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| Name | Age | Yrs | Acquired | SrvTm | Agent | Contract Status | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 â¼ |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Edwin Encarnacion | 35 | 14 | Free Agency | 12.085 | Rep 1 Baseball | 3 yrs/$60M (17-19) & 20 team option | $18.67M | $21.67M | $5M [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Jason Kipnis | 31 | 8 | Amateur Draft | 6.069 | Beverly Hills Spo... | 6 yrs/$52.5M (14-19) & 20 team option | $13.67M | $14.67M | $2.5M [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Corey Kluber | 32 | 8 | Traded | 5.074 | Jet Sports Manage... | 5 yrs/$38.5M (15-19) & 20-21 team option | $10.7M | $13.2M | $1M [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA | |
| Carlos Carrasco | 31 | 9 | Traded | 6.147 | ACES (Sam & Seth ... | 4 yrs/$22M (15-18) & 19-20 team option | $8M | $662.5k [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Yan Gomes | 30 | 7 | Traded | 5.083 | Jet Sports Manage... | 6 yrs/$23.5M (14-19) & 20-21 team option | $6.03M | $7.08M | $1M [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA | |
| Yonder Alonso | 31 | 9 | Free Agency | 6.116 | MVP Sports Group | 2 yrs/$16M (18-19) & 20 team option | $7M | $8M | $1M [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Brad Hand | 28 | 8 | Traded | 4.092 | Matt Colleran | 3 yrs/$19.75M (18-20) & 21 team option | $4.08M | $7.08M | $7.58M | $1M [FA-*] | FA | |
| Jose Ramirez | 25 | 6 | Amateur Free Agent | 3.074 | Beverly Hills Spo... | 5 yrs/$26M (17-21) & 22-23 team option | $2.83M | $4.15M | $6.65M | $9.4M | $2M [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] |
| Roberto Perez | 29 | 5 | Amateur Draft | 3.083 | MDR Sports Manage... | 4 yrs/$9M (17-20) & 21-22 team option | $1.62M | $2.62M | $3.62M | $450k [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA |
| Dan Otero | 33 | 7 | Purchased | 4.124 | ACES | 2 yrs/$2.5M (18-19) & 20 team option | $1.1M | $1.3M | $100k [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Trevor Bauer | 27 | 7 | Traded | 3.158 | Wasserman Media G... | 1 yr/$6.53M (18) | $6.53M | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Danny Salazar | 28 | 5 | Amateur Free Agent | 3.162 | Octagon | 1 yr/$5M (18) | $5M | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Cody Anderson | 27 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 2.017 | The Legacy Agency | 1 yr/$545k (18),1 yr/$545k (18) | $545k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Francisco Lindor | 24 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 2.113 | SportsMeter | 1 yr/$623k (18) | $623.2k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| James Hoyt | 31 | 3 | 1.034 | 1 yr/$568k (18) | $567.7k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Tyler Naquin | 27 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 1.033 | Hendricks Sports | 1 yr/$565k (18) | $564.8k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Nick Goody | 26 | 4 | Traded | 1.159 | 1 yr/$562k (18) | $561.5k | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Mike Clevinger | 27 | 3 | Traded | 1.041 | ACES | 1 yr/$559k (18) | $558.5k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Erik Gonzalez | 26 | 3 | Amateur Free Agent | 1.007 | 1 yr/$548k (18) | $547.8k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Brandon Barnes | 32 | 6 | Free Agency | 3.097 | PSI Sports Manage... | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Neil Ramirez | 29 | 5 | Free Agency | 3.034 | Bledsoe Brothers | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Evan Marshall | 28 | 5 | Free Agency | 2.022 | ISE Baseball | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Rob Brantly | 28 | 4 | 1.171 | LSW Baseball | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Jon Edwards | 30 | 3 | 1.111 | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |||||
| Stephen Fife | 31 | 3 | 1.010 | Wasserman Media G... | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Brandon Guyer | 32 | 7 | Traded | 5.066 | ISE Baseball | 2 yrs/$5M (17-18) & 19 team option | $2.75M | $250k [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Leonys Martin | 30 | 8 | Traded | 4.161 | Richard Carter | 1 yr/$1.75M (18) | $1.75M | Arb | FA | |||
| Michael Martinez | 35 | 7 | Free Agency | 4.014 | California Sports | Arb | FA | |||||
| Bradley Zimmer | 25 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.139 | 1 yr/$551k (18),1 yr/$551k (18) | $551.2k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Tyler Olson | 28 | 4 | Waivers | 0.126 | Jackson Managemen... | 1 yr/$548k (18) | $548.3k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb |
| Ryan Merritt | 26 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.075 | 1 yr/$546k (18) | $545.8k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Ben Taylor | 25 | 2 | Waivers | 0.085 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Adam Wilk | 30 | 4 | 0.085 | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||||
| Yandy Diaz | 26 | 2 | Amateur Free Agent | 0.068 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Greg Allen | 25 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.031 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Myles Jaye | 26 | 1st | 0.030 | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||||
| Adam Plutko | 26 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.028 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Andrew Miller | 33 | 13 | Traded | 9.062 | Mark Rodgers | 4 yrs/$36M (15-18) | $9M | FA | ||||
| Michael Brantley | 31 | 10 | Traded | 7.131 | Double Diamond Sp... | 5 yrs/$35.5M (14-18) | $11.5M | FA | ||||
| Josh Donaldson | 32 | 8 | Traded | 5.158 | MVP Sports Group | 1 yr/$23M (18) | $23M | FA | ||||
| Cody Allen | 29 | 7 | Amateur Draft | 5.076 | Meister Sports Ma... | 1 yr/$10.58M (18) | $10.57M | FA | ||||
| Josh Tomlin | 33 | 9 | Amateur Draft | 7.033 | SSG Baseball | 3 yrs/$7.75M (16-18) | $3M | FA | ||||
| Lonnie Chisenhall | 29 | 8 | Amateur Draft | 5.158 | Turner-Gary Sport... | 1 yr/$5.59M (18) | $5.59M | FA | ||||
| Oliver Perez | 36 | 16 | Free Agency | 13.144 | Mike Fischlin, Sc... | 1 yr/$1.75M (18) | $1.75M | FA | ||||
| Rajai Davis | 37 | 13 | Free Agency | 10.167 | ISE Baseball | 1 yr/$1.75M (18) | $1.75M | FA | ||||
| Melky Cabrera | 33 | 14 | Free Agency | 11.148 | Dominic Torres | 1 yr/$1M (18) | $1M | FA | ||||
| Alexi Ogando | 34 | 8 | Free Agency | 6.032 | Reynolds Sports M... | 1 yr/$545k (18) | $545k | FA | ||||
| Mike Napoli | 36 | 12 | Free Agency | 11.151 | Brian Grieper | 1 yr/$100k (18) | $100k | FA | ||||
| Adam Rosales | 35 | 11 | Free Agency | 7.163 | Octagon | 1 yr/$100k (18) | $100k | FA | ||||
| Boone Logan buyout | $1M | |||||||||||
| Chris Johnson released | $1M | |||||||||||
| Signed | Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) | *36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Dollars Committed | Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) | *$165.3M | $80.7M | $28.46M | $10.85M | $2M | ||||||
| Contract Options | Players with any type of option | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Option Values | Maximum value of options if all are exercised | $12M | $79M | $40.5M | $18M | $13M | ||||||
| Arb Eligible | Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) | 0-0-6-0 | 0-0-15-0 | 0-0-20-0 | 0-0-17-0 | 0-0-9-0 | ||||||
| Arb Costs | Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) | $26.93M | $67.3M | $89.8M | $76.3M | $40.4M | ||||||
| Other Players | Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||||||
| Other Costs | Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) | $7.57M | $5.3M | $3.03M | $6.05M | $12.11M | ||||||
| Payroll (no options) | Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed Arb Other) | $115.2M | $101.1M | $103.6M | $84.4M | $52.5M | ||||||
| Payroll (options) | Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed Options Arb Other) | $125.7M | $174.8M | $141.1M | $100.8M | $64.7M | ||||||
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