Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox 2026 Payroll

Red Sox 2026 Payroll

An updated look at the Boston Red Sox 2026 payroll table, including base pay, bonuses, options, & tax allocations.

 
Player Option
Club Option
Mutual Option
Qual. Offer
Estimate
Active Players (29) Age Pos. Status Base Salary Signing Bonus Payroll Salary Adj.
Salary
Payroll % Lux. Tax Salary
Devers Rafael Devers 29 3B Vet $27,500,000 $1,818,182 $29,318,181 $29,318,181 26.04 29,152,686
Story Trevor Story 33 SS Vet $25,000,000 - $25,000,000 $25,000,000 22.21 23,333,333
Yoshida Masataka Yoshida 32 OF Vet $18,000,000 $600,000 $18,600,000 $18,600,000 16.52 18,000,000
Giolito Lucas Giolito 31 SP Vet $14,000,000 - $14,000,000 $14,000,000 12.44 19,250,000
Hendriks Liam Hendriks 37 RP/CL Vet $12,000,000 - $12,000,000 $12,000,000 10.66 5,000,000
Whitlock Garrett Whitlock 30 SP Vet $7,250,000 $250,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 6.66 4,687,500
Bello Brayan Bello 27 SP Vet $6,000,000 $166,667 $6,166,666 $6,166,666 5.48 9,166,667
Heineman Tyler Heineman 35 C Arb 2 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Winckowski Josh Winckowski 28 RP Arb 1 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Dalbec Bobby Dalbec 31 1B Arb 2 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Houck Tanner Houck 30 SP Arb 2 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Wong Connor Wong 30 C Arb 1 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Casas Triston Casas 26 1B Arb 1 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Duran Jarren Duran 29 CF Arb 2 (S2) - - -0 0$0 0 0
Gonzalez Romy Gonzalez 29 2B Arb 1 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Reyes Pablo Reyes 32 LF Arb 2 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Kelly Zack Kelly 31 RP Arb 1 - - -0 0$0 0 0
Crawford Kutter Crawford 30 RP Arb 2 (S2) - - -0 0$0 0 0
Abreu Wilyer Abreu 27 OF Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Jacques Joe Jacques 31 P Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Campbell Isaiah Campbell 28 P Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Murphy Chris Murphy 28 P Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Hamilton David Hamilton 28 SS Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Grissom Vaughn Grissom 25 SS Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Walter Brandon Walter 29 P Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Weissert Greg Weissert 31 RP Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Bernardino Brennan Bernardino 34 RP Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Valdez Enmanuel Valdez 27 2B Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000
Rafaela Ceddanne Rafaela 25 OF Pre-Arb - - -0 0$0 0 810,000


2026 Deferred Salaries

Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.

Player (2) Age Pos. Base Salary Signing Bonus Total Salary Adj.
Salary
Pedroia Dustin Pedroia 42 2B $2,500,000 - $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Ramirez Manny Ramirez 54 LF $2,043,809 - $2,043,809 $2,043,809


2026 Payroll Totals

 
Payroll Type Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Total Salary Total Adj. Salary
Active Payroll $109,750,000 $2,834,849 - $112,584,847 $112,584,682
Deferred Salary $4,543,809 - - $4,543,809 $4,543,809
Active Total Payroll $109,750,000 $2,834,849 - $112,584,847 $112,584,682

 

2026 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals

Note: Tax figures based on payroll data only. Outside revenue sources will be adjusted when available after the regular season.

Payroll Type Total
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold $244,000,000
Est. Active AAV/Payroll $89,340,186
Est. Player Benefits $18,000,000
Est. Minor League Contracts $2,250,000
Est. Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution $1,666,666
Est. Tax Payroll $111,256,852
Est. Tax Payroll (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) $111,256,852

Est. Tax Bill Details
Est. Competitive Balance Tax Space $132,743,148