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MLB
Washington Nationals 2025 Financial Summary
A current summary of Washington Nationals 2025 player cap & cash figures.
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Total Tax
$135,389,956
Active Tax
$25,553,478
Projected Cash Payroll
$149,257,229 / 23rd
2025 Active Roster
| Player (28) | Pos | Age | Type | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Salary 2025 | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Bell Josh Bell | DH | 32 |
Free Agent
|
$6,000,000 | 2.49% | $6,000,000 | 2026 |
2 |
Garcia Luis Garcia | 2B | 25 |
Arbitration 2
Super Two |
$4,500,000 | 1.87% | $4,500,000 | 2028 |
3 |
Ogasawara Shinnosuke Ogasawara | RP | 27 |
Free Agent
Foreign Professional |
$1,750,000 | 0.73% | $1,500,000 | |
4 |
DeJong Paul DeJong | 3B | 31 |
Free Agent
|
$1,100,000 | 0.46% | $1,100,000 | 2026 |
5 |
Adams Riley Adams | C | 29 |
Arbitration 1
Super Two |
$850,000 | 0.35% | $850,000 | |
6 |
Abrams CJ Abrams | SS | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$780,600 | 0.32% | $780,600 | 2029 |
7 |
Irvin Jake Irvin | SP | 28 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$774,600 | 0.32% | $774,600 | |
8 |
Young Jacob Young | CF | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$768,700 | 0.32% | $768,700 | |
9 |
Parker Mitchell Parker | SP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$767,200 | 0.32% | $767,200 | |
10 |
Ferrer José Ferrer | RP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$765,400 | 0.32% | $765,400 | |
11 |
Wood James Wood | LF | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$764,600 | 0.32% | $764,600 | |
12 |
Crews Dylan Crews | RF | 23 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$761,800 | 0.32% | $761,800 | |
13 |
Lord Brad Lord | SP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$760,000 | 0.32% | $760,000 | |
14 |
Rutledge Jackson Rutledge | RP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$723,392 | 0.30% | $723,392 | |
15 |
Ribalta Orlando Ribalta | RP | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$699,352 | 0.29% | $699,352 | |
16 |
Chaparro Andres Chaparro | 3B | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$553,770 | 0.23% | $553,770 | |
17 |
Lile Daylen Lile | OF | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$487,680 | 0.20% | $487,680 | |
18 |
House Brady House | SS | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$426,720 | 0.18% | $426,720 | |
19 |
Cavalli Cade Cavalli | SP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$406,500 | 0.17% | $406,500 | 2029 |
20 |
Pilkington Konnor Pilkington | RP | 27 |
Free Agent
|
$386,080 | 0.16% | $386,080 | |
21 |
Nunez Nasim Nunez | SS | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$349,504 | 0.15% | $349,504 | |
22 |
Hassell Robert Hassell | OF | 23 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$345,440 | 0.14% | $345,440 | |
23 |
Poulin P.J. Poulin | RP | 28 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$220,644 | 0.09% | $220,644 | |
24 |
Beeter Clayton Beeter | RP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$220,428 | 0.09% | $220,428 | |
25 |
Alfaro Jorge Alfaro | C | 32 |
Free Agent
|
$145,161 | 0.06% | $145,161 | 2026 |
26 |
Alvarez Andrew Alvarez | SP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$114,409 | 0.05% | $114,409 | |
27 |
Fernández Julian Fernández | RP | 29 |
Free Agent
|
$73,806 | 0.03% | $73,806 | |
28 |
Lao Sauryn Lao | RP | 25 |
Free Agent
|
$57,692 | 0.02% | $48,768 |
2025 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (9) | Pos | Age | Type | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Salary 2025 | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Williams Trevor Williams | SP | 33 |
Free Agent
|
$7,000,000 | - | $7,000,000 | 2027 |
2 |
Ruiz Keibert Ruiz | C | 26 |
Extension
Pre-Arbitration |
$6,250,000 | 2.59% | $5,000,000 | 2033 |
3 |
Gore MacKenzie Gore | SP | 26 |
Arbitration 1
|
$2,890,000 | 1.20% | $2,890,000 | 2028 |
4 |
Law Derek Law | RP | 34 |
Arbitration 3
|
$2,750,000 | - | $2,750,000 | |
5 |
Gray Josiah Gray | SP | 27 |
Arbitration 1
|
$1,350,000 | - | $1,350,000 | 2028 |
6 |
Herz DJ Herz | SP | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$764,200 | - | $764,200 | |
7 |
Henry Cole Henry | RP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$686,816 | 0.29% | $686,816 | |
8 |
Thompson Mason Thompson | RP | 27 |
Arbitration 1
|
$609,464 | 0.25% | $609,464 | |
9 |
Millas Drew Millas | C | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$382,016 | - | $382,016 |
2025 Retained
Cap breakdowns for players who have cap retained. All count against the team's payroll.
| Player (11) | Pos | Age | Type | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Salary 2025 | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Strasburg Stephen Strasburg | SP | 36 |
Retained
|
$35,000,000 | - | $23,571,429 | |
2 |
Lowe Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 29 |
Retained
|
$10,300,000 | - | $10,300,000 | |
3 |
Soroka Michael Soroka | SP | 27 |
Retained
|
$6,145,167 | - | $6,145,167 | |
4 |
López Jorge López | RP | 32 |
Retained
|
$3,050,000 | - | $3,050,000 | |
5 |
Sims Lucas Sims | RP | 31 |
Retained
|
$3,000,000 | - | $3,000,000 | |
6 |
Poche Colin Poche | RP | 31 |
Retained
|
$1,400,000 | - | $1,400,000 | |
7 |
Finnegan Kyle Finnegan | RP | 33 |
Retained
|
$3,860,046 | - | $1,365,591 | |
8 |
Rosario Amed Rosario | SS | 29 |
Retained
|
$1,322,561 | - | $1,322,561 | |
9 |
Call Alex Call | LF | 30 |
Retained
|
$525,135 | - | $525,135 | |
10 |
Chafin Andrew Chafin | RP | 35 |
Retained
|
$489,247 | - | $489,247 | |
11 |
Garcia Luis Garcia | RP | 38 |
Retained
|
$245,160 | - | $245,160 |
2025 Deferred
Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.
| Player (2) | Pos | Age | Type | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Salary 2025 | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Scherzer Max Scherzer | SP | 40 | - | - | $15,000,000 | ||
2 |
Corbin Patrick Corbin | SP | 35 | - | - | $10,000,000 |
2025 Luxury Tax Payroll Totals
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $241,000,000 | |
| Tax Payroll | $133,693,002 | - |
|
Tax Bill
This team was a tax repeater at 20%.
|
$0 | - |
|
Projected Tax Bill
This team is currently a tax repeater at 20%.
|
$0 | - |
Glossary
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.
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).
2025 Minor
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (10) | Pos | Age | Type | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % | Cash Salary | Free Agent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 José Tena
|
SS | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$419,931 | 0.17% | $419,931 | ||
|
2 Zach Brzykcy
|
RP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$386,270 | 0.16% | $386,270 | ||
|
3 Eduardo Salazar
|
RP | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$326,080 | 0.14% | $326,080 | ||
|
4 Ryan Loutos
|
RP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$159,579 | 0.07% | $159,579 | ||
|
5 Darren Baker
|
2B | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$108,579 | - | $108,579 | ||
|
6 Andry Lara
|
RP | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$105,664 | 0.04% | $105,664 | ||
|
7 Juan Yepez
|
3B | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$81,000 | - | $81,000 | ||
|
8 Trey Lipscomb
|
3B | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$52,832 | 0.02% | $52,832 | ||
|
9 Jake Eder
|
SP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$40,634 | 0.02% | $40,634 | ||
|
10 C.J. Stubbs
|
C | 28 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$20,320 | 0.01% | $20,320 |
