Kansas City Royals Multi-Year Table

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Kansas City Royals, including multi-year tax salaries & free agents.

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Pct of Tax Threshold
Player (40) Pos Age 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037
Witt Jr. Bobby Witt Jr. SS 26
$26,252,525
10.8%
$26,252,525
10.6%
$26,252,525
10.5%
$26,252,525
10.4%
$26,252,525
10.3%
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
$26,252,525
Lugo Seth Lugo SP 36
$23,000,000
9.4%
$23,000,000
9.3%
$23,000,000
UFA
Wacha Michael Wacha SP 35
$17,000,000
7.0%
$17,000,000
6.9%
$14,000,000
UFA
Perez Salvador Perez C 36
$12,500,000
5.1%
$12,500,000
5.1%
UFA
Garcia Maikel Garcia 3B 26
$11,500,000
4.7%
$11,500,000
4.7%
$11,500,000
4.6%
$11,500,000
4.5%
$11,500,000
4.5%
$11,500,000
UFA
Estevez Carlos Estevez RP 33
$11,100,000
4.5%
$11,100,000
UFA
India Jonathan India 2B 29
$8,000,000
3.3%
UFA
Strahm Matt Strahm RP 34
$7,500,000
3.1%
UFA
Bubic Kris Bubic SP 28
$6,150,000
2.5%
UFA
Pasquantino Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 28
$5,550,000
2.3%
$5,550,000
2.2%
ARB 3
UFA
Thomas Lane Thomas CF 30
$5,250,000
2.2%
UFA
Ragans Cole Ragans SP 28
$4,416,667
1.8%
$4,416,667
1.8%
ARB 3
UFA
Schreiber John Schreiber RP 32
$3,715,000
1.5%
UFA
Falter Bailey Falter SP 29
$3,600,000
1.5%
ARB 3 (S2)
ARB 4 (S2)
UFA
Isbel Kyle Isbel CF 29
$2,700,000
1.1%
ARB 3
UFA
Erceg Lucas Erceg RP 31
$2,000,000
PRE
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
UFA
Mears Nick Mears RP 29
$1,900,000
0.8%
ARB 3
UFA
Massey Michael Massey 2B 28
$1,570,000
0.6%
ARB 2
ARB 3
UFA
Lynch Daniel Lynch RP 29
$1,025,000
0.4%
ARB 2
ARB 3
UFA
Marte Starling Marte RF 37
$1,000,000
0.4%
UFA
Lange Alex Lange RP 30
$900,000
0.4%
ARB 2
ARB 3
UFA
Avila Luinder Avila RP 24
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Bergert Ryan Bergert SP 26
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Black Mason Black SP 26
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Caglianone Jac Caglianone 1B 23
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Cameron Noah Cameron SP 26
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Collins Isaac Collins OF 28
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
ARB 1
Cruz Steven Cruz RP 27
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
ARB 1
Jensen Carter Jensen C 22
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Kolek Stephen Kolek SP 29
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
ARB 1
Kudrna Ben Kudrna P 23
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Loftin Nick Loftin SS 27
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
ARB 1
Misner Kameron Misner CF 28
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Rave John Rave CF 28
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Spence Mitch Spence RP 28
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
ARB 1
Tolbert Tyler Tolbert SS 28
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
Waters Drew Waters OF 27
$820,000
PRE
ARB 1 (S2)
ARB 2 (S2)
Zobac Steven Zobac SP 25
$820,000
PRE
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
McArthur James McArthur RP 29
$810,000
0.3%
ARB 2 (S2)
ARB 3 (S2)
ARB 4 (S2)
UFA
Cerantola Eric Cerantola 33 26
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB
PRE-ARB

Injured List

Player (1) Pos Age 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037
Marsh Alec Marsh SP 28
$820,000
PRE
ARB 1
ARB 2

Dead Money

Player (1) Pos Age 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037
Grichuk Randal Grichuk RF 34
$0

Summary

      2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037
Tax Threshold $244,000,000 $247,000,000 $250,000,000 $253,000,000 $256,000,000              
Guaranteed Contracts $155,439,192 $100,219,192 $37,752,525 $37,752,525 $37,752,525 $26,252,525 $26,252,525 $26,252,525 $26,252,525      
Proj. Arbitration Contracts                        
Proj. Pre-Arbitration Contracts $4,100,000                      
Total Tax $181,905,858 $123,135,858 $61,219,191 $61,769,191 $62,319,191 $26,252,525 $26,252,525 $26,252,525 $26,252,525      
Tax Space
$62,094,142
$123,864,142
$188,780,809
$191,230,809
$193,680,809
$-26,252,525
$-26,252,525
$-26,252,525
$-26,252,525
$0
$0
$0
Est. Tax Bill $15,751,515 $15,751,515 $15,751,515 $15,751,515

Minor

Player (0) Pos Age 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037

TRANSACTIONS

Mar 02, 2026
Dairon Blanco, OF

Designated for Assignment by Kansas City (KC)

Mar 01, 2026
Starling Marte, RF

Signed a 1 year $1 million contract with Kansas City (KC)

Feb 20, 2026
Elias Diaz, C

Signed a minor league contract with Kansas City (KC)

Feb 13, 2026
John Means, SP

Signed a minor league contract with Kansas City (KC)

Feb 12, 2026
Mitch Spence, RP

Traded to Kansas City (KC) from Athletics (ATH) for A.J. Causey

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