
Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals 2021 Payroll
Royals 2021 Payroll
An updated look at the Kansas City Royals 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Duffy | 32 | SP | Vet | $15,500,000 | - | $15,500,000 | $15,500,000 | 19.59 | 13,000,000 | |
Salvador Perez | 31 | C | Vet | $13,000,000 | $1,200,000 | $14,200,000 | $14,200,000 | 17.95 | 10,500,000 | |
Jorge Soler | 29 | DH | Arb 2 | $8,050,000 | - | $8,050,000 | $8,050,000 | 10.17 | 8,050,000 | |
Whit Merrifield | 32 | RF | Arb 2 | 2 | $6,750,000 | - | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | 9.16 | 4,062,500 |
Mike Minor | 33 | SP | Vet | $7,000,000 | - | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 8.85 | 9,000,000 | |
Carlos Santana | 35 | 1B | Vet | $7,000,000 | - | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 8.85 | 8,750,000 | |
Andrew Benintendi | 26 | LF | Arb 2 | 3 | $6,600,000 | - | $6,600,000 | $3,800,000 | 4.80 | 2,200,000 |
Brad Keller | 25 | SP | Arb 1 | 3 | $3,350,000 | - | $3,350,000 | $3,350,000 | 4.23 | 3,350,000 |
Greg Holland | 35 | RP/CL | Vet | $2,750,000 | - | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | 3.48 | 2,750,000 | |
Adalberto Mondesi | 25 | SS | Arb 1 | $2,525,000 | - | $2,525,000 | $2,525,000 | 3.19 | 2,525,000 | |
Michael Taylor | 30 | CF | Vet | $1,750,000 | - | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | 2.21 | 1,750,000 | |
Jake Junis | 28 | RP | Arb 1 | 2 | $1,700,000 | - | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | 2.15 | 1,700,000 |
Hanser Alberto | 28 | 2B | Arb 2 | $1,650,000 | - | $1,650,000 | $1,650,000 | 2.09 | 1,650,000 | |
Jesse Hahn | 31 | RP | Arb 3 | $1,350,000 | - | $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | 1.71 | 1,750,000 | |
Wade Davis | 35 | RP | Vet | $1,250,000 | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 1.58 | 1,250,000 | |
Scott Barlow | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Kris Bubic | 23 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Hunter Dozier | 29 | 3B | Arb 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 6,250,000 |
Lucius Fox | 23 | SS | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Cameron Gallagher | 28 | C | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Nicholas Lopez | 26 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Richard Lovelady | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Ryan McBroom | 29 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Brady Singer | 24 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Josh Staumont | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
Kyle Zimmer | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
2021 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 |
Lux. Tax Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Blewett | 25 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Ronald Bolanos | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Kelvin Gutierrez | 26 | 3B | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Nick Heath | 27 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Carlos Hernandez | 24 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Jake Newberry | 26 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Ryan O'Hearn | 27 | 1B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Edward Olivares | 25 | OF | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Sebastian Rivero | 22 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Daniel Tillo | 25 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Meibrys Viloria | 24 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Angel Zerpa | 21 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Tyler Zuber | 26 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Ervin Santana | 38 | SP | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||
Chance Adams | 26 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Brad Brach | 35 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
Foster Griffin | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Jeison Guzman | 22 | SS | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Erick Mejia | 26 | 2B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Carlos Sanabria | 24 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Gabe Speier | 26 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
Bubba Starling | 28 | CF | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2021 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
Player (0) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Vazquez | 0 | SS | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 1.90 |
Diego Guzman | 0 | SS | - | $447,500 | $447,500 | $447,500 | 0.57 |
2021 Payroll Totals
Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active Payroll | $80,225,000 | $1,200,000 | $500,000 | $81,925,000 | $79,125,000 | |
Total Payroll | $80,225,000 | $1,200,000 | $500,000 | $81,925,000 | $79,125,000 |
2021 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $210,000,000 | ||||||
Total AAV/Payroll | $81,387,500 | ||||||
Estimated Player Benefits | $15,500,000 | ||||||
Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $99,387,500 | ||||||
Comp. Balance Tax Space | $110,612,500 |