Starting Pitcher Spending
A real-time look at how MLB teams are spending their 2021 cap dollars on Starting Pitchers.
Team Payroll Allocation: Active Roster
| Rank | Team | Signed | 2021 Payroll Dollars | % of 2021 Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WSHWashington Nationals | 5 | $83,991,575 | 64.37% |
| 2 | HOUHouston Astros | 7 | $63,516,667 | 44.39% |
| 3 | PHIPhiladelphia Phillies | 8 | $63,450,000 | 37.16% |
| 4 | CHCChicago Cubs | 5 | $62,300,000 | 34.81% |
| 5 | BOSBoston Red Sox | 6 | $52,150,000 | 35.77% |
| 6 | LADLos Angeles Dodgers | 6 | $52,000,000 | 29.30% |
| 7 | NYYNew York Yankees | 5 | $48,350,000 | 28.32% |
| 8 | TORToronto Blue Jays | 10 | $41,500,000 | 54.36% |
| 9 | NYMNew York Mets | 5 | $36,900,000 | 31.27% |
| 10 | STLSt. Louis Cardinals | 8 | $35,050,000 | 29.66% |
| 11 | TBTampa Bay Rays | 9 | $34,700,000 | 45.11% |
| 12 | CHWChicago White Sox | 7 | $28,300,000 | 23.06% |
| 13 | TEXTexas Rangers | 6 | $27,333,334 | 36.93% |
| 14 | PITPittsburgh Pirates | 10 | $25,500,000 | 37.47% |
| 15 | CINCincinnati Reds | 5 | $24,566,666 | 19.29% |
| 16 | SFSan Francisco Giants | 5 | $24,350,000 | 22.06% |
| 17 | KCKansas City Royals | 9 | $24,150,000 | 35.36% |
| 18 | SEASeattle Mariners | 7 | $23,000,000 | 43.40% |
| 19 | COLColorado Rockies | 8 | $23,000,000 | 17.64% |
| 20 | ARIArizona Diamondbacks | 11 | $21,600,000 | 27.21% |
| 21 | MINMinnesota Twins | 8 | $18,561,000 | 20.95% |
| 22 | LAALos Angeles Angels | 9 | $17,800,000 | 11.78% |
| 23 | SDSan Diego Padres | 7 | $17,200,000 | 13.82% |
| 24 | DETDetroit Tigers | 8 | $12,950,000 | 21.33% |
| 25 | CLECleveland Indians | 6 | $12,000,000 | 14.86% |
| 26 | OAKOakland Athletics | 7 | $11,650,000 | 19.31% |
| 27 | BALBaltimore Orioles | 4 | $10,250,000 | 20.13% |
| 28 | MILMilwaukee Brewers | 6 | $7,991,666 | 8.69% |
| 29 | MIAMiami Marlins | 5 | $4,000,000 | 7.91% |
| 30 | ATLAtlanta Braves | 9 | $3,500,000 | 3.94% |
| Total | 211 | $911,610,908 | 28.59% | |
| Average | 7 | $30,387,030 | 27.99% |
| Rank | Player | 2021 Payroll Dollars | % of 2021 Payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Madison Bumgarner | $19,000,000 | 17.64% |
| 2 | 
|
Merrill Kelly | $4,250,000 | 5.35% |
| 3 | 
|
Luke Weaver | $1,900,000 | 2.39% |
| 4 | 
|
Caleb Smith | $1,450,000 | 1.83% |
| 5 | 
|
Jeremy Beasley | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Zac Gallen | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Corbin Martin | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Joel Payamps | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Bo Takahashi | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Emilio Vargas | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Alex Young | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 12 | 
|
Max Fried | $3,500,000 | 3.94% |
| 13 | 
|
Sean Newcomb | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Philip Pfeifer | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Michael Soroka | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Touki Toussaint | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Patrick Weigel | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Bryse Wilson | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Kyle Wright | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Huascar Ynoa | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 21 | 
|
Alex Cobb | $15,000,000 | 20.13% |
| 22 |
|
Dean Kremer | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Jorge Lopez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
John Means | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 25 | 
|
Chris Sale | $30,000,000 | 13.72% |
| 26 | 
|
Nathan Eovaldi | $17,000,000 | 11.66% |
| 27 | 
|
Eduardo Rodriguez | $8,300,000 | 5.69% |
| 28 | 
|
Martin Perez | $6,850,000 | 4.70% |
| 29 | 
|
Matt Hall | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Ryan Weber | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 31 | 
|
Jon Lester | $25,000,000 | 13.97% |
| 32 | 
|
Yu Darvish | $22,000,000 | 12.29% |
| 33 | 
|
Kyle Hendricks | $14,000,000 | 7.82% |
| 34 | 
|
Colin Rea | $1,300,000 | 0.73% |
| 35 | 
|
Justin Steele | $0 | 0.00% |
| 36 | 
|
Dallas Keuchel | $18,000,000 | 14.67% |
| 37 | 
|
Carlos Rodon | $4,500,000 | 3.67% |
| 38 | 
|
Lucas Giolito | $3,900,000 | 3.18% |
| 39 | 
|
Reynaldo Lopez | $1,900,000 | 1.55% |
| 40 | 
|
Dylan Cease | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Michael Kopech | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jimmy Lambert | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 43 | 
|
Sonny Gray | $10,166,666 | 7.98% |
| 44 | 
|
Wade Miley | $8,000,000 | 6.28% |
| 45 | 
|
Luis Castillo | $4,400,000 | 3.45% |
| 46 | 
|
Tyler Mahle | $2,000,000 | 1.57% |
| 47 |
|
Antonio Santillan | $0 | 0.00% |
| 48 | 
|
Carlos Carrasco | $12,000,000 | 14.86% |
| 49 | 
|
Shane Bieber | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Aaron Civale | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Sam Hentges | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Zach Plesac | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Cal Quantrill | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 54 | 
|
German Marquez | $7,800,000 | 5.98% |
| 55 | 
|
Jon Gray | $6,000,000 | 4.60% |
| 56 | 
|
Kyle Freeland | $4,500,000 | 3.45% |
| 57 | 
|
Antonio Senzatela | $3,500,000 | 2.68% |
| 58 | 
|
Chi Chi Gonzalez | $1,200,000 | 0.92% |
| 59 | 
|
Ryan Castellani | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Jeff Hoffman | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Peter Lambert | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 62 | 
|
Matt Boyd | $6,750,000 | 11.12% |
| 63 | 
|
Daniel Norris | $3,200,000 | 5.27% |
| 64 | 
|
Michael Fulmer | $3,000,000 | 4.94% |
| 65 | 
|
Tyler Alexander | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Beau Burrows | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Kyle Funkhouser | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Franklin Perez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Spencer Turnbull | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 70 | 
|
Zack Greinke | $35,000,000 | 17.24% |
| 71 | 
|
Justin Verlander | $33,000,000 | 23.06% |
| 72 | 
|
Lance McCullers | $5,850,000 | 4.09% |
| 73 | 
|
Rogelio Armenteros | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Brandon Bailey | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Chase De Jong | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jose Urquidy | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 77 | 
|
Danny Duffy | $15,500,000 | 22.69% |
| 78 | 
|
Brad Keller | $3,350,000 | 4.90% |
| 79 | 
|
Mike Montgomery | $3,100,000 | 4.54% |
| 80 | 
|
Jake Junis | $1,600,000 | 2.34% |
| 81 | 
|
Glenn Sparkman | $600,000 | 0.88% |
| 82 | 
|
Chance Adams | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Scott Blewett | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Ronald Bolanos | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Foster Griffin | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 86 | 
|
Dylan Bundy | $7,750,000 | 5.13% |
| 87 | 
|
Andrew Heaney | $6,500,000 | 4.30% |
| 88 | 
|
Shohei Ohtani | $2,500,000 | 1.65% |
| 89 | 
|
Felix Pena | $1,050,000 | 0.69% |
| 90 | 
|
Jaime Barria | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Griffin Canning | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Dillon Peters | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Patrick Sandoval | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jose Suarez | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 95 | 
|
David Price | $32,000,000 | 9.02% |
| 96 | 
|
Clayton Kershaw | $31,000,000 | 17.47% |
| 97 | 
|
Walker Buehler | $2,700,000 | 1.52% |
| 98 | 
|
Julio Urias | $2,300,000 | 1.30% |
| 99 | 
|
Victor Gonzalez | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Dennis Santana | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 101 | 
|
Jose Urena | $4,000,000 | 7.91% |
| 102 | 
|
Sandy Alcantara | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Pablo Lopez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Nick Neidert | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jordan Yamamoto | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 106 | 
|
Brandon Woodruff | $3,400,000 | 3.70% |
| 107 | 
|
Josh Lindblom | $3,041,666 | 3.31% |
| 108 | 
|
Brent Suter | $1,550,000 | 1.68% |
| 109 |
|
Phil Bickford | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Adrian Houser | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Eric Lauer | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 112 | 
|
Michael Pineda | $10,000,000 | 11.29% |
| 113 | 
|
Jose Berrios | $6,000,000 | 6.77% |
| 114 | 
|
Kenta Maeda | $3,125,000 | 2.89% |
| 115 |
|
Dakota Chalmers | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Edwar Colina | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Randy Dobnak | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Devin Smeltzer | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Lewis Thorpe | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 120 | 
|
Jacob deGrom | $36,000,000 | 18.65% |
| 121 | 
|
Noah Syndergaard | $9,700,000 | 8.22% |
| 122 | 
|
Steven Matz | $5,200,000 | 4.41% |
| 123 | 
|
Ariel Jurado | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Corey Oswalt | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 125 | 
|
Gerrit Cole | $36,000,000 | 21.09% |
| 126 | 
|
Luis Severino | $10,750,000 | 6.30% |
| 127 | 
|
Jordan Montgomery | $1,600,000 | 0.94% |
| 128 | 
|
Domingo German | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Jonathan Loaisiga | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 130 | 
|
Sean Manaea | $5,300,000 | 8.78% |
| 131 | 
|
Chris Bassitt | $4,350,000 | 7.21% |
| 132 | 
|
Frankie Montas | $2,000,000 | 3.31% |
| 133 | 
|
Paul Blackburn | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Grant Holmes | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
James Kaprielian | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jesus Luzardo | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 137 | 
|
Zack Wheeler | $22,500,000 | 13.18% |
| 138 | 
|
Jake Arrieta | $20,000,000 | 11.71% |
| 139 | 
|
Aaron Nola | $12,250,000 | 7.17% |
| 140 | 
|
Zach Eflin | $4,400,000 | 2.58% |
| 141 | 
|
Vincent Velasquez | $4,300,000 | 2.52% |
| 142 |
|
Garrett Cleavinger | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Adonis Medina | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
|
Ramon Rosso | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 145 | 
|
Chris Archer | $11,000,000 | 16.16% |
| 146 | 
|
Trevor Williams | $3,900,000 | 5.73% |
| 147 | 
|
Joe Musgrove | $3,750,000 | 5.51% |
| 148 | 
|
Jameson Taillon | $2,300,000 | 3.38% |
| 149 | 
|
Steven Brault | $2,000,000 | 2.94% |
| 150 | 
|
Chad Kuhl | $1,750,000 | 2.57% |
| 151 | 
|
Nicholas Tropeano | $800,000 | 1.18% |
| 152 | 
|
JT Brubaker | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Mitch Keller | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Cody Ponce | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 155 | 
|
Zach Davies | $8,500,000 | 6.83% |
| 156 | 
|
Mike Clevinger | $5,200,000 | 4.18% |
| 157 | 
|
Dinelson Lamet | $3,500,000 | 2.81% |
| 158 | 
|
Michel Baez | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Anderson Espinoza | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Joey Lucchesi | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Chris Paddack | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 162 | 
|
Johnny Cueto | $21,000,000 | 19.03% |
| 163 | 
|
Tyler Anderson | $3,350,000 | 3.04% |
| 164 | 
|
Tyler Beede | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Andrew Suarez | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Logan Webb | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 167 | 
|
Yusei Kikuchi | $16,500,000 | 31.13% |
| 168 | 
|
Marco Gonzales | $5,250,000 | 9.91% |
| 169 | 
|
Kendall Graveman | $1,250,000 | 2.36% |
| 170 | 
|
Justin Dunn | $0 | 0.00% |
|
|
Anthony Misiewicz | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Ljay Newsome | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Justus Sheffield | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 174 | 
|
Miles Mikolas | $16,750,000 | 14.17% |
| 175 | 
|
Carlos Martinez | $11,700,000 | 9.90% |
| 176 | 
|
Kwang-hyun Kim | $4,000,000 | 3.39% |
| 177 | 
|
Jack Flaherty | $2,600,000 | 2.20% |
| 178 | 
|
Junior Fernandez | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Austin Gomber | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Dakota Hudson | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Ricardo Sanchez | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 182 | 
|
Charlie Morton | $15,000,000 | 19.50% |
| 183 | 
|
Blake Snell | $11,100,000 | 14.43% |
| 184 | 
|
Tyler Glasnow | $4,000,000 | 5.20% |
| 185 | 
|
Ryan Yarbrough | $2,900,000 | 3.77% |
| 186 | 
|
Yonny Chirinos | $1,700,000 | 2.21% |
| 187 | 
|
Brent Honeywell | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Brendan McKay | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Trevor Richards | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Aaron Slegers | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 191 | 
|
Kyle Gibson | $10,000,000 | 13.51% |
| 192 | 
|
Lance Lynn | $9,333,334 | 12.61% |
| 193 | 
|
Jordan Lyles | $8,000,000 | 10.81% |
| 194 | 
|
Kolby Allard | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Wes Benjamin | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Brock Burke | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 197 | 
|
Hyun-Jin Ryu | $20,000,000 | 26.20% |
| 198 | 
|
Tanner Roark | $12,000,000 | 15.72% |
| 199 | 
|
Chase Anderson | $9,500,000 | 12.44% |
| 200 | 
|
Ryan Borucki | $0 | 0.00% |
|
Yennsy Diaz | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Anthony Kay | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Julian Merryweather | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Sean Reid-Foley | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
Jacob Waguespack | $0 | 0.00% | |
|
T.J. Zeuch | $0 | 0.00% | |
| 207 | 
|
Stephen Strasburg | $35,000,000 | 18.06% |
| 208 | 
|
Max Scherzer | $34,503,480 | 26.44% |
| 209 | 
|
Patrick Corbin | $24,416,666 | 18.71% |
| 210 | 
|
Joe Ross | $1,500,000 | 1.15% |
| 211 | 
|
Kyle McGowin | $0 | 0.00% |