Seattle Mariners 2025 Luxury Tax Payroll

The Seattle Mariners 2025 tax salary table, including team tax space, and complete breakdowns of player tax salaries and bonuses.

SEASON

TEAM

Projected Total Tax

$191,062,881 / 15th

Projected Tax Space

$241,000,000

Tax Status

20% / 1st-Time Payor

Est. Tax Bill

2025 Active Roster

Player (28)	Pos	Exp	Options Minor	Type	Luxury Tax	Luxury Tax % League CBT
Castillo 1 Luis Castillo	SP	7.101	n/a	Extension Arbitration	$21,600,000	8.96%
Raleigh 2 Cal Raleigh	C	3.085	3	Extension Arbitration	$17,500,000	7.26%
Rodriguez 3 Julio Rodriguez	CF	3.000	3	Extension Pre-Arbitration	$17,466,667	7.25%
Garver 4 Mitch Garver	C	7.045	n/a	Free Agent	$12,000,000	4.98%
Arozarena 5 Randy Arozarena	LF	4.129	2	Arbitration 3 Super Two	$11,300,000	4.69%
Polanco 6 Jorge Polanco	2B	8.024	n/a	Free Agent	$10,250,000	4.25%
Crawford 7 J.P. Crawford	SS	6.163	n/a	Extension Arbitration	$10,200,000	4.23%
Gilbert 8 Logan Gilbert	SP	3.144	3	Arbitration 2 Super Two	$7,625,000	3.16%
Robles 9 Victor Robles	RF	6.033	n/a	Extension	$4,875,000	2.02%
Suarez 10 Eugenio Suarez	3B	10.061	n/a	Extension Arbitration	$4,838,710	2.01%
Kirby 11 George Kirby	SP	2.151	3	Arbitration 1 Super Two	$4,300,000	1.78%
Naylor 12 Josh Naylor	1B	5.127	n/a	Arbitration 4 Super Two	$3,867,742	1.60%
Munoz 13 Andres Munoz	RP	5.080	n/a	Extension Pre-Arbitration	$1,875,000	0.78%
Ferguson 14 Caleb Ferguson	RP	6.093	n/a	Free Agent	$983,871	0.41%
Bazardo 15 Eduard Bazardo	RP	1.118		Pre-Arbitration	$892,700	0.37%
Speier 16 Gabe Speier	RP	3.000		Arbitration 1	$845,000	0.35%
Miller 17 Bryce Miller	SP	1.153	3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Raley 18 Luke Raley	1B	2.106		Pre-Arbitration	$787,400	0.33%
Woo 19 Bryan Woo	SP	1.121	3	Pre-Arbitration	$783,300	0.33%
Brash 20 Matt Brash	RP	2.121	2	Pre-Arbitration	$777,600	0.32%
Vargas 21 Carlos Vargas	RP	0.140		Pre-Arbitration	$761,200	0.32%
Mastrobuoni 22 Miles Mastrobuoni	LF	1.077	1	Pre-Arbitration	$611,548	0.25%
Canzone 23 Dominic Canzone	RF	1.068	2	Pre-Arbitration	$604,232	0.25%
Hancock 24 Emerson Hancock	RP	0.116	2	Pre-Arbitration	$561,357	0.23%
Young 25 Cole Young	SS		3	Pre-Arbitration	$494,406	0.21%
Rivas 26 Leonardo Rivas	2B	0.098	2	Pre-Arbitration	$450,677	0.19%
Jackson 27 Luke Jackson	RP	8.019	n/a	Free Agent	$179,785	0.07%
Ford 28 Harry Ford	C		3	Pre-Arbitration	$114,409	0.05%

2025 Injured List

Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.

Player (3)	Pos	Exp	Options Minor	Type	Luxury Tax
Thornton 1 Trent Thornton	RP	4.148		Arbitration 4 Super Two	$2,000,000
Bliss 2 Ryan Bliss	2B	0.061	2	Pre-Arbitration	$762,100
Santos 3 Gregory Santos	RP	2.055	1	Pre-Arbitration	$417,591

2025 Retained

Cap breakdowns for players who have cap retained. All count against the team's payroll.

Player (20)	Pos	Exp	Options Minor	Type	Luxury Tax
Haniger 1 Mitch Haniger	RF	8.048	n/a	Retained	$14,500,000
Solano 2 Donovan Solano	2B	9.057	n/a	Retained	$3,487,742
Moore 3 Dylan Moore	2B	6.000	n/a	Retained	$3,081,666
Tellez 4 Rowdy Tellez	DH	6.004	n/a	Retained	$1,205,806
Burgos 5 Juan Burgos	RP		3	Retained	$93,978
Pop 6 Zach Pop	RP	2.171		Retained	$91,935
Locklear 7 Tyler Locklear	1B	0.023	1	Retained	$87,352
Castillo 8 Jose Castillo	RP	4.011		Retained	$54,839
Lao 9 Sauryn Lao	RP		3	Retained	$48,768
Lao 10 Sauryn Lao	RP		3	Retained	$48,768
Shenton 11 Austin Shenton	3B	0.075	2	Retained	$48,626
Castillo 12 Luis Castillo	SP	0.009	2	Retained	$43,168
Castillo 13 Luis Castillo	SP	0.009	2	Retained	$43,168
Lawrence 14 Casey Lawrence	RP	1.064		Retained	$40,860
Hurtubise 15 Jacob Hurtubise	OF	0.040	2	Retained	$14,655
Hurtubise 16 Jacob Hurtubise	OF	0.040	2	Retained	$14,655
Garcia 17 Brandyn Garcia	RP		2	Retained	$12,258
Garcia 18 Brandyn Garcia	RP		2	Retained	$12,258
Klein 19 Will Klein	RP	0.035	2	Retained	$4,086
Klein 20 Will Klein	RP	0.035	2	Retained	$4,086

2025 Minor

Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.

Player (17)	Pos	Exp	Options Minor	Type	Luxury Tax	Luxury Tax % League CBT
Taveras 1 Leody Taveras	CF	3.124		Arbitration 2 Super Two	$3,728,548
Saucedo 2 Tayler Saucedo	RP	3.112	1	Arbitration 1	$937,500	0.39%
Legumina 3 Casey Legumina	RP	0.139	1	Pre-Arbitration	$608,000	0.25%
Kowar 4 Jackson Kowar	RP	1.163	1	Pre-Arbitration	$592,508	0.25%
Snider 5 Collin Snider	RP	1.128		Pre-Arbitration	$540,269
Evans 6 Logan Evans	SP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$520,477	0.22%
Williamson 7 Ben Williamson	3B		3	Pre-Arbitration	$465,376	0.19%
Taylor 8 Troy Taylor	RP	0.051	3	Pre-Arbitration	$267,919	0.11%
Diaz 9 Jhonathan Diaz	RP	0.119	2	Free Agent	$210,903	0.09%
Lawrence 10 Casey Lawrence	RP	1.064		Free Agent	$133,333
Castano 11 Blas Castano	SP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$125,450	0.05%
Taylor 12 Samad Taylor	SS	0.071	1	Pre-Arbitration	$123,900	0.05%
Hahn 13 Jesse Hahn	RP	6.067		Free Agent	$48,387
Jacques 14 Joe Jacques	RP	0.097	2	Free Agent	$47,438
Hunt 15 Blake Hunt	C	0.002	2	Pre-Arbitration	$37,969
Thomas 16 Rhylan Thomas	OF		3	Pre-Arbitration	$28,602	0.01%
Gonzalez 17 Domingo Gonzalez	RP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$15,667	0.01%

2025 Luxury Tax Payroll Totals

Competitive Balance Tax Threshold	$241,000,000
Tax Payroll	$194,481,145	-
Tax Bill This team was a tax repeater at 20%.	$0	-
Total Allocations This team is the combined value of tax payroll allocations plus the tax bill.	$194,481,145	-

Glossary

MLB Tax Rate Penalties

First-Time Payor:

20% for exceeding by $20M or less
32% for exceeding by $20M-$40M
62.5% for exceeding by $40M-$60M
80% for exceeding by $60M+

Second-Time Payor:

30% for exceeding by $20M or less
42% for exceeding by $20M-$40M
75% for exceeding by $40M-$60M
90% for exceeding by $60M+

Third-Time (or more) Payor:

50% for exceeding by $20M or less
62% for exceeding by $20M-$40M
95% for exceeding by $40M-$60M
110% for exceeding by $60M+

Teams are considered “tax repeaters” when they exceed the threshold in consecutive seasons. They revert back to First-Time status after completing one season below the threshold.

MLB Tax Salaries

Luxury Tax salaries are based on the Average Annual Value of all 40-man roster contracts, guaranteed contracts on the 60-day IL, retained salary from trades or releases, buried contracts in the minor leagues, a player benefits stipend, and the required pre-arbitration bonus pool contribution.

Players who are acquired or have contracts purchased during the season are calculated at a rate based on the amount of league days remaining in the season. If multiple years remain on the contract at the time of acquisition, the AAV is recalculated based on the total guaranteed money remaining.

Pre-Arbitration Players (0-3 years of service) are currently estimated at $820,000 ($40k above the $780,000 MLB minimum) Arbitration Salaries (3-6 years of service) are currently estimated based on the level of service (Arbitration 1-4), and Spotrac’s current Market Valuation for that player.

Player Benefits account for insurance, room & board stipends, transportation fees, etc…

The MLB Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool is a $50 million pot of money created in the 2022 CBA to reward top-performing young players (under three years of service time) who are not yet eligible for salary arbitration. It's funded by all 30 teams, split into award bonuses and a statistical pool based on a version of Wins Above Replacement (WAR).