
Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox 2021 Payroll
Red Sox 2021 Payroll
An updated look at the Boston Red Sox 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Xander Bogaerts | 28 | SS | Vet | $20,000,000 | - | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 11.43 | 20,000,000 | |
J.D. Martinez | 33 | DH | Vet | $19,350,000 | - | $19,350,000 | $19,350,000 | 11.06 | 22,000,000 | |
Nathan Eovaldi | 31 | SP | Vet | $17,000,000 | - | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 9.72 | 17,000,000 | |
Garrett Richards | 33 | SP | Vet | $8,500,000 | - | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | 4.86 | 10,000,000 | |
Eduardo Rodriguez | 28 | SP | Arb 4 | $8,300,000 | - | $8,300,000 | $8,300,000 | 4.74 | 8,300,000 | |
Adam Ottavino | 35 | RP | Vet | $7,150,000 | $75,044 | $7,225,044 | $8,150,000 | 4.66 | 8,150,000 | |
Christian Vazquez | 30 | C | Vet | $6,250,000 | - | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | 3.57 | 4,516,667 | |
Rafael Devers | 24 | 3B | Arb 1 | 3 | $4,575,000 | - | $4,575,000 | $4,575,000 | 2.61 | 4,575,000 |
Enrique Hernandez | 29 | 2B | Vet | $6,000,000 | - | $6,000,000 | $4,500,000 | 2.57 | 7,000,000 | |
Matt Barnes | 31 | RP/CL | Arb 3 | $4,500,000 | - | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 2.57 | 4,500,000 | |
Martin Perez | 30 | SP | Vet | $4,500,000 | - | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 2.57 | 5,000,000 | |
Hunter Renfroe | 29 | RF | Arb 2 | 2 | $3,100,000 | - | $3,100,000 | $3,100,000 | 1.77 | 3,100,000 |
Marwin Gonzalez | 32 | LF | Vet | $3,000,000 | - | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | 1.71 | 3,000,000 | |
Matt Andriese | 31 | RP | Arb 3 | $1,850,000 | - | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | 1.06 | 2,100,000 | |
Kevin Plawecki | 30 | C | Arb 3 | $1,600,000 | - | $1,600,000 | $1,600,000 | 0.91 | 1,600,000 | |
Hirokazu Sawamura | 33 | RP | Pre-Arb | $1,200,000 | - | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | 0.69 | 1,500,000 | |
Austin Brice | 29 | RP | Arb 1 | $870,000 | - | $870,000 | $870,000 | 0.50 | 870,000 | |
Franchy Cordero | 26 | LF | Arb 1 | 2 | $800,000 | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | 0.46 | 800,000 |
Alex Verdugo | 25 | CF | Pre-Arb | 2 | $649,500 | - | $649,500 | $649,500 | 0.37 | 649,500 |
Nick Pivetta | 28 | SP | Pre-Arb | $613,500 | - | $613,500 | $613,500 | 0.35 | 613,500 | |
Christian Arroyo | 26 | SS | Pre-Arb | $581,500 | - | $581,500 | $581,500 | 0.33 | 581,500 | |
Josh Taylor | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $580,500 | - | $580,500 | $580,500 | 0.33 | 580,500 |
Darwinzon Hernandez | 24 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $578,500 | - | $578,500 | $578,500 | 0.33 | 578,500 |
Phillips Valdez | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $578,500 | - | $578,500 | $578,500 | 0.33 | 578,500 |
Bobby Dalbec | 26 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $575,000 | - | $575,000 | $575,000 | 0.33 | 575,000 |
Garrett Whitlock | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $570,500 | - | $570,500 | $570,500 | 0.33 | 570,500 |
2021 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
Player (2) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Sale (60-day, Elbow-tommy-john) |
32 | SP | Vet | $30,000,000 | - | $30,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 11.43 | 25,600,000 | |
Ryan Brasier (10-day, Calf) |
33 | RP | Arb 1 | 1 | $1,250,000 | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 0.71 | 1,250,000 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Price | 35 | SP | $16,000,000 | - | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 9.14 | 16,000,000 |
Dustin Pedroia | 37 | 2B | $12,000,000 | $125,000 | $12,125,000 | $12,125,000 | 6.93 | 13,750,000 |
Andrew Benintendi | 26 | LF | $2,800,000 | - | $2,800,000 | $2,800,000 | 1.60 | 2,800,000 |
2021 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manny Ramirez | 49 | LF | $2,018,452 | - | $2,018,452 | $2,018,452 |
Dustin Pedroia | 37 | 2B | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
2021 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
Player (31) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Lux. Tax Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tanner Houck | 25 | SP | 3 | $577,000 | - | $577,000 | $18,612 | 18,612 | |
Michael Chavis | 25 | 2B | 2 | $575,500 | - | $575,500 | $575,500 | 0 | |
Jonathan Arauz | 22 | SS | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Eduard Bazardo | 25 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Colten Brewer | 28 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Jason Groome | 22 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Ronaldo Hernandez | 23 | C | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Bryan Mata | 22 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Hudson Potts | 22 | 3B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Jeisson Rosario | 21 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Connor Seabold | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Marcus Wilson | 24 | OF | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Connor Wong | 25 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Daniel Santana | 30 | OF | $1,750,000 | - | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | ||
Hector Rondon | 33 | RP | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||
Daniel Gossett | 28 | SP | 1 | $750,000 | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | 750,000 | |
Matt Carasiti | 29 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Dylan Covey | 29 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Enmanuel De Jesus | 24 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Michael Gettys | 25 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Stephen Gonsalves | 26 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Zac Grotz | 28 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Matt Hall | 27 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Kyle Hart | 28 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Chris Herrmann | 33 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Yairo Munoz | 26 | SS | 1 | - | - | - | - | 575,000 | |
Tyler Olson | 31 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Cesar Puello | 30 | RF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
John Schreiber | 27 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Marcus Walden | 32 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Ryan Weber | 30 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2021 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
Player (3) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Miguel Bleis | 0 | OF | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 0.86 |
Enderso Lira | 0 | C | - | $850,000 | $850,000 | $850,000 | 0.49 |
Luis Ravelo | 0 | SS | - | $545,000 | $545,000 | $545,000 | 0.31 |
Ahbram Liendo | 0 | SS | - | $450,000 | $450,000 | $450,000 | 0.26 |
Jedixon Paez | 0 | P | - | $450,000 | $450,000 | $450,000 | 0.26 |
Alvaro Mejias | 0 | P | - | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | 0.17 |
2021 Payroll Totals
Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active Payroll | $123,272,500 | $75,044 | - | $123,347,544 | $122,772,500 | |
Injured Reserve Money | $31,250,000 | - | - | $31,250,000 | $21,250,000 | |
Retained Salary | $30,800,000 | $125,000 | - | $30,925,000 | $30,925,000 | |
Deferred Salary | $4,018,452 | - | - | $4,018,452 | $4,018,452 | |
Buried Minor Salary | $577,000 | - | - | $577,000 | $18,612 | |
Total Payroll | $185,899,500 | $200,044 | - | $186,099,544 | $174,966,112 |
2021 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $210,000,000 | ||||||
Total AAV/Payroll | $188,157,779 | ||||||
Estimated Player Benefits | $15,500,000 | ||||||
Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $206,157,779 | ||||||
Comp. Balance Tax Space | $3,842,221 |