Kansas City Royals 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Kansas City Royals 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 (26) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Kennedy | 35 | RP/CL | Vet | $16,500,000 | - | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 | 23.61 | 14,000,000 | |
| Danny Duffy | 31 | SP | Vet | $15,250,000 | - | $15,250,000 | $15,250,000 | 21.82 | 13,000,000 | |
| Salvador Perez | 30 | C | Vet | $13,000,000 | $1,200,000 | $14,200,000 | $14,200,000 | 20.31 | 10,500,000 | |
| Jorge Soler | 28 | DH | Arb 1 | $7,300,000 | - | $7,300,000 | $7,300,000 | 10.44 | 7,300,000 | |
| Whit Merrifield | 31 | CF | Arb 1 | 2 | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 7.15 | 4,062,500 |
| Alex Gordon | 36 | LF | Vet | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 5.72 | 4,000,000 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 31 | SP | Arb 2 | $3,100,000 | - | $3,100,000 | $3,100,000 | 4.43 | 3,100,000 | |
| Maikel Franco | 27 | 3B | Arb 3 | 2 | $2,950,000 | - | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 | 4.22 | 2,950,000 |
| Jesse Hahn | 30 | RP | Arb 2 | $600,000 | - | $600,000 | $600,000 | 0.86 | 600,000 | |
| Scott Barlow | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Hunter Dozier | 28 | RF | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Cameron Gallagher | 27 | C | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Tim Hill | 30 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Jake Junis | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Brad Keller | 24 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Jorge Lopez | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Nicholas Lopez | 25 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Adalberto Mondesi | 24 | SS | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 26 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Brett Phillips | 26 | RF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Matt Reynolds | 29 | SS | Arb 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Randy Rosario | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Bubba Starling | 27 | CF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Stephen Woods | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Kyle Zimmer | 28 | RP | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wily Peralta | 31 | RP | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.43 | 1,625,000 |
2020 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (25) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Rosenthal | AAA | 30 | RP | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 0 | |
| Greg Holland | AAA | 34 | RP | $1,250,000 | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 0 | |
| Braden Shipley | AAA | 28 | SP | 1 | $600,000 | - | $600,000 | $600,000 | 0 |
| Chance Adams | AAA | 25 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Humberto Arteaga | AAA | 26 | SS | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Scott Blewett | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Nick Dini | AAA | 26 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Heath Fillmyer | AAA | 26 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Conner Greene | AAA | 25 | P | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Foster Griffin | AAA | 24 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Kelvin Gutierrez | AAA | 25 | 3B | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jeison Guzman | A | 21 | SS | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Nick Heath | AAA | 26 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Arnaldo Hernandez | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Carlos Hernandez | A | 23 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Richard Lovelady | AAA | 24 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ryan McBroom | AAA | 28 | 1B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Erick Mejia | AAA | 25 | 2B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jake Newberry | AAA | 25 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Eric Skoglund | AAA | 27 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Glenn Sparkman | AAA | 28 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | AAA | 25 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Josh Staumont | AAA | 26 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Meibrys Viloria | AAA | 23 | C | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Cole Watts | A | 24 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $68,900,000 |
| Retained Salary | $1,000,000 |
| Total Payroll | $69,900,000 |
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $67,700,000 | $1,200,000 | - | $68,900,000 | $68,900,000 | |
| Retained Salary | $1,000,000 | - | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $68,700,000 | $1,200,000 | - | $69,900,000 | $69,900,000 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $70,473,500 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $87,973,500 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $120,026,500 | ||||||