St. Louis Cardinals 2019 Payroll
An updated look at the St. Louis Cardinals 2019 payroll salary table, including active salaries, bonuses, statuses, retained & dead payments, minor/non-roster players, and team totals.
Player Option
Club Option
Mutual Option
| Active Players (31) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yadier Molina | 36 | C | Vet | $20,000,000 | - | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 12.82 | 20,000,000 | |
| Dexter Fowler | 33 | CF | Vet | $14,500,000 | $2,000,000 | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 | 10.58 | 16,500,000 | |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 31 | 1B | Vet | $14,500,000 | - | $15,500,000 | $15,500,000 | 9.94 | 14,500,000 | |
| Matt Carpenter | 33 | 1B | Vet | $14,500,000 | $250,000 | $14,750,000 | $14,750,000 | 9.46 | 8,666,667 | |
| Marcell Ozuna | 28 | LF | Arb 3 | 1 | $12,250,000 | - | $12,250,000 | $12,250,000 | 7.85 | 12,250,000 |
| Carlos Martinez | 27 | SP | Arb 3 | 2 | $11,500,000 | $200,000 | $11,700,000 | $11,700,000 | 7.50 | 10,200,000 |
| Andrew Miller | 34 | RP | Vet | $11,000,000 | - | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 7.05 | 12,500,000 | |
| Miles Mikolas | 30 | SP | Pre-Arb | $7,750,000 | $1,000,000 | $8,750,000 | $8,750,000 | 5.61 | 7,750,000 | |
| Jedd Gyorko | 30 | 3B | Vet | 2 | $13,000,000 | - | $13,000,000 | $8,000,000 | 5.13 | 5,918,483 |
| Brett Cecil | 32 | RP | Vet | $7,500,000 | $250,000 | $7,750,000 | $7,750,000 | 4.97 | 7,625,000 | |
| Kolten Wong | 28 | 2B | Arb 3 | 3 | $6,500,000 | - | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | 4.17 | 5,100,000 |
| Michael Wacha | 28 | SP | Arb 3 | 2 | $6,350,000 | - | $6,350,000 | $6,350,000 | 4.07 | 6,350,000 |
| Luke Gregerson | 35 | RP | Vet | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 3.21 | 5,500,000 | |
| Adam Wainwright | 37 | SP | Vet | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 1.28 | 2,000,000 | |
| Paul DeJong | 25 | SS | Pre-Arb | 3 | $1,500,000 | $166,666 | $1,666,666 | $1,666,666 | 1.07 | 4,333,333 |
| Dominic Leone | 27 | RP | Arb 2 | 1 | $1,260,000 | - | $1,260,000 | $1,260,000 | 0.81 | 1,260,000 |
| Jose Martinez | 30 | 1B | Pre-Arb | 2 | $1,000,000 | $125,000 | $1,125,000 | $1,125,000 | 0.72 | 1,625,000 |
| Chasen Shreve | 28 | RP | Arb 2 | $900,000 | - | $900,000 | $900,000 | 0.58 | 900,000 | |
| Harrison Bader | 25 | RF | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| John Brebbia | 29 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Jack Flaherty | 23 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| John Gant | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| Jordan Hicks | 22 | RP/CL | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| Dakota Hudson | 24 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| Mike Mayers | 27 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Yairo Munoz | 24 | SS | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 575,000 |
| Tyler O'Neill | 24 | OF | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Alexander Reyes | 24 | SP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Drew Robinson | 27 | LF | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Tyler Webb | 28 | RP | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
| Justin Williams | 23 | OF | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 0 |
2019 Retained Salaries
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (1) | Age | Pos. | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Leake | 31 | SP | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 3.21 | 6,823,772 |
2019 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (18) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Wieters | 33 | C | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||
| Francisco Pena | 29 | C | $675,000 | - | $675,000 | $675,000 | 675,000 | ||
| Harold Arauz | 24 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Chris Beck | 28 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Genesis Cabrera | 22 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Giovanny Gallegos | 27 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Adolis Garcia | 26 | OF | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Austin Gomber | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Derian Gonzalez | 24 | P | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Ryan Helsley | 24 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Joe Hudson | 28 | C | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Tom Layne | 34 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Ryan Meisinger | 25 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Williams Perez | 28 | SP | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Daniel Poncedeleon | 27 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Edmundo Sosa | 23 | SS | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Lane Thomas | 23 | CF | - | - | - | - | 0 | ||
| Ramon Urias | 25 | 2B | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2019 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $151,001,666 |
| Retained Salary | $5,000,000 |
| Total Payroll | $156,001,666 |
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $151,010,000 | $3,991,666 | $1,000,000 | $156,001,666 | $151,001,666 | |
| Retained Salary | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $156,010,000 | $3,991,666 | $1,000,000 | $161,001,666 | $156,001,666 | |
2019 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $206,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $138,752,255 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $14,500,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $155,752,255 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $50,247,745 | ||||||