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Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals 2021 Payroll

Nationals 2021 Payroll

An updated look at the Washington Nationals 2021 payroll table, including base pay, bonuses, options, & tax allocations.

 

Nationals – The Athletic

Player Option
Club Option
Mutual Option
Qual. Offer
Estimate
Active Players (27) Age Pos. Status Waiver Options Base Salary Signing Bonus Payroll Salary Adj.
Salary		 Payroll % Lux. Tax Salary
Scherzer Max Scherzer 36 SP Vet $27,360,623 $7,142,857 $34,503,480 $34,503,480 21.65 28,689,376
Corbin Patrick Corbin 31 SP Vet $24,000,000 $416,666 $24,416,666 $24,416,666 15.32 23,333,333
Strasburg Stephen Strasburg 32 SP Vet $35,000,000 - $35,000,000 $23,571,429 14.79 35,000,000
Turner Trea Turner 28 SS Arb 3 2 $13,000,000 - $13,000,000 $13,000,000 8.16 13,000,000
Hand Brad Hand 31 RP/CL Vet $10,500,000 - $10,500,000 $10,500,000 6.59 10,500,000
Soto Juan Soto 22 RF Arb 1 3 $8,500,000 - $8,500,000 $8,500,000 5.33 8,500,000
Harris Will Harris 36 RP Vet $8,000,000 - $8,000,000 $8,000,000 5.02 8,000,000
Schwarber Kyle Schwarber 28 LF Arb 3 $7,000,000 - $7,000,000 $7,000,000 4.39 10,000,000
Bell Josh Bell 28 1B Arb 2 2 $6,350,000 - $6,350,000 $6,350,000 3.99 6,350,000
Castro Starlin Castro 31 2B Vet $6,000,000 - $6,000,000 $6,000,000 3.77 6,000,000
Gomes Yan Gomes 33 C Vet $6,000,000 - $6,000,000 $6,000,000 3.77 5,000,000
Hudson Daniel Hudson 34 RP Vet $6,000,000 - $6,000,000 $6,000,000 3.77 5,500,000
Lester Jon Lester 37 SP Vet $2,000,000 - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 1.26 5,000,000
Ross Joe Ross 28 SP Arb 3 $1,500,000 - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 0.94 1,500,000
Harrison Josh Harrison 33 2B Vet $1,000,000 - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 0.63 1,000,000
Zimmerman Ryan Zimmerman 36 1B Vet $1,000,000 - $1,000,000 $1,000,000 0.63 1,000,000
Avilan Luis Avilan 31 RP Vet - - -0 -0 0.00 0
Barrera Tres Barrera 26 C Pre-Arb 3 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Finnegan Kyle Finnegan 29 RP Pre-Arb 3 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Kieboom Carter Kieboom 23 3B Pre-Arb 2 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
McGowin Kyle McGowin 29 RP Pre-Arb 1 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Noll Jake Noll 27 2B Pre-Arb 1 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Rainey Tanner Rainey 28 RP/CL Pre-Arb 1 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Robles Victor Robles 24 CF Pre-Arb 2 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Stevenson Andrew Stevenson 27 OF Pre-Arb 1 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Suero Wander Suero 29 RP Pre-Arb 2 - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000
Voth Austin Voth 29 RP Pre-Arb - - -0 -0 0.00 575,000


2021 Deferred Salaries

Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.

Player (4) Age Pos. Base Salary Signing Bonus Total Salary Adj.
Salary
Strasburg Stephen Strasburg 32 SP $10,000,000 - $10,000,000 $10,000,000
Wieters Matt Wieters 35 C $5,000,000 - $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Sanchez Anibal Sanchez 37 SP $4,000,000 - $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Soriano Rafael Soriano 41 RP $2,000,000 - $2,000,000 $2,000,000


2021 Minor/In the System

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

Player (17) League Age Pos. Waiver Options Base Salary Signing Bonus Total Salary Adj.
Salary		 Lux. Tax Salary
Clay Samuel Clay 28 RP 3 $575,000 - $575,000 $575,000 575,000
Fedde Erick Fedde 28 RP 1 $575,000 - $575,000 $575,000 575,000
Adon Joan Adon 22 P 3 - - -0 -0 0
Antuna Yasel Antuna 21 SS 3 - - -0 -0 0
Armenteros Rogelio Armenteros 27 SP 2 - - -0 -0 0
Bacus Dakota Bacus 30 RP 3 - - -0 -0 0
Braymer Ben Braymer 27 P 2 - - -0 -0 0
Fuentes Steven Fuentes 24 RP 3 - - -0 -0 0
Garcia Luis Garcia 21 SS 3 - - -0 -0 0
Harper Ryne Harper 32 RP 3 - - -0 -0 0
Hernandez Yadiel Hernandez 33 OF 3 - - -0 -0 0
Romero Seth Romero 25 P 3 - - -0 -0 0
Castillo Welington Castillo 34 C $950,000 - $950,000 $950,000 950,000
Guerra Javy Guerra 35 RP - - -0 -0 0
Perez Hernan Perez 30 2B - - -0 -0 0
Rodriguez Jefry Rodriguez 27 RP - - -0 -0 0
Tomas Yasmany Tomas 30 LF 3 - - -0 -0 0


2021 Signing Bonus

Does not count against team payroll.

Player (0) Age Pos. Base Salary Signing Bonus Total Salary Adj.
Salary		 Payroll %
CruzArmando Cruz 0 SS - $3,900,000 $3,900,000 $3,900,000 2.45
RivasGustavo Rivas 0 P - $450,000 $450,000 $450,000 0.28
PerezDoimil Perez 0 P - $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 0.13
RamirezEmmanuel Ramirez 0 OF - $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 0.13
ZapataGenderson Zapata 0 P - $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 0.13
AgostiniGabriel Agostini 0 P - $170,000 $170,000 $170,000 0.11
EstradaJean Estrada 0 OF - $90,000 $90,000 $90,000 0.06
BatistaCristian Batista 0 OF - $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 0.05
DiazWinder Diaz 0 SS - $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 0.01
De La CruzEdward De La Cruz 0 C - $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 0.01
LeonJeffem Leon 0 P - $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 0.01


2021 Payroll Totals

 
Payroll Type Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Total Salary Total Adj. Salary
Active Payroll $163,210,623 $7,559,523 - $170,770,146 $159,341,575
Deferred Salary $21,000,000 - - $21,000,000 $21,000,000
Total Payroll $163,210,623 $7,559,523 - $170,770,146 $159,341,575

 

2021 Competitive Balance Tax Totals

Payroll Type Total
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold $210,000,000
Total AAV/Payroll $175,272,709
Estimated Player Benefits $15,500,000
Estimated Minor League Contracts $2,500,000
Proj. Comp. Balance Payroll $193,272,709
Comp. Balance Tax Space $16,727,291