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Chicago Cubs 2025 Payroll
Cubs 2025 Payroll
An updated look at the Chicago Cubs 2025 payroll table, including base pay, bonuses, options, & tax allocations.
Active Players (33) | Age | Pos. | Status | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dansby Swanson | 31 | SS | Vet | $27,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $28,000,000 | $28,000,000 | 17.05 | 25,285,714 |
Cody Bellinger | 29 | CF | Vet | $27,500,000 | - | $27,500,000 | $27,500,000 | 16.74 | 26,666,667 |
Ian Happ | 30 | LF | Vet | $20,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $21,000,000 | $21,000,000 | 12.79 | 20,333,333 |
Seiya Suzuki | 30 | OF | Vet | $18,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $19,000,000 | $19,000,000 | 11.57 | 17,000,000 |
Jameson Taillon | 33 | SP | Vet | $18,000,000 | - | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | 10.96 | 17,000,000 |
Shōta Imanaga | 31 | SP | Vet | $13,000,000 | $250,000 | $13,250,000 | $13,250,000 | 8.07 | 13,250,000 |
Nico Hoerner | 28 | 2B | Vet | $11,500,000 | - | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | 7.00 | 11,666,667 |
Drew Smyly | 36 | SP | Vet | $10,000,000 | - | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 6.09 | 10,000,000 |
Hector Neris | 36 | RP | Vet | $9,000,000 | - | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 5.48 | 9,000,000 |
David Bote | 32 | 2B | Vet | $7,000,000 | - | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 4.26 | 7,000,000 |
Yency Almonte | 31 | RP | Arb 3 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Mark Leiter Jr. | 34 | RP/CL | Arb 2 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Keegan Thompson | 30 | RP | Arb 1 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Tauchman | 34 | CF | Arb 2 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Adbert Alzolay | 30 | SP | Arb 2 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Julian Merryweather | 33 | RP | Arb 2 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Madrigal | 28 | 2B | Arb 3 (S2) | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Patrick Wisdom | 33 | 3B | Arb 2 | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Justin Steele | 29 | SP | Arb 2 (S2) | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Jose Cuas | 31 | RP | Arb 1 (S2) | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 0 |
Miguel Amaya | 26 | C | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Michael Busch | 27 | 2B | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Hayden Wesneski | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Caleb Kilian | 28 | SP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Pete Crow-Armstrong | 23 | OF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Luke Little | 24 | P | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Matt Mervis | 27 | 1B | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Alexander Canario | 25 | OF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Christopher Morel | 26 | OF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Jordan Wicks | 25 | P | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Miles Mastrobuoni | 29 | LF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Javier Assad | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
Daniel Palencia | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | $0 | 0 | 790,000 |
2025 Deferred Salaries
Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.
Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Heyward | 35 | RF | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
2025 Payroll Totals
Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active Payroll | $161,000,000 | $3,250,000 | - | $164,250,000 | $164,249,820 | |
Deferred Salary | - | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
Active Total Payroll | $161,000,000 | $3,250,000 | - | $164,250,000 | $164,249,820 |
2025 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 | $241,000,000 | ||||||
Est. Active AAV/Payroll | $131,202,381 | ||||||
Est. Player Benefits | $17,500,000 | ||||||
Est. Minor League Contracts | $2,250,000 | ||||||
Est. Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution | $1,666,666 | ||||||
Est. Tax Payroll | $152,619,047 | ||||||
Est. Tax Payroll (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) | $152,619,047 | ||||||
Est. Tax Bill Details |
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Est. Competitive Balance Tax Space | $88,380,953 |