Team Future Payrolls
- Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)
| Name | Age | Yrs | Acquired | SrvTm | Agent | Contract Status | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 34 | 14 | Amateur Free Agent | 12.072 | Boras Corporation | 7 yrs/$163.5M (18-24),5 yrs/$125M (25-29) | $29M | $33M | $33M | $33M | $13M | $13M |
| Yordan Alvarez | 27 | 6 | Traded | 4.113 | MVP Sports Group | 6 yrs/$115M (23-28) | $10.83M | $15.83M | $26.83M | $26.83M | $26.83M | FA |
| Alex Bregman | 30 | 9 | Amateur Draft | 7.070 | Boras Corporation | 5 yrs/$100M (20-24) | $30.5M | FA | ||||
| Josh Hader | 30 | 8 | Free Agency | 6.115 | CAA Sports | 5 yrs/$95M (24-28) | $19M | $19M | $19M | $19M | $19M | FA |
| Justin Verlander | 41 | 19 | Traded | 18.002 | ISE Baseball | 2 yrs/$86.67M (23-24) & 25 vesting option | $43.3M | $0 [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 30 | 7 | Amateur Draft | 8.140 | Boras Corporation | 5 yrs/$85M (22-26) | $17.7M | $17.7M | $17.7M | FA | ||
| Rafael Montero | 33 | 10 | Free Agency | 7.138 | GSE Worldwide | 3 yrs/$34.5M (23-25) | $11.5M | $11.5M | FA | |||
| Cristian Javier | 27 | 5 | Amateur Free Agent | 4.000 | MVP Sports Group | 5 yrs/$64M (23-27) | $7.4M | $10.4M | $21.4M | $21.4M | FA | |
| Ryan Pressly | 35 | 12 | Traded | 10.039 | Ballengee Group | 2 yrs/$30M (23-24) & 25 mutual option | $14M | $2M [FA-*] | FA | |||
| Kendall Graveman | 33 | 9 | Traded | 8.078 | Sports One Athlet... | 3 yrs/$24M (22-24) | $8M | FA | ||||
| Omar Narváez | 32 | 9 | 7.089 | ISE Baseball | 2 yrs/$15M (23-24) | $7M | FA | |||||
| Aledmys Díaz | 33 | 9 | Free Agency | 7.100 | Jaime Torres | 2 yrs/$14.5M (23-24) | $8M | FA | ||||
| Framber Valdez | 30 | 7 | Amateur Free Agent | 4.163 | Octagon | 1 yr/$12.1M (24) | $12.1M | Arb | FA | |||
| Victor Caratini | 30 | 8 | Free Agency | 6.051 | MDR Sports Manage... | 2 yrs/$12M (24-25) | $6M | $6M | FA | |||
| Kyle Tucker | 27 | 7 | Amateur Draft | 4.079 | Excel Sports Mana... | 1 yr/$12M (24) | $12M | Arb | FA | |||
| José Urquidy | 29 | 5 | Amateur Free Agent | 4.049 | Full Circle Sport... | 1 yr/$3.75M (24) | $3.75M | Arb | FA | |||
| Mauricio Dubón | 29 | 6 | Traded | 3.162 | ALIGND Sports Age... | 1 yr/$3.5M (24) | $3.5M | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Chas McCormick | 29 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 3.000 | 1 yr/$2.85M (24) | $2.85M | Arb | Arb | FA | |||
| Luis Garcia | 27 | 4 | Amateur Free Agent | 3.083 | Topline Sports & ... | 1 yr/$1.88M (24) | $1.88M | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Bryan Abreu | 27 | 6 | Amateur Free Agent | 3.022 | 1 yr/$1.75M (24) | $1.75M | Arb | Arb | FA | |||
| J.P. France | 29 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.149 | 1 yr/$768k (24) | $767.6k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Parker Mushinski | 28 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 1.016 | 1 yr/$747k (24) | $747.4k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Grae Kessinger | 26 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.119 | 1 yr/$742k (24) | $742.1k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Dylan Coleman | 27 | 4 | Traded | 1.076 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Kaleb Ort | 32 | 4 | Waivers | 1.040 | Nello P. Gamberdi... | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Cooper Hummel | 29 | 3 | Waivers | 0.156 | Gaeta Sports Mana... | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb |
| César Salazar | 28 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.080 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Nick Hernandez | 29 | 2 | Purchased | 0.021 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Jacob Amaya | 25 | 2 | Traded | 0.010 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Jon Singleton | 32 | 4 | Free Agency | 1.069 | Sosnick Cobbe & K... | 1 yr/$850k (24) | $850k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Tayler Scott | 32 | 4 | Free Agency | 1.015 | PSI Sports Manage... | 1 yr/$790k (24) | $790k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Jeremy Peña | 26 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 2.000 | 1 yr/$784k (24) | $783.5k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Hunter Brown | 25 | 3 | Amateur Draft | 1.035 | Wasserman | 1 yr/$775k (24) | $774.5k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA |
| Yainer Diaz | 25 | 3 | Traded | 1.035 | 1 yr/$769k (24) | $768.9k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Jake Meyers | 28 | 4 | Amateur Draft | 2.044 | Wasserman | 1 yr/$767k (24) | $767.3k | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Seth Martinez | 29 | 4 | Rule 5 Draft | 1.108 | 1 yr/$754k (24) | $753.6k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | |
| Ronel Blanco | 30 | 3 | Hs | 0.101 | Nova Sports Agenc... | 1 yr/$750k (24) | $749.8k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb |
| Oliver Ortega | 27 | 3 | 1.019 | 1 yr/$749k (24) | $748.5k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| Bennett Sousa | 29 | 2 | Waivers | 0.156 | 1 yr/$742k (24) | $742.3k | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Shawn Dubin | 28 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.015 | 1 yr/$742k (24) | $741.6k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Penn Murfee | 30 | 2 | 1.169 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | FA | ||
| David Hensley | 28 | 2 | Amateur Draft | 0.131 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Trey Cabbage | 27 | 2 | Traded | 0.056 | 1 yr/$740k (24) | $740k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | Arb | Arb | Arb | |
| Eric Lauer | 29 | 6 | 4.111 | CAA Sports | Arb (~$5.2M) | FA | ||||||
| Wander Suero | 32 | 6 | Free Agency | 3.153 | PNY Sports | Arb (~$900k) | Arb | FA | ||||
| Justin Verlander traded to/from New York Mets | -$25M | |||||||||||
| Name | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | ||||||
| Signed | Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options) | *43 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Dollars Committed | Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts) | *$242.5M | $115.4M | $117.9M | $100.2M | $58.8M | $13M | |||||
| Contract Options | Players with any type of option | 2 | ||||||||||
| Option Values | Maximum value of options if all are exercised | $49M | ||||||||||
| Arb Eligible | Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds) | 0-0-10-0 | 0-0-20-0 | 0-0-23-0 | 0-0-21-0 | 0-0-11-0 | ||||||
| Arb Costs | Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..) | †$6.1M | $56.7M | $113.3M | $130.3M | $119M | $62.3M | |||||
| Other Players | Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised) | 8 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Other Costs | Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players) | $6.01M | $0 | -$1.5M | $751.74k | $9.77M | ||||||
| Payroll (no options) | Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other) | $178.1M | $231.3M | $229.1M | $178.6M | $85.1M | ||||||
| Payroll (options) | Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other) | $225.6M | $231.3M | $229.1M | $178.6M | $85.1M | ||||||
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