Starting Pitcher Spending
A real-time look at how MLB teams are spending their 2019 cap dollars on Starting Pitchers.
Team Payroll Allocation: Active Roster
| Rank | Team | Signed | 2019 Payroll Dollars | % of 2019 Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHCChicago Cubs | 10 | $100,920,000 | 49.15% |
| 2 | LADLos Angeles Dodgers | 10 | $93,691,668 | 49.63% |
| 3 | BOSBoston Red Sox | 7 | $88,425,000 | 39.29% |
| 4 | NYYNew York Yankees | 10 | $63,075,000 | 32.90% |
| 5 | WSHWashington Nationals | 9 | $62,322,228 | 41.22% |
| 6 | SEASeattle Mariners | 8 | $56,557,142 | 38.70% |
| 7 | SFSan Francisco Giants | 10 | $52,800,000 | 32.37% |
| 8 | ARIArizona Diamondbacks | 11 | $47,575,000 | 46.97% |
| 9 | NYMNew York Mets | 8 | $39,600,000 | 26.04% |
| 10 | DETDetroit Tigers | 8 | $36,100,000 | 35.44% |
| 11 | KCKansas City Royals | 10 | $32,550,000 | 39.58% |
| 12 | CLECleveland Indians | 8 | $31,450,000 | 32.67% |
| 13 | LAALos Angeles Angels | 13 | $30,076,000 | 18.93% |
| 14 | PHIPhiladelphia Phillies | 9 | $28,224,000 | 24.53% |
| 15 | MIAMiami Marlins | 8 | $28,200,000 | 43.23% |
| 16 | STLSt. Louis Cardinals | 7 | $27,800,000 | 18.80% |
| 17 | ATLAtlanta Braves | 10 | $25,991,668 | 24.67% |
| 18 | MINMinnesota Twins | 9 | $25,625,000 | 29.23% |
| 19 | HOUHouston Astros | 6 | $24,100,000 | 18.76% |
| 20 | TEXTexas Rangers | 7 | $23,166,666 | 21.34% |
| 21 | BALBaltimore Orioles | 11 | $21,800,000 | 35.80% |
| 22 | MILMilwaukee Brewers | 10 | $21,775,000 | 19.17% |
| 23 | TORToronto Blue Jays | 9 | $16,300,000 | 16.21% |
| 24 | TBTampa Bay Rays | 9 | $15,000,000 | 37.47% |
| 25 | CHWChicago White Sox | 12 | $13,366,668 | 16.67% |
| 26 | CINCincinnati Reds | 10 | $12,125,000 | 12.88% |
| 27 | PITPittsburgh Pirates | 11 | $9,716,668 | 16.49% |
| 28 | OAKOakland Athletics | 12 | $9,150,000 | 13.21% |
| 29 | COLColorado Rockies | 8 | $8,875,000 | 7.76% |
| 30 | SDSan Diego Padres | 11 | $7,000,000 | 9.70% |
| Total | 281 | $1,053,357,708 | 29.87% | |
| Average | 9 | $35,111,924 | 28.29% |
| Rank | Player | 2019 Payroll Dollars | % of 2019 Payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Zack Greinke | $34,500,000 | 34.06% |
| 2 | 
|
Robbie Ray | $6,050,000 | 5.97% |
| 3 | 
|
Taijuan Walker | $5,025,000 | 4.96% |
| 4 | 
|
Merrill Kelly | $2,000,000 | 1.97% |
| 5 |
|
Taylor Clarke | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Yoan Lopez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Joel Payamps | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Bo Takahashi | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Emilio Vargas | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 10 | 
|
Julio Teheran | $11,166,668 | 10.60% |
| 11 | 
|
Kevin Gausman | $9,350,000 | 8.87% |
| 12 | 
|
Mike Foltynewicz | $5,475,000 | 5.20% |
| 13 | 
|
Kolby Allard | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Touki Toussaint | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Bryse Wilson | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Kyle Wright | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 17 | 
|
Alex Cobb | $14,000,000 | 15.60% |
| 18 | 
|
Andrew Cashner | $9,500,000 | 15.60% |
| 19 | 
|
Dylan Bundy | $2,800,000 | 4.60% |
| 20 |
|
Hunter Harvey | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Branden Kline | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Luis Ortiz | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Yefry Ramirez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Josh Rogers | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Dillon Tate | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 26 | 
|
David Price | $31,000,000 | 13.78% |
| 27 | 
|
Rick Porcello | $21,125,000 | 9.39% |
| 28 | 
|
Nathan Eovaldi | $17,000,000 | 7.55% |
| 29 | 
|
Chris Sale | $15,000,000 | 6.67% |
| 30 | 
|
Eduardo Rodriguez | $4,300,000 | 1.91% |
| 31 |
|
Chandler Shepherd | $0 | 0.00% |
| 32 | 
|
Jon Lester | $27,500,000 | 13.39% |
| 33 | 
|
Yu Darvish | $20,000,000 | 9.74% |
|
Cole Hamels | $20,000,000 | 9.74% | |
| 35 | 
|
Tyler Chatwood | $12,500,000 | 6.09% |
| 36 | 
|
Jose Quintana | $10,500,000 | 5.11% |
| 37 | 
|
Kyle Hendricks | $7,405,000 | 3.61% |
| 38 | 
|
Mike Montgomery | $2,440,000 | 1.19% |
| 39 | 
|
Kendall Graveman | $575,000 | 0.28% |
| 40 |
|
Justin Steele | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Duane Underwood | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 42 | 
|
Ivan Nova | $9,166,668 | 11.43% |
| 43 | 
|
Carlos Rodon | $4,200,000 | 5.24% |
| 44 | 
|
Manny Banuelos | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Dylan Cease | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Carson Fulmer | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Michael Kopech | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Kodi Medeiros | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Jordan Stephens | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 50 | 
|
Tanner Roark | $10,000,000 | 10.62% |
| 51 | 
|
Anthony DeSclafani | $2,125,000 | 2.26% |
| 52 | 
|
Corey Kluber | $17,200,000 | 17.86% |
| 53 | 
|
Carlos Carrasco | $9,750,000 | 10.13% |
| 54 | 
|
Danny Salazar | $4,500,000 | 4.67% |
| 55 | 
|
Shane Bieber | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Sam Hentges | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jefry Rodriguez | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 58 | 
|
Chad Bettis | $3,325,000 | 2.91% |
| 59 | 
|
Jon Gray | $2,925,000 | 2.56% |
| 60 | 
|
Tyler Anderson | $2,625,000 | 2.30% |
| 61 |
|
Ryan Castellani | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Jeff Hoffman | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 63 | 
|
Jordan Zimmermann | $25,000,000 | 24.54% |
| 64 | 
|
Tyson Ross | $6,000,000 | 5.89% |
| 65 | 
|
Matt Boyd | $2,600,000 | 2.55% |
| 66 | 
|
Matt Moore | $2,500,000 | 2.45% |
| 67 | 
|
Ryan Carpenter | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Spencer Turnbull | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 69 | 
|
Justin Verlander | $28,000,000 | 15.56% |
| 70 | 
|
Lance McCullers | $4,100,000 | 3.19% |
| 71 |
|
Rogelio Armenteros | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Josh James | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Framber Valdez | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 74 | 
|
Ian Kennedy | $16,500,000 | 20.06% |
| 75 | 
|
Danny Duffy | $15,250,000 | 18.54% |
| 76 | 
|
Jesse Hahn | $800,000 | 0.97% |
| 77 |
|
Scott Blewett | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Brad Keller | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Ben Lively | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Trevor Oaks | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Josh Staumont | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 82 | 
|
Matt Harvey | $11,000,000 | 6.92% |
| 83 | 
|
Trevor Cahill | $9,000,000 | 5.67% |
| 84 | 
|
Tyler Skaggs | $3,700,000 | 2.33% |
| 85 | 
|
Andrew Heaney | $3,400,000 | 2.14% |
| 86 | 
|
J.C. Ramirez | $1,901,000 | 1.20% |
| 87 | 
|
Nicholas Tropeano | $1,075,000 | 0.68% |
| 88 | 
|
Jaime Barria | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Ty Buttrey | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Luis Madero | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Shohei Ohtani | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Jose Suarez | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 93 | 
|
Clayton Kershaw | $31,000,000 | 16.42% |
| 94 | 
|
Homer Bailey | $23,000,000 | 12.18% |
| 95 | 
|
Rich Hill | $18,666,668 | 9.89% |
| 96 | 
|
Hyun-Jin Ryu | $17,900,000 | 9.48% |
| 97 | 
|
Kenta Maeda | $3,125,000 | 1.66% |
| 98 |
|
Yadier Alvarez | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Adam McCreery | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Dennis Santana | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 101 | 
|
Wei-Yin Chen | $20,000,000 | 30.66% |
| 102 | 
|
Dan Straily | $5,000,000 | 7.66% |
| 103 | 
|
Jose Urena | $3,200,000 | 4.91% |
| 104 | 
|
Jeff Brigham | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Pablo Lopez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Trevor Richards | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 107 | 
|
Jhoulys Chacin | $6,750,000 | 5.83% |
| 108 | 
|
Chase Anderson | $6,500,000 | 5.61% |
| 109 | 
|
Jimmy Nelson | $3,700,000 | 3.19% |
| 110 | 
|
Zach Davies | $2,600,000 | 2.24% |
| 111 | 
|
Junior Guerra | $2,225,000 | 1.92% |
| 112 | 
|
Adrian Houser | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Freddy Peralta | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Trey Supak | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Aaron Wilkerson | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 116 | 
|
Jake Odorizzi | $9,500,000 | 10.84% |
| 117 | 
|
Kyle Gibson | $8,125,000 | 9.27% |
| 118 | 
|
Michael Pineda | $8,000,000 | 9.13% |
| 119 | 
|
Stephen Gonsalves | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Fernando Romero | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Kohl Stewart | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 122 | 
|
Jacob deGrom | $17,000,000 | 11.18% |
| 123 | 
|
Jason Vargas | $8,000,000 | 5.26% |
| 124 | 
|
Noah Syndergaard | $6,000,000 | 3.95% |
| 125 | 
|
Zack Wheeler | $5,975,000 | 3.93% |
| 126 | 
|
Steven Matz | $2,625,000 | 1.73% |
| 127 | 
|
Chris Flexen | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Drew Gagnon | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Corey Oswalt | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 130 | 
|
Masahiro Tanaka | $22,000,000 | 11.47% |
| 131 | 
|
J.A. Happ | $17,000,000 | 8.87% |
| 132 | 
|
James Paxton | $8,575,000 | 4.47% |
| 133 | 
|
C.C. Sabathia | $8,000,000 | 4.17% |
| 134 | 
|
Sonny Gray | $7,500,000 | 3.91% |
| 135 |
|
Domingo Acevedo | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Chance Adams | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 137 | 
|
Michael Fiers | $6,000,000 | 8.66% |
| 138 | 
|
Sean Manaea | $3,150,000 | 4.55% |
| 139 | 
|
Aaron Brooks | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Grant Holmes | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
James Kaprielian | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 142 | 
|
Jake Arrieta | $25,000,000 | 21.73% |
| 143 | 
|
Vincent Velasquez | $2,249,000 | 1.95% |
| 144 | 
|
Jerad Eickhoff | $975,000 | 0.85% |
| 145 | 
|
Enyel De Los Santos | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Adonis Medina | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 147 | 
|
Chris Archer | $7,666,668 | 13.01% |
| 148 | 
|
Jordan Lyles | $2,050,000 | 3.48% |
| 149 |
|
JT Brubaker | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Mitch Keller | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Aaron Slegers | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 152 | 
|
Garrett Richards | $7,000,000 | 9.70% |
| 153 |
|
Pedro Avila | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Anderson Espinoza | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Brett Kennedy | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Eric Lauer | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Joey Lucchesi | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jacob Nix | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Chris Paddack | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Trey Wingenter | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 161 | 
|
Johnny Cueto | $21,000,000 | 12.88% |
| 162 | 
|
Jeff Samardzija | $19,800,000 | 12.14% |
| 163 | 
|
Madison Bumgarner | $12,000,000 | 7.36% |
| 164 | 
|
Tyler Beede | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Sam Coonrod | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Chase Johnson | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Dereck Rodriguez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Andrew Suarez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Logan Webb | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 170 | 
|
Felix Hernandez | $27,857,142 | 19.06% |
| 171 | 
|
Mike Leake | $16,000,000 | 10.95% |
| 172 |
|
Yusei Kikuchi | $9,500,000 | 6.50% |
| 173 | 
|
Wade LeBlanc | $2,300,000 | 1.57% |
| 174 | 
|
Marco Gonzales | $900,000 | 0.62% |
| 175 |
|
Ruben Alaniz | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Ricardo Sanchez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Justus Sheffield | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 178 | 
|
Carlos Martinez | $11,700,000 | 7.91% |
| 179 | 
|
Miles Mikolas | $7,750,000 | 5.24% |
| 180 | 
|
Michael Wacha | $6,350,000 | 4.29% |
| 181 | 
|
Adam Wainwright | $2,000,000 | 1.35% |
| 182 | 
|
Austin Gomber | $0 | 0.00% |
| 183 | 
|
Charlie Morton | $15,000,000 | 37.47% |
| 184 | 
|
Jalen Beeks | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Yonny Chirinos | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Brent Honeywell | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Andrew Moore | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 188 | 
|
Mike Minor | $9,833,333 | 9.06% |
| 189 | 
|
Lance Lynn | $9,333,333 | 8.60% |
| 190 | 
|
Shelby Miller | $2,000,000 | 1.84% |
|
Edinson Volquez | $2,000,000 | 1.84% | |
| 192 | 
|
Ariel Jurado | $0 | 0.00% |
| 193 | 
|
Marcus Stroman | $7,400,000 | 7.36% |
| 194 | 
|
Aaron Sanchez | $3,900,000 | 3.88% |
| 195 | 
|
Matt Shoemaker | $3,500,000 | 3.48% |
| 196 | 
|
Clayton Richard | $3,000,000 | 1.49% |
| 197 |
|
Yennsy Diaz | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Julian Merryweather | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Sean Reid-Foley | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 200 | 
|
Stephen Strasburg | $38,333,334 | 3.31% |
| 201 | 
|
Max Scherzer | $37,405,562 | 24.74% |
| 202 | 
|
Patrick Corbin | $12,916,666 | 8.54% |
| 203 | 
|
Anibal Sanchez | $8,000,000 | 3.97% |
| 204 | 
|
Joe Ross | $1,000,000 | 0.66% |
| 205 | 
|
Jimmy Cordero | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Kyle McGowin | $0 | 0.00% | |