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Current Contract
Chris Stratton signed a 2 year / $8,000,000 contract with the Kansas City Royals, including $8,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $4,000,000. In 2024, Stratton will earn a base salary of $3,500,000, while carrying a total salary of $3,500,000.
2024-2025 Free Agent
Contract: 2 yr(s) / $8,000,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $4,000,000 Free Agent: 2026 / UFA Year Age Service Status Base Salary Luxury Tax Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Salary Yearly Cash 2024 33 6.100 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000 $3,500,000($3,500,000) 2025 34 Player $4,500,000 $4,000,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $500,000($4,000,000) 2026 35 UFA Contract Notes:- 2025 Player Option includes a $500,000 buyout
Sources: MLB contract specifics generally collected from Baseball Prospectus & Rotoworld.
Previous Contracts
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2023-2023 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,800,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,800,000 Free Agent: 2024 / UFA 2023-2023Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,851,598 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,851,598 Free Agent: 2022-2022 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $2,700,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $2,700,000 Free Agent: 2022-2022Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,750,560 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,750,560 Free Agent: 2021-2021 Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,100,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,100,000 Free Agent: 2020-2020 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $588,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $588,500 Free Agent: 2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $567,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $567,500 Free Agent: 2019-2019Retained
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $122,040 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $122,040 Free Agent: 2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $552,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $552,500 Free Agent: 2017-2017 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $535,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $535,000 Free Agent: 2016-2016 Pre-Arbitration
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $507,500 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $507,500 Free Agent: 2012-2012Signing Bonus
Contract: 1 yr(s) / $1,850,000 Signing Bonus - Average Salary $1,850,000 Free Agent: -
Estimated Career Earnings
Year Team Awards Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 2012 - $1,850,000 - $1,850,000 2016 $85,963 - - $85,963 2017 $248,455 - - $248,455 2018 $445,500 - - $445,500 2019 $430,191 - - $430,191 2019 $122,040 - - $122,040 2020 $217,963 - - $217,963 2021 $1,100,000 - - $1,100,000 2022 $949,440 - - $949,440 2022 $1,750,560 - - $1,750,560 2023 $948,402 - - $948,402 2023 $1,851,598 - - $1,851,598 Est. Earnings
(8 seasons)$8,150,112 $1,850,000 - $10,000,112 2024 $3,500,000 - - $3,500,000 2025 $500,000 - - $500,000 $12,150,112 $1,850,000 - $14,000,112 Seasons Team Salary Signing Bonus Incentive Total Cash 3 seasons $779,918 $1,850,000 - $2,629,918 3 seasons $3,498,714 - - $3,498,714 seasons $122,040 - - $122,040 1 seasons $2,801,038 - - $2,801,038 1 seasons $948,402 - - $948,402 * denotes deferred payment -
Transactions
Dec 12 2023Signed a 2 year $8 million contract with Kansas City (KC)Jul 30 2023Traded to Texas (TEX) from St. Louis (STL) with Jordan Montgomery and International Bonus Pool Cap Space ($250,000) for John King, Thomas Saggese and Tekoah RobyNov 17 2022Signed a 1 year $2.8 million contract with St. Louis (STL), avoiding arbitrationAug 2 2022Traded to St. Louis (STL) from Pittsburgh (PIT) with Jose Quintana for Johan Oviedo and Malcom NunezMar 22 2022Signed a 1 year $2.7 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationJan 15 2021Signed a 1 year $1.1 million contract with Pittsburgh (PIT), avoiding arbitrationMar 5 2020Signed a 1 year $588,500 contract with Pittsburgh (PIT)May 11 2019Traded to Pittsburgh (PIT) from Los Angeles (LAA) for cash considerationsMar 26 2019Traded to Los Angeles (LAA) from San Francisco (SF) for Williams JerezMar 5 2019Signed a 1 year $567,500 contract with San Francisco (SF)Mar 24 2018Signed a 1 year $552,500 contract with San Francisco (SF)Jun 12 2012Signed a contract with San Francisco (SF)Jun 4 2012Drafted by San Francisco (SF): Round 1 (#20 overall) -
Injuries
A look at the injuries for Chris Stratton, and the financial implications.
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2024 Player Rankings
A visual look at how Chris Stratton ranks across the league, conference, division, and team.
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Statistics
Season Team Games IP H R ER BB K HR W L S ERA WHIP WAR 2023 TEX 63 82.2 70 39 37 25 81 8 2 1 1 4.03 1.149 0.1 2022 STL 60 63.1 72 34 30 25 60 4 10 4 2 4.26 1.532 -0.37 2021 PIT 68 79.1 70 34 32 33 86 9 7 1 8 3.63 1.298 1.08 2020 PIT 27 30.0 26 19 13 13 39 3 2 1 0 3.90 1.3 -0.54 2019 PIT 35 76.0 93 50 47 33 69 13 1 3 0 5.57 1.658 -0.58 2018 SF 28 145.0 153 87 82 54 112 19 10 10 0 5.09 1.428 -0.48 2017 SF 13 58.2 59 25 24 28 51 5 4 4 1 3.68 1.483 1.42 2016 SF 7 10.0 11 4 4 5 6 1 1 0 0 3.60 1.6 0.05 Totals 301 545.0 554 292 269 216 504 62 37 24 12 4.44 1.413 0.68