Houston Astros 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Houston Astros 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 (30) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Verlander | 37 | SP | Vet | $33,000,000 | - | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | 15.52 | 33,000,000 | |
| Jose Altuve | 30 | 2B | Vet | $26,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $29,000,000 | $29,000,000 | 13.64 | 23,357,143 | |
| Zack Greinke | 36 | SP | Vet | $32,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $35,000,000 | $24,666,667 | 11.60 | 24,083,333 | |
| George Springer | 30 | CF | Arb 4 | $21,000,000 | - | $21,000,000 | $21,000,000 | 9.88 | 21,000,000 | |
| Michael Brantley | 33 | LF | Vet | $15,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 7.53 | 16,000,000 | |
| Josh Reddick | 33 | RF | Vet | $13,000,000 | - | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 6.12 | 13,000,000 | |
| Alex Bregman | 26 | 3B | Arb 1 | 3 | $11,000,000 | $1,666,667 | $12,666,666 | $12,666,666 | 5.96 | 20,000,000 |
| Roberto Osuna | 25 | RP/CL | Arb 3 | 3 | $10,000,000 | - | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | 4.70 | 10,000,000 |
| Ryan Pressly | 31 | RP | Vet | $8,750,000 | - | $8,750,000 | $8,750,000 | 4.12 | 6,800,000 | |
| Yulieski Gurriel | 36 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $8,300,000 | $400,000 | $8,700,000 | $8,700,000 | 4.09 | 9,500,000 |
| Carlos Correa | 25 | SS | Arb 2 | 3 | $8,000,000 | - | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | 3.76 | 8,000,000 |
| Lance McCullers | 26 | SP | Arb 3 | 2 | $4,100,000 | - | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | 1.93 | 4,100,000 |
| Joe Smith | 36 | RP | Vet | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1.88 | 4,000,000 | |
| Brad Peacock | 32 | SP | Arb 4 | $3,900,000 | - | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 | 1.83 | 3,900,000 | |
| Martin Maldonado | 33 | C | Vet | $3,500,000 | - | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 1.65 | 3,500,000 | |
| Aledmys Diaz | 29 | SS | Arb 1 | $2,600,000 | - | $2,600,000 | $2,600,000 | 1.22 | 2,600,000 | |
| Chris Devenski | 29 | RP | Arb 2 | 3 | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 0.94 | 2,000,000 |
| Joseph Biagini | 30 | RP | Arb 2 | 1 | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.47 | 1,000,000 |
| Dustin Garneau | 32 | C | Pre-Arb | $650,000 | - | $650,000 | $650,000 | 0.31 | 650,000 | |
| Yordan Alvarez | 23 | DH | Pre-Arb | 3 | $607,000 | - | $607,000 | $607,000 | 0.29 | 607,000 |
| Josh James | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $590,700 | - | $590,700 | $590,700 | 0.28 | 590,700 |
| Austin Pruitt | 30 | RP | Pre-Arb | $584,900 | - | $584,900 | $584,900 | 0.28 | 584,900 | |
| Framber Valdez | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $582,200 | - | $582,200 | $582,200 | 0.27 | 582,200 |
| Jose Urquidy | 25 | SP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $574,600 | - | $574,600 | $574,600 | 0.27 | 574,600 |
| Abraham Toro-Hernandez | 23 | 3B | Pre-Arb | 3 | $573,700 | - | $573,700 | $573,700 | 0.27 | 573,700 |
| Myles Straw | 25 | CF | Pre-Arb | 2 | $571,300 | - | $571,300 | $571,300 | 0.27 | 571,300 |
| Kyle Tucker | 23 | LF | Pre-Arb | 1 | $568,700 | - | $568,700 | $568,700 | 0.27 | 568,700 |
| Cy Sneed | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $568,300 | - | $568,300 | $568,300 | 0.27 | 568,300 |
| Bryan Abreu | 23 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $567,200 | - | $567,200 | $567,200 | 0.27 | 567,200 |
| Cionel Perez | 24 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
2020 Reserve/Suspended
Salaries from players who have been suspended, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Martes | 24 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
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 % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Singleton | 28 | 1B | $250,000 | - | $250,000 | $250,000 | 0.12 | - |
2020 Player Pool
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (27) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogelio Armenteros | AAA | 26 | SP | 2 | $569,100 | - | $569,100 | $569,100 | 569,100 |
| Brandon Bailey | AAA | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Brandon Bielak | 24 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Brett Conine | 23 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Dawson | 25 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Alex De Goti | 25 | SS | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Shawn Dubin | 24 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Kent Emanuel | AAA | 28 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Drew Ferguson | 27 | CF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Luis Garcia | 23 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Ralph Garza | 26 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Cristian Javier | AAA | 23 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Taylor Jones | AAA | 26 | 1B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jack Mayfield | AAA | 29 | 2B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Chas McCormick | 25 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Jake Meyers | 24 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Michael Papierski | 24 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Enoli Paredes | AA | 24 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jamie Ritchie | 27 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Nivaldo Rodriguez | AA | 23 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Andre Scrubb | 25 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Colton Shaver | 24 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Garrett Stubbs | AAA | 27 | C | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Nick Tanielu | 27 | 3B | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Blake Taylor | AAA | 24 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jojanse Torres | 24 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Forrest Whitley | 22 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
| Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Santos II | 18 | P | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 0.59 |
| Ty Brown | 21 | P | - | $577,000 | $577,000 | $577,000 | 0.27 |
| Zach Daniels | 21 | OF | - | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | 0.19 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 21 | SS | - | $56,000 | $56,000 | $56,000 | 0.03 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $213,588,600 | $9,066,667 | - | $222,655,266 | $212,321,933 | |
| Retained Salary | $250,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $250,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $213,838,600 | $9,066,667 | - | $222,905,266 | $212,571,933 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $212,848,176 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $230,348,176 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $-22,348,176 | ||||||
| Est. Tax Bill (20%, Surcharge 12%) | $4,751,416 | ||||||
| Est. Payroll + Tax Bill | $235,099,592 | ||||||