Milwaukee Brewers 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Milwaukee Brewers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Braun | 36 | 1B | Vet | $16,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $17,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 17.25 | 21,000,000 | |
| Lorenzo Cain | 34 | CF | Vet | $16,000,000 | - | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | 15.22 | 16,000,000 | |
| Christian Yelich | 28 | LF | Vet | $12,500,000 | - | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 | 12.69 | 23,888,888 | |
| Avisail Garcia | 29 | LF | Vet | $7,000,000 | $250,000 | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | 7.36 | 10,000,000 | |
| Corey Knebel | 28 | RP | Arb 3 | $5,125,000 | - | $5,125,000 | $5,125,000 | 5.20 | 5,125,000 | |
| Brett Anderson | 32 | SP | Vet | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 5.07 | 5,000,000 | |
| Josh Hader | 26 | RP/CL | Arb 1 | 2 | $4,100,000 | - | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | 4.16 | 4,100,000 |
| Justin Smoak | 33 | 1B | Vet | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 4.06 | 5,000,000 | |
| Eric Sogard | 34 | 2B | Vet | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 4.06 | 4,500,000 | |
| Josh Lindblom | 33 | SP | Vet | $3,041,666 | - | $3,041,666 | $3,041,666 | 3.09 | 3,041,667 | |
| Omar Narvaez | 28 | C | Arb 1 | 3 | $2,725,000 | - | $2,725,000 | $2,725,000 | 2.77 | 2,725,000 |
| Brock Holt | 32 | 2B | Vet | 1 | $2,500,000 | - | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 2.54 | 3,250,000 |
| Orlando Arcia | 25 | SS | Arb 1 | 1 | $2,200,000 | - | $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | 2.23 | 2,200,000 |
| Manuel Pina | 33 | C | Arb 2 | $1,850,000 | - | $1,850,000 | $1,850,000 | 1.88 | 1,850,000 | |
| Alexander Claudio | 28 | RP | Arb 2 | 1 | $1,750,000 | - | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | 1.78 | 1,750,000 |
| Ben Gamel | 28 | LF | Arb 1 | 1 | $1,400,000 | - | $1,400,000 | $1,400,000 | 1.42 | 1,400,000 |
| David Phelps | 33 | RP | Vet | $1,250,000 | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 1.27 | 1,500,000 | |
| Jedd Gyorko | 31 | 3B | Vet | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.01 | 2,000,000 | |
| Ryon Healy | 28 | 1B | Arb 1 | 3 | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.01 | 1,000,000 |
| Brent Suter | 30 | RP | Arb 1 | 2 | $900,000 | $50,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | 0.96 | 1,250,000 |
| Freddy Peralta | 24 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $575,200 | $234,960 | $810,160 | $810,160 | 0.82 | 3,100,000 |
| Brandon Woodruff | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | 1 | $633,100 | - | $633,100 | $633,100 | 0.64 | 633,100 |
| Eric Lauer | 25 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $582,300 | - | $582,300 | $582,300 | 0.59 | 582,300 |
| Keston Hiura | 23 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $582,100 | - | $582,100 | $582,100 | 0.59 | 582,100 |
| Adrian Houser | 27 | SP | Pre-Arb | $581,600 | - | $581,600 | $581,600 | 0.59 | 581,600 | |
| Corbin Burnes | 25 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | $570,000 | - | $570,000 | $570,000 | 0.58 | 570,000 |
| Ray Black | 30 | RP | Pre-Arb | $566,200 | - | $566,200 | $566,200 | 0.57 | 566,200 | |
| J.P. Feyereisen | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Shelby Miller | 29 | RP | Vet | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bobby Wahl | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
2020 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Urias (10-day, Illness) |
23 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $568,800 | - | $568,800 | $568,800 | 0.58 | 568,800 |
2020 Player Pool
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (30) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Williams | AAA | 25 | P | 3 | $566,300 | - | $566,300 | $566,300 | 566,300 |
| Tyrone Taylor | AAA | 26 | CF | 2 | $565,300 | - | $565,300 | $565,300 | 565,300 |
| Clayton Andrews | 24 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Phil Bickford | 24 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Zack Brown | 25 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Keon Broxton | AAA | 30 | RF | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Jesus Castillo | AAA | 24 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Thomas Dillard | 22 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Jacob Faria | AAA | 26 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Mario Feliciano | 21 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Dylan File | 24 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| David Freitas | AAA | 31 | C | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tuffy Gosewisch | AAA | 36 | C | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Justin Grimm | AAA | 31 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Antoine Kelly | 20 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Chris Lee | AAA | 27 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Tristen Lutz | 0 | OF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Mark Mathias | AAA | 25 | 2B | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Mike Morin | AAA | 29 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Logan Morrison | AAA | 32 | DH | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Jacob Nottingham | AAA | 25 | C | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Angel Perdomo | AAA | 26 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jace Peterson | AAA | 30 | 3B | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Drew Rasmussen | 24 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Corey Ray | AAA | 25 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ronny Rodriguez | AAA | 28 | 2B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ethan Small | 23 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Trey Supak | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Brice Turang | 20 | SS | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Eric Yardley | AAA | 29 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
| Player (0) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Mitchell | 21 | OF | - | $3,242,900 | $3,242,900 | $3,242,900 | 3.29 |
| Freddy Zamora | 21 | SS | - | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 | $1,150,000 | 1.17 |
| Zavier Warren | 21 | C | - | $575,000 | $575,000 | $575,000 | 0.58 |
| Hayden Cantrelle | 21 | SS | - | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | 0.30 |
| Joey Wiemer | 21 | OF | - | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 | 0.15 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Incentives | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $97,432,166 | $1,534,960 | - | $97,967,126 | $97,967,126 | |
| Injured Reserve Money | $568,800 | - | - | $568,800 | $568,800 | |
| Total Payroll | $98,000,966 | $1,534,960 | - | $98,535,926 | $98,535,926 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $124,896,255 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $142,396,255 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $65,603,745 | ||||||