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| Name | Age | Yrs | Acquired | SrvTm | Agent | Contract Status | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 â¼ |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yu Darvish | 31 | 6 | Free Agency | 6.000 | Joel Wolfe & Nick... | 6 yrs/$126M (18-23) | $25M | $20M | $22M | $22M | $19M | $18M |
| Jason Heyward | 28 | 9 | Free Agency | 8.000 | Excel Sports Mana... | 8 yrs/$184M (16-23) | $28.17M | $20M | $21M | $21M | $22M | $22M |
| Jon Lester | 34 | 13 | Free Agency | 11.075 | ACES (Sam & Seth ... | 6 yrs/$155M (15-20) & 21 team option | $27.5M | $27.5M | $20M | $10M [FA-*] | FA | |
| Anthony Rizzo | 28 | 8 | Traded | 5.168 | Sports One Athlet... | 7 yrs/$44M (13-19) & 20-21 team option | $7.29M | $12.29M | $2M [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA | |
| Tyler Chatwood | 28 | 7 | Free Agency | 6.039 | Bob Garber | 3 yrs/$38M (18-20) | $12.5M | $12.5M | $13M | FA | ||
| Brandon Morrow | 33 | 12 | Free Agency | 9.096 | Wasserman Media G... | 2 yrs/$21M (18-19) & 20 team option | $9M | $9M | $3M [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Jose Quintana | 29 | 7 | Traded | 5.133 | MDR Sports Manage... | 5 yrs/$26.5M (14-18) & 19-20 team option | $8.85M | $1M [FA-*] | $0 [FA-*] | FA | ||
| Kris Bryant | 26 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 2.171 | Scott Boras | 1 yr/$10.85M (18) | $10.85M | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Kyle Hendricks | 28 | 5 | Traded | 3.081 | Wasserman Media G... | 1 yr/$4.18M (18) | $4.17M | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Addison Russell | 24 | 4 | Traded | 2.167 | Scott Boras | 1 yr/$3.2M (18) | $3.2M | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Tommy La Stella | 29 | 5 | Traded | 3.057 | Beverly Hills Spo... | 1 yr/$950k (18) | $950k | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Javier Baez | 25 | 5 | Amateur Draft | 2.089 | Wasserman Media G... | 1 yr/$657k (18) | $657k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Mike Montgomery | 28 | 4 | Traded | 2.089 | TWC Sports | 1 yr/$611k (18) | $611.25k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Kyle Schwarber | 25 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 2.083 | Excel Sports Mana... | 1 yr/$605k (18) | $604.5k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Willson Contreras | 26 | 3 | Amateur Free Agent | 1.108 | 1 yr/$605k (18) | $604.5k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 26 | 4 | Traded | 1.134 | Ballengee Group | 1 yr/$594k (18) | $594k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Albert Almora | 24 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 1.073 | Scott Boras | 1 yr/$585k (18) | $584.5k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Anthony Bass | 30 | 7 | Free Agency | 3.159 | Beverly Hills Spo... | Arb | Arb | FA | ||||
| Kyle Ryan | 26 | 4 | 1.139 | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |||||
| Casey Coleman | 30 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 1.087 | ISE Baseball | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |||
| Terrance Gore | 27 | 4 | 1.000 | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |||||
| Allen Webster | 28 | 3 | 0.157 | Wasserman Media G... | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||
| Cole Hamels | 34 | 13 | Traded | 11.143 | John Boggs | 7 yrs/$159M (12-18) & 19 team option | $23.5M | $6M [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Ben Zobrist | 37 | 13 | Free Agency | 10.134 | Alan Nero | 4 yrs/$56M (16-19) | $16.5M | $12.5M | FA | |||
| Brandon Kintzler | 33 | 9 | Traded | 6.003 | Kevin Kohler | 1 yr/$5M (18) & 19 team option | $5M | $0 [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Drew Smyly | 29 | 5 | 5.154 | Frontline | 2 yrs/$10M (18-19) | $3M | $7M | FA | ||||
| Steve Cishek | 32 | 9 | Free Agency | 6.143 | Jet Sports Manage... | 2 yrs/$13M (18-19) | $6.5M | $6.5M | FA | |||
| Pedro Strop | 33 | 10 | Traded | 6.156 | Magnus Sports | 2 yrs/$11.85M (17-18) & 19 team option | $5.85M | $500k [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Brian Duensing | 35 | 10 | Free Agency | 8.055 | The Legacy Agency | 2 yrs/$7M (18-19) | $3.5M | $3.5M | FA | |||
| Ian Happ | 23 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.142 | Excel Sports | 1 yr/$570k (18) | $570k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb |
| Rob Zastryzny | 26 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 0.079 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Cory Mazzoni | 28 | 3 | Waivers | 0.076 | Ballengee Group | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||
| Mike Freeman | 30 | 2 | Free Agency | 0.106 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Victor Caratini | 24 | 2 | Traded | 0.075 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Luke Farrell | 27 | 2 | Waivers | 0.031 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Dillon Maples | 26 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.031 | CAA Sports | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||
| Alec Mills | 26 | 2 | Traded | 0.022 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Jen-Ho Tseng | 23 | 2 | Amateur Free Agent | 0.019 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Taylor Davis | 28 | 1st | Free Agency | 0.027 | Mike Mosa | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||
| Jacob Hannemann | 27 | 1st | 0.027 | Arb | Arb | Arb | ||||||
| Mark Zagunis | 25 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.010 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Randy Rosario | 24 | 2 | Waivers | 0.010 | Arb | Arb | Arb | |||||
| Daniel Murphy | 33 | 10 | Traded | 8.109 | ACES | 3 yrs/$37.5M (16-18) | $17.5M | FA | ||||
| Justin Wilson | 30 | 7 | Traded | 5.035 | ACES (Sam & Seth ... | 1 yr/$4.25M (18) | $4.25M | FA | ||||
| Jorge De La Rosa | 37 | 15 | Free Agency | 13.015 | TWC Sports | 1 yr/$2.25M (18) | $2.25M | FA | ||||
| Jesse Chavez | 34 | 11 | Traded | 7.108 | Sosnick/Cobbe | 1 yr/$1M (18) | $1M | FA | ||||
| Chris Gimenez | 35 | 10 | Free Agency | 5.163 | Arb (~$1M) | |||||||
| Chris Coghlan | 33 | 9 | Traded | 7.097 | Scott Boras | FA | ||||||
| Justin Grimm released | $532.26k | |||||||||||
| Signed | Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) | *29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Dollars Committed | Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) | *$231.1M | $138.3M | $81M | $53M | $41M | $40M | |||||
| Contract Options | Players with any type of option | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Option Values | Maximum value of options if all are exercised | $50.8M | $40M | $41.5M | ||||||||
| Arb Eligible | Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) | 0-0-7-0 | 0-0-15-0 | 0-0-25-0 | 0-0-20-0 | 0-0-14-0 | ||||||
| Arb Costs | Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) | â $1M | $31.4M | $67.3M | $112.2M | $89.8M | $62.8M | |||||
| Other Players | Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) | 8 | 6 | -2 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Other Costs | Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) | $6.05M | $4.54M | -$1.51M | $2.27M | $6.81M | ||||||
| Payroll (no options) | Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed Arb Other) | $175.8M | $152.9M | $163.7M | $133M | $109.7M | ||||||
| Payroll (options) | Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed Options Arb Other) | $223.5M | $190.6M | $203.7M | $133M | $109.7M | ||||||
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