Michael Taylor
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Current Contract
Michael Taylor signed a 2 year / $9,000,000 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $9,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $4,500,000. In 2023, Taylor will earn a base salary of $4,500,000 and a incentive bonus of $100,000, while carrying a total salary of $4,600,000.
2022-2023
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $9,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,500,000 Free Agent: 2024 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Incentive Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2022 31 6.129 $4,500,000 $150,000 $4,500,000 $4,650,000 $4,650,000 $4,650,000($4,650,000) 2023 32 7.129 $4,500,000 $100,000 $4,500,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000 $4,600,000($9,250,000) 2024 33 UFA Contract Notes:- Plate Appearances:
$50,000 each for 325, 375, 425, 475, 525
($150,000 earned, in 2022)
($100,000 earned in 2023)
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2021-2021
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,750,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,750,000 Free Agent: 
2020-2020 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,325,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,325,000 Free Agent:
2019-2019 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $3,250,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $3,250,000 Free Agent:
2018-2018 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,525,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,525,000 Free Agent:
2017-2017 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $557,900 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $557,900 Free Agent:
2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $524,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $524,000 Free Agent:
2015-2015 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $508,700 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $508,700 Free Agent:
2014-2014 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $500,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $500,000 Free Agent:
2009-2009Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $125,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $125,000 Free Agent: - Plate Appearances:
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Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2009
- $125,000 - $125,000 2014
$101,092 - - $101,092 2015
$478,122 - - $478,122 2016
$412,272 - - $412,272 2017
$551,869 - - $551,869 2018
$2,525,000 - - $2,525,000 2019
$1,860,215 - - $1,860,215 2020
$1,231,481 - - $1,231,481 2021
AL GOLD GLOVE:CF $1,750,000 - $250,000 $2,000,000 2022
$4,500,000 - $150,000 $4,650,000 2023
$4,500,000 - $100,000 $4,600,000 Est. Earnings
(10 seasons)$17,910,051 $125,000 $500,000 $18,535,051 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 7 seasons $7,160,051 $125,000 - $7,285,051 2 seasons $6,250,000 - - $6,650,000 1 seasons $4,500,000 - - $4,600,000 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Jan 23 2023Traded to Minnesota (MIN) from Kansas City (KC) for Evan Sisk and Steven Cruz|85966Sep 29 2021Signed a 2 year $9 million contract extension with Kansas City (KC)Nov 30 2020Signed a 1 year $1.75 million contract with Kansas City (KC)Jan 9 2020Signed a 1 year $3.325 million contract with Washington (WSH), avoiding arbitrationFeb 1 2019Signed a 1 year $3.25 million contract with Washington (WSH), settling in arbitrationFeb 24 2017Signed a 1 year $557,900 contract with Washington (WSH)Mar 4 2016Signed a 1 year $524,000 contract with Washington (WAS)Mar 3 2015Signed a 1 year $508,700 contract with Washington (WAS)Feb 26 2014Signed a 1 year $500k contract with Washington (WAS)Jun 24 2009Drafted by Washington (WAS): Round 6 (#172 overall) -
Injuries
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2023 Player Rankings
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Statistics
Season Team GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WAR 2023 MIN 128 111 355 48 78 14 1 21 51 26 13 130 .220 .278 .442 .720 1.91 2022 KC 124 115 414 49 105 10 3 9 43 35 4 109 .254 .313 .357 .670 3.24 2021 KC 142 136 483 58 118 16 1 12 54 33 14 144 .244 .297 .356 .653 2.49 2020 WSH 38 23 92 11 18 6 0 5 16 6 0 27 .196 .253 .424 .677 -0.4 2019 WSH 53 20 88 10 22 7 0 1 3 7 6 34 .250 .305 .364 .669 -0.09 2018 WSH 134 87 353 46 80 22 3 6 28 29 24 116 .227 .287 .357 .644 1.3 2017 WSH 118 106 399 55 108 23 3 19 53 29 17 137 .271 .320 .486 .806 2.73 2016 WSH 76 48 221 28 51 11 0 7 16 14 14 77 .231 .278 .376 .654 -0.27 2015 WSH 138 121 472 49 109 16 2 14 63 35 17 158 .231 .284 .362 .646 0.41 2014 WSH 17 8 39 5 8 3 0 1 5 3 0 17 .205 .279 .359 .638 -0.1 Totals 968 775 2,916 359 697 128 13 95 332 217 109 949 0.239 0.294 0.390 0.684 11.22 -
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Previous Contract
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