Toronto Blue Jays 2020 Payroll
An updated look at the Toronto Blue Jays 2020 payroll salary table, including active salaries, bonuses, statuses, retained & dead payments, minor/non-roster players, and team totals.
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| Active Players (26) | Age | Pos. | Status | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Payroll Salary | Adj. Salary |
Payroll % | Lux. Tax Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyun-Jin Ryu | 33 | SP | Vet | $20,000,000 | - | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 20.24 | 20,000,000 | |
| Randal Grichuk | 28 | CF | Arb 3 | $12,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 13.16 | 10,400,000 | |
| Tanner Roark | 33 | SP | Vet | $12,000,000 | - | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 12.15 | 12,000,000 | |
| Ken Giles | 29 | RP/CL | Arb 3 | $9,600,000 | - | $9,600,000 | $9,600,000 | 9.72 | 9,600,000 | |
| Chase Anderson | 32 | SP | Arb 4 | $8,500,000 | - | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | 8.60 | 8,500,000 | |
| Matt Shoemaker | 33 | SP | Arb 4 | $4,200,000 | - | $4,200,000 | $4,200,000 | 4.25 | 4,200,000 | |
| Travis Shaw | 30 | 1B | Arb 2 | 1 | $4,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 4.05 | 4,000,000 |
| Shun Yamaguchi | 32 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | $3,175,000 | - | $3,175,000 | $3,175,000 | 3.21 | 3,175,000 |
| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | 26 | LF | Pre-Arb | $2,500,000 | $428,571 | $2,928,571 | $2,928,571 | 2.96 | 3,142,857 | |
| Joe Panik | 29 | 2B | Arb 3 | 2 | $2,850,000 | - | $2,850,000 | $2,850,000 | 2.88 | 2,850,000 |
| Brandon Drury | 27 | 3B | Arb 2 | 1 | $2,050,000 | - | $2,050,000 | $2,050,000 | 2.07 | 2,050,000 |
| Anthony Bass | 32 | RP | Vet | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 1.52 | 1,500,000 | |
| Rafael Dolis | 32 | RP | Pre-Arb | $1,000,000 | - | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 1.01 | 1,000,000 | |
| Anthony Alford | 25 | OF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Bo Bichette | 22 | SS | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Cavan Biggio | 25 | 2B | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Ryan Borucki | 26 | SP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Derek Fisher | 26 | RF | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Wilmer Font | 30 | RP | Pre-Arb | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 | |
| Sam Gaviglio | 30 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 21 | 3B | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Teoscar Hernandez | 27 | DH | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Danny Jansen | 25 | C | Pre-Arb | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Reese McGuire | 25 | C | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Thomas Pannone | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
| Trent Thornton | 26 | RP | Pre-Arb | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0.00 | 583,500 |
2020 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Tulowitzki | 35 | SS | $14,000,000 | - | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | 14.17 | 18,587,857 |
2020 Minor/In the System
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (29) | League | Age | Pos. | Waiver Options | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Adj. Salary |
Tax Payroll |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Petricka | AAA | 32 | RP | 2 | $950,000 | - | $950,000 | $950,000 | 0 |
| Phillippe Aumont | AAA | 31 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Andy Burns | AAA | 29 | 3B | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Pat Cantwell | AAA | 30 | C | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| A.J. Cole | AAA | 28 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Jonathan Davis | AAA | 28 | CF | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Yennsy Diaz | AAA | 23 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ryan Dull | AAA | 30 | RP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| James Dykstra | AAA | 29 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Santiago Espinal | AAA | 25 | SS | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Gabby Guerrero | AAA | 26 | LF | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Thomas Hatch | AAA | 25 | P | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Caleb Joseph | AAA | 34 | C | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Anthony Kay | AAA | 25 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Patrick Kivlehan | AAA | 30 | RF | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Elvis Luciano | A | 20 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tim Mayza | AAA | 28 | RP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Billy McKinney | AAA | 25 | OF | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Julian Merryweather | AAA | 28 | SP | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Justin Miller | AAA | 32 | RP | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Brian Moran | 31 | RP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Patrick Murphy | AAA | 25 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Hector Perez | AAA | 24 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Sean Reid-Foley | AAA | 24 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jordan Romano | AAA | 27 | P | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Ruben Tejada | AAA | 30 | SS | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| Rowdy Tellez | AA | 25 | 1B | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Jacob Waguespack | AAA | 26 | SP | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| T.J. Zeuch | AAA | 24 | SP | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
2020 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Type | Total |
|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $84,803,571 |
| Retained Salary | $14,000,000 |
| Total Payroll | $98,803,571 |
| Payroll Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Total Salary | Total Adj. Salary | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Payroll | $83,375,000 | $1,428,571 | - | $84,803,571 | $84,803,571 | |
| Retained Salary | $14,000,000 | - | - | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 | |
| Total Payroll | $97,375,000 | $1,428,571 | - | $98,803,571 | $98,803,571 | |
2020 Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Payroll Type | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $208,000,000 | ||||||
| Total AAV/Payroll | $105,741,214 | ||||||
| Estimated Player Benefits | $15,000,000 | ||||||
| Estimated Minor League Contracts | $2,500,000 | ||||||
| Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll | $123,241,214 | ||||||
| Comp. Balance Tax Space | $84,758,786 | ||||||