
- Est. Tax Bill $0
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Transactions
Apr 29 2021
Wade LeBlanc
Released by Baltimore (BAL)
Mar 30 2021
Yolmer Sanchez
Released by Baltimore (BAL)
Mar 29 2021
Felix Hernandez
Released by Baltimore (BAL)
Mar 27 2021
Adam Plutko
Traded to Baltimore (BAL) from Cleveland (CLE) for cash considerations
Mar 25 2021
Wade LeBlanc
Released by Baltimore (BAL)
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