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Colorado Rockies 2021 Payroll

Rockies 2021 Payroll

An updated look at the Colorado Rockies 2021 payroll table, including base pay, bonuses, options, & tax allocations.

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Active Players (25)	Age	Pos.	Status	Waiver Options	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Payroll Salary	Adj. Salary	Payroll %	Lux. Tax Salary
Blackmon Charlie Blackmon	35	RF	Vet		$21,000,000	$333,333	$21,333,333	$21,333,333	18.64	18,000,000
Story Trevor Story	28	SS	Arb 3		$17,500,000	$1,000,000	$18,500,000	$18,500,000	16.16	13,750,000
Marquez German Marquez	26	SP	Arb 2	2	$7,500,000	$300,000	$7,800,000	$7,800,000	6.81	8,600,000
Gray Jon Gray	29	SP	Arb 3		$6,000,000	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	5.24	6,000,000
Freeland Kyle Freeland	28	SP	Arb 2	2	$5,025,000	-	$5,025,000	$5,025,000	4.39	5,025,000
Bard Daniel Bard	36	RP/CL	Arb 2	1	$2,925,000	-	$2,925,000	$2,925,000	2.56	2,925,000
McMahon Ryan McMahon	26	2B	Arb 1	1	$2,375,000	-	$2,375,000	$2,375,000	2.07	2,375,000
Tapia Raimel Tapia	27	LF	Arb 1		$1,950,000	-	$1,950,000	$1,950,000	1.70	1,950,000
Estevez Carlos Estevez	28	RP	Arb 2		$1,450,000	-	$1,450,000	$1,450,000	1.27	1,450,000
Diaz Elias Diaz	30	C	Arb 2		$1,200,000	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	1.05	1,200,000
Chacin Jhoulys Chacin	33	RP	Vet		$1,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	0.87	1,000,000
Cron C.J. Cron	31	1B	Vet		$1,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	0.87	1,000,000
Hampson Garrett Hampson	26	2B	Pre-Arb	1	$580,500	-	$580,500	$580,500	0.51	580,500
Kinley Tyler Kinley	30	RP	Pre-Arb	2	$580,500	-	$580,500	$580,500	0.51	580,500
Gomber Austin Gomber	27	SP	Pre-Arb	1	$575,500	-	$575,500	$575,500	0.50	575,500
Rodgers Brendan Rodgers	24	SS	Pre-Arb	2	$575,500	-	$575,500	$575,500	0.50	575,500
Nunez Dom Nunez	26	C	Pre-Arb	2	$572,500	-	$572,500	$572,500	0.50	572,500
Bowden Ben Bowden	26	RP	Pre-Arb	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$527,524	0.46	527,524
Gilbreath Lucas Gilbreath	25	SP	Pre-Arb	3	$570,500	-	$570,500	$450,849	0.39	450,849
Joe Connor Joe	28	1B	Pre-Arb	3	$570,500	-	$570,500	$355,772	0.31	355,772
Hilliard Sam Hilliard	27	OF	Pre-Arb	2	$575,500	-	$575,500	$340,340	0.30	340,340
Santos Antonio Santos	24	SP	Pre-Arb	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$245,360	0.21	245,360
Rosscup Zac Rosscup	33	RP	Arb 4		$570,500	-	$570,500	$242,293	0.21	242,293
Mujica Jose Mujica	25	RP	Pre-Arb	1	$570,500	-	$570,500	$226,958	0.20	226,958
Ruiz Rio Ruiz	27	3B	Arb 1	2	$583,500	-	$583,500	$213,316	0.19	213,316

2021 Injured List

Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.

Player (9)	Age	Pos.	Status	Waiver Options	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Total Salary	Adj. Salary	Payroll %	Lux. Tax Salary
Oberg Scott Oberg (60-day, Elbow)	31	RP	Arb 3		$4,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$4,000,000	3.49	4,333,333
Senzatela Antonio Senzatela (10-day, Covid-19)	26	SP	Arb 1		$3,000,000	-	$3,000,000	$3,000,000	2.62	3,000,000
Gonzalez Chi Chi Gonzalez (10-day, Covid-19)	29	RP	Arb 1	1	$1,100,000	-	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	0.96	1,100,000
Owings Chris Owings (10-day, Finger)	29	2B	Vet		$1,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	0.87	1,000,000
Stephenson Robert Stephenson (10-day, Back)	28	RP	Arb 1		$805,000	-	$805,000	$805,000	0.70	805,000
Almonte Yency Almonte (10-day, Covid-19)	27	RP	Pre-Arb		$575,500	-	$575,500	$575,500	0.50	575,500
Lambert Peter Lambert (60-day, Elbow-tommy-john)	24	SP	Pre-Arb	3	$575,500	-	$575,500	$575,500	0.50	575,500
Daza Yonathan Daza (10-day, Covid-19)	27	RF	Pre-Arb		$572,500	-	$572,500	$572,500	0.50	572,500
Sheffield Jordan Sheffield (60-day, Back)	26	RP	Pre-Arb	3	$570,500	-	$570,500	$570,500	0.50	570,500

2021 Reserve/Exempt

Salaries from players who are exempt, still counting against the payroll.

Player (1)	Age	Pos.	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Total Salary	Adj. Salary	Payroll %	Lux. Tax Salary
Desmond Ian Desmond	35	CF	$8,000,000	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000	6.99	0

2021 Retained Salaries

Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.

Player (4)	Age	Pos.	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Total Salary	Adj. Salary	Payroll %	Lux. Tax Salary
Arenado Nolan Arenado	30	3B	$14,429,500	-	$14,429,500	$14,429,500	12.61	14,429,500
Givens Mychal Givens	31	RP	$2,591,142	-	$2,591,142	$2,591,142	2.26	2,591,142
Adams Matt Adams	32	1B	$483,840	-	$483,840	$483,840	0.42	483,840
Harvey Joe Harvey	29	RP	$6,134	-	$6,134	$6,134	0.01	6,134

2021 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
Castilla Vinny Castilla	53	3B	$106,666	-	$106,666	$106,666

2021 Minor/In the System

Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.

Player (18)	Age	Pos.	Waiver Options	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Total Salary	Adj. Salary	Lux. Tax Salary
Fuentes Josh Fuentes	28	1B	2	$575,500	-	$575,500	$371,280	371,280
Flores Bernardo Flores	25	SP	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$570,500	570,500
Goudeau Ashton Goudeau	28	SP	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$570,500	570,500
Lawrence Justin Lawrence	26	RP	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$187,087	187,087
Tinoco Jesus Tinoco	26	RP		$570,500	-	$570,500	$3,067	3,067
Trejo Alan Trejo	25	SS	3	$570,500	-	$570,500	$153,350	153,350
Aybar Yoan Aybar	23	RP	2	-	-	-0	-0	0
Doyle Tommy Doyle	25	RP	3	-	-	-0	-0	0
Montero Elehuris Montero	22	3B	2	-	-	-0	-0	0
Olivarez Helcris Olivarez	20	SP	3	-	-	-0	-0	0
Diaz Jairo Diaz	30	RP		$1,100,000	-	$1,100,000	$1,100,000	1,100,000
Bird Greg Bird	28	1B	3	$1,000,000	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	1,000,000
Castellani Ryan Castellani	25	SP	2	$570,500	-	$570,500	$3,067	3,067
Briceno Jose Briceno	28	C	1	-	-	-0	-0	0
Gonzalez Brian Gonzalez	0	P		-	-	-0	-0	0
Rodriguez Dereck Rodriguez	29	SP	2	-	-	-0	-0	0
Rusin Chris Rusin	34	RP		-	-	-0	-0	0
Welker Colton Welker	23	3B	3	-	-	-0	-0	0

2021 Signing Bonus

Does not count against team payroll.

Player (4)	Age	Pos.	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Total Salary	Adj. Salary	Payroll %
MontgomeryBenny Montgomery	18	OF	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	4.37
HillJaden Hill	21	P	-	$1,689,500	$1,689,500	$1,689,500	1.48
RockJoe Rock	20	P	-	$953,100	$953,100	$953,100	0.83
BrownMcCade Brown	21	P	-	$780,400	$780,400	$780,400	0.68
GoodmanHunter Goodman	21	C	-	$600,000	$600,000	$600,000	0.52
VargasJordy Vargas	0	P	-	$500,000	$500,000	$500,000	0.44
ColinaJose Colina	0	SS	-	$300,000	$300,000	$300,000	0.26
McGowanBryce McGowan	21	P	-	$300,000	$300,000	$300,000	0.26
ParedesLuis Paredes	0	OF	-	$300,000	$300,000	$300,000	0.26
FulfordBraxton Fulford	22	C	-	$280,000	$280,000	$280,000	0.24
ShawverEvan Shawver	21	P	-	$231,100	$231,100	$231,100	0.20
Martin Jr.Robby Martin Jr.	21	OF	-	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000	0.17
KentNic Kent	21	SS	-	$175,000	$175,000	$175,000	0.15
KafkaCullen Kafka	22	P	-	$158,100	$158,100	$158,100	0.14
JusticeEvan Justice	22	P	-	$150,000	$150,000	$150,000	0.13
KokoskaZach Kokoska	22	OF	-	$130,000	$130,000	$130,000	0.11
Andrews Jr.EJ Andrews Jr.	20	OF	-	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	0.11
CandeJarrod Cande	21	P	-	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	0.11
GreenMason Green	22	P	-	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	0.11
RasTyler Ras	21	P	-	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	0.11
WardBraiden Ward	22	OF	-	$125,000	$125,000	$125,000	0.11
AhearnTyler Ahearn	22	P	-	$75,000	$75,000	$75,000	0.07
SemsBenjamin Sems	23	SS	-	$25,000	$25,000	$25,000	0.02

2021 Payroll Totals

Payroll Type	Base Salary	Signing Bonus	Incentives	Total Salary	Total Adj. Salary
Active Payroll	$76,391,500	$1,633,333	-	$78,024,833	$76,045,245
Injured Reserve Money	$12,199,000	-	-	$12,199,000	$12,199,000
Reserve/Exempt Money	$8,000,000	-	-	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
Retained Salary	$17,510,616	-	-	$17,510,616	$17,510,616
Deferred Salary	$106,666	-	-	$106,666	$106,666
Buried Minor Salary	$2,857,500	-	-	$2,857,500	$717,851
Total Payroll	$116,958,616	$1,633,333	-	$118,591,949	$114,472,712

2021 Competitive Balance Tax Totals

Payroll Type							Total
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold							$210,000,000
Total AAV/Payroll							$100,663,712
Estimated Player Benefits							$15,500,000
Estimated Minor League Contracts							$2,500,000
Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll							$118,663,712
Comp. Balance Tax Space							$91,336,288

Rockies Payroll Totals

Active Payroll: $76,045,245
Injured Reserve: $12,199,000
Retained: $17,510,616
Exempt Salaries: $8,000,000
Buried Minor Salaries: $717,851
Total Payroll: $114,472,712

Rockies Luxury Tax Payroll

2021 Tax Threshold $210,000,000
40-Man Tax Payroll: $100,663,712
Est. Benefits: $15,500,000
Est. Minor Salaries: $2,500,000
Total Tax Allocations $118,663,712
Est. Tax Space $91,336,288
Est. Tax Bill $0

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Jul 29 2021 Ashton Goudeau Traded to Colorado (COL) from Cincinnati (CIN) for cash considerations

Jul 28 2021 Noah Davis Traded to Colorado (COL) from Cincinnati (CIN) with Case Williams for Mychal Givens

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