St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals Multi-Year Payrolls

Cardinals Multi-Year Payrolls

 

 

Salary Payroll Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Total Payroll Allocations   $164,301,667 $139,166,667 $69,000,000 $63,500,000 $17,500,000
Signed Players   26 32 23 8 3
Catchers   $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,500,000 $17,500,000
Infield   $59,740,000 $30,500,000 $16,000,000 $15,000,000
Outfield   $2,350,000
Starting Pitchers   $62,166,667 $78,166,667 $35,000,000 $30,000,000
Relief Pitchers   $18,040,000 $12,500,000
Designated Hitter  
Disabled List   $25,890,000
Suspended  
Retained/Deferred   $3,000,000

 

Roster Payroll Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Cardinals Salary Payroll Table

Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Club Option
Mutual Option
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Players Age Pos. Exp. 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Nolan Arenado 33 3B 10.155 $35,000,000 $32,000,000 $27,000,000 $15,000,000 0UFA
Paul Goldschmidt 36 1B 12.059 $26,000,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Willson Contreras 32 C 7.108 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,500,000 $17,500,000
Miles Mikolas 35 SP 7.037 $17,666,667 $17,666,667 0UFA 0- 0-
Steven Matz 33 SP 8.099 $12,500,000 $12,500,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Kyle Gibson 36 SP 10.039 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Sonny Gray 34 SP 10.061 $10,000,000 $25,000,000 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 0UFA
Lance Lynn 37 SP 12.119 $10,000,000 $11,000,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Tommy Edman 29 SS 4.114 $7,000,000 $9,500,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Giovanny Gallegos 32 RP 5.085 $5,750,000 $6,500,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Keynan Middleton 30 RP 5.023 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Ryan Helsley 29 RP/CL 4.105 $3,800,000 0ARB 3 0UFA 0- 0-
Andrew Kittredge 34 RP 5.070 $2,630,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Dylan Carlson 25 CF 3.104 $2,350,000 0ARB 2 0ARB 3 0UFA 0-
Brandon Crawford 37 SS 12.094 $2,000,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
JoJo Romero 27 RP 3.045 $860,000 0ARB 2 0ARB 3 0UFA 0-
Matt Carpenter 38 3B 11.145 $740,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Zack Thompson 26 SP 1.045 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 0- 0-
Jordan Walker 22 RF 0.149 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Masyn Winn 22 SS 0.045 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Mike Siani 24 OF 0.033 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Victor Scott II 23 CF 0.000 0PRE-ARB 0- 0- 0- 0-
Drew Rom 24 P 0.044 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Andre Pallante 25 RP 1.166 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 (S2) 0ARB 2 (S2) 0ARB 3 (S2) 0ARB 4 (S2)
Riley O'Brien 29 RP 0.009 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0- 0-
Lars Nootbaar 26 CF 2.076 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 0ARB 2 0ARB 3 0UFA
Matthew Liberatore 24 RP 0.144 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Iván Herrera 24 C 0.063 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0- 0-
Nolan Gorman 24 2B 1.139 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 (S2) 0ARB 2 (S2) 0ARB 3 (S2) 0ARB 4 (S2)
Ryan Fernandez 26 RP 0.000 0PRE-ARB 0- 0- 0- 0-
Brendan Donovan 27 DH 2.000 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 0ARB 2 0ARB 3 0UFA
Alec Burleson 25 LF 1.029 0PRE-ARB 0PRE-ARB 0ARB 1 0- 0-
   

Retained/Buried Payroll Figures

Values for players who have been released, traded, or otherwise removed from the roster.

Pos. 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Paul DeJong SS $3,000,000 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

Deferred Payroll Figures

Pos. 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Nolan Arenado 3B 0- 0- 0- 0- $2,000,000
Nolan Arenado 3B $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Matt Holliday OF $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Adam Wainwright SP $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000