Colorado Rockies 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Colorado Rockies 2020 payroll salary table, including active salaries, bonuses, statuses, retained & dead payments, minor/non-roster players, and team totals.
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| Active Players (27) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Arenado | 29 | 3B | Vet | 3 | $35,000,000 | - | $35,000,000 | $35,000,000 | 25.61 | 32,500,000 |
| Charlie Blackmon | 34 | RF | Vet | $21,000,000 | $333,333 | $21,333,333 | $21,333,333 | 15.61 | 18,000,000 | |
| Wade Davis | 34 | RP | Vet | $17,000,000 | - | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 12.44 | 17,333,333 | |
| Ian Desmond | 34 | CF | Vet | $15,000,000 | - | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 10.98 | 14,000,000 | |
| Jake McGee | 33 | RP | Vet | $9,500,000 | - | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | 6.95 | 9,000,000 | |
| Bryan Shaw | 32 | RP | Vet | $9,000,000 | - | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 6.59 | 9,000,000 | |
| Daniel Murphy | 35 | 1B | Vet | $8,000,000 | - | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | 5.85 | 12,000,000 | |
| Jon Gray | 28 | SP | Arb 2 | 3 | $5,600,000 | - | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | 4.10 | 5,600,000 |
| German Marquez | 25 | SP | Arb 1 | 2 | $4,500,000 | $300,000 | $4,800,000 | $4,800,000 | 3.51 | 8,600,000 |
| Kyle Freeland | 27 | SP | Arb 1 | 2 | $2,875,000 | - | $2,875,000 | $2,875,000 | 2.10 | 2,875,000 |
| David Dahl | 26 | LF | Arb 1 | 1 | $2,475,000 | - | $2,475,000 | $2,475,000 | 1.81 | 2,475,000 |
| Scott Oberg | 30 | RP/CL | Arb 2 | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 1.46 | 4,333,333 | |
| Tony Wolters | 28 | C | Arb 2 | 1 | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 1.46 | 2,000,000 |
| Carlos Estevez | 27 | RP | Arb 1 | 1 | $1,080,000 | - | $1,080,000 | $1,080,000 | 0.79 | 1,080,000 |
| Yency Almonte | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Drew Butera | 36 | C | Vet | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Jairo Diaz | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Josh Fuentes | 27 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Garrett Hampson | 25 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Sam Hilliard | 26 | RF | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Ryan McMahon | 25 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| James Pazos | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Brendan Rodgers | 23 | SS | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Antonio Senzatela | 25 | SP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Trevor Story | 27 | SS | Arb 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 13,750,000 |
| Raimel Tapia | 26 | CF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
2020 Retained Salaries
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Dunn | 35 | RP | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.73 | 4,000,000 |
2020 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (22) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Borenstein | AAA | 29 | LF | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Ben Bowden | AAA | 25 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ryan Castellani | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Michael Choice | AAA | 30 | LF | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Yonathan Daza | AAA | 26 | RF | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Elias Diaz | AAA | 29 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Phillip Diehl | AAA | 25 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Mike Gerber | AAA | 27 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Anyelo Gomez | 27 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Chi Chi Gonzalez | AAA | 28 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Ashton Goudeau | AAA | 27 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Joe Harvey | AAA | 28 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tyler Kinley | AAA | 29 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Peter Lambert | AAA | 23 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Justin Lawrence | AAA | 25 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jose Mujica | AAA | 24 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tyler Nevin | AAA | 23 | 3B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Dom Nunez | AAA | 25 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Chris Owings | AAA | 28 | 2B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1,000,000 |
| Wes Parsons | AAA | 0 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Antonio Santos | AA | 23 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jesus Tinoco | AAA | 25 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $135,663,333 |
| Retained Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Total Payroll | $136,663,333 |
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $135,030,000 | $633,333 | - | $135,663,333 | $135,663,333 | |
| Retained Salary | $1,000,000 | - | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $136,030,000 | $633,333 | - | $136,663,333 | $136,663,333 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $162,965,166 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $180,465,166 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $27,534,834 | ||||||