Boston Red Sox 2018 Financial Summary

A current summary of Boston Red Sox 2018 player cap & cash figures.

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Adjusted Payroll Total

$227,398,860

Tax Space

$127,801,000

Cash Total

$249,322,553 / 1st

2018 Active Roster

Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Opt-Out
Club Option
Mutual Option
Vested Option
Estimate
  Player (36) Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % League CBT Cash Total Payroll Salary Adjusted Free Agent Year
1
Price David Price SP 32
Veteran
$31,000,000 - $30,000,000 $30,000,000 2023
2
Martinez J.D. Martinez DH 30
Veteran
$22,000,000 - $23,750,000 $23,750,000
3
Porcello Rick Porcello SP 29
Veteran
$20,625,000 - $21,000,000 $21,125,000
4
Kimbrel Craig Kimbrel RP 30
Veteran
$10,500,000 - $13,050,000 $13,050,000
5
Sale Chris Sale SP 29 club-exercised $6,500,000 - $12,515,000 $12,515,000
6
Betts Mookie Betts RF 25
Arbitration 1
$10,500,000 - $10,500,000 $10,500,000
7
Pomeranz Drew Pomeranz SP 29
Arbitration 3
$8,500,000 - $8,500,000 $8,500,000
8
Bogaerts Xander Bogaerts SS 25
Arbitration 2
$7,050,000 - $7,050,000 $7,050,000
9
Moreland Mitch Moreland 1B 32
Veteran
$6,500,000 - $6,500,000 $6,500,000
10
Bradley Jr. Jackie Bradley Jr. CF 28
Arbitration 2
Super Two
$6,100,000 - $6,100,000 $6,100,000
11
Nunez Eduardo Nunez 2B 31
Veteran
$4,000,000 - $4,000,000 $4,000,000
12
Kelly Joe Kelly RP 30
Arbitration 3
$3,825,000 - $2,601,613 $3,825,000
13
Rodriguez Eduardo Rodriguez SP 25
Arbitration 1
Super Two
$2,375,000 - $2,375,000 $2,375,000
14
Holt Brock Holt 2B 30
Arbitration 2
$2,225,000 - $2,225,000 $2,225,000
15
Thornburg Tyler Thornburg RP 29
Arbitration 2
$2,050,000 - $2,050,000 $2,050,000
16
León Sandy León C 29
Arbitration 2
Super Two
$1,950,000 - $1,950,000 $1,950,000
17
Kinsler Ian Kinsler 2B 36
Veteran
$15,000,000 - $1,833,340 $1,833,340 2019
18
Pearce Steven Pearce LF 35
Veteran
$6,250,000 - $1,500,000 $1,500,000
19
Vazquez Christian Vazquez C 27
Arbitration 1
$1,425,000 - $1,425,000 $1,425,000
20
Wright Steven Wright SP 33
Arbitration 1
$1,100,000 - $1,011,291 $1,100,000
21
Workman Brandon Workman RP 29
Arbitration 2
$835,000 - $781,086 $781,086
22
Eovaldi Nathan Eovaldi SP 28
Veteran
$2,000,000 - $731,204 $731,204
23
Benintendi Andrew Benintendi OF 23
Pre-Arbitration
$620,500 - $620,500 $620,500
24
Barnes Matt Barnes RP 28
Pre-Arbitration
$605,000 - $605,000 $605,000
25
Hembree Heath Hembree RP 29
Pre-Arbitration
$581,500 - $581,500 $581,500
26
Devers Rafael Devers 3B 21
Pre-Arbitration
$564,500 - $564,500 $564,500
27
Swihart Blake Swihart LF 26
Pre-Arbitration
$563,500 - $563,500 $563,500
28
Johnson Brian Johnson SP 27
Pre-Arbitration
$548,000 - $548,000 $548,000
29
Velazquez Hector Velazquez RP 29
Pre-Arbitration
$547,000 - $547,000 $547,000
30
Brasier Ryan Brasier RP 30
Pre-Arbitration
$545,000 - $249,050 $249,050
31
Lin Tzu-Wei Lin SS 24
Pre-Arbitration
$545,000 - $234,400 $234,400
32
Poyner Bobby Poyner RP 25 $545,000 - $158,220 $158,220
33
Travis Sam Travis 1B 24
Pre-Arbitration
$545,000 - $128,920 $128,920
34
Cuevas William Cuevas RP 27 $545,000 - $102,550 $102,550
35
Scott Robby Scott RP 28 $545,000 - $87,900 $87,900
36
Phillips Brandon Phillips 2B 37
Veteran
$545,000 - $79,110 $79,110 2019

2018 Injured List

Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.

  Player (4) Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % League CBT Cash Total Payroll Salary Adjusted Free Agent Year
1
Pedroia Dustin Pedroia 2B 34
Veteran
$13,750,000 6.98% $13,500,000 $16,125,000 2022
2
Smith Carson Smith RP 28
Arbitration 1
$850,000 - $850,000 $850,000 2019
3
Hernandez Marco Hernandez SS 25
Pre-Arbitration
$554,000 - $554,000 $554,000
4
Maddox Austin Maddox RP 27 $545,000 - $545,000 $545,000

2018 Retained

Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.

  Player (3) Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % League CBT Payroll Salary Adjusted
1
Ramirez Hanley Ramirez 1B 34 $22,750,000 11.55% $22,750,000
2
Sandoval Pablo Sandoval 3B 31 $14,500,000 7.36% $17,455,000
3
Craig Allen Craig RF 33 - - $1,000,000

2018 Retained

Cap breakdowns for players who have cap retained. All count against the team's payroll.

  Player (1) Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % League CBT Cash Total Payroll Salary Adjusted Free Agent Year
1
Beeks Jalen Beeks SP 24 $5,860 - $5,860 $5,860

2018 Deferred

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

  Player (1) Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % League CBT Cash Total Payroll Salary Adjusted Free Agent Year
1
Ramirez Manny Ramirez LF 46 $2,006,024 - $2,003,389 $2,003,389

2018 Payroll Totals

Payroll Summary
Active Roster $167,955,780 1st
Injured List $18,074,000 10th
Retained $41,750,000 5th
Retained $5,860 8th
Minor $158,220 29th
Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations $227,398,860 1st

2018 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals

Tax Summary
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold $197,000,000
Tax Payroll $239,481,745 -
Tax Bill
This team was a tax repeater at 20%.
$11,951,091 -

2018 Minor

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

Player (7)   Pos Age Status Luxury Tax Luxury Tax % Cash Total Payroll Salary Free Agent
1
Rusney Castillo
  LF 31
Veteran
$10,357,143 - $11,000,000 $11,771,428
2
Marcus Walden
  RP 29
Pre-Arbitration
$545,000 - $61,530 $61,530
3
Justin Haley
  RP 27 $545,000 - $49,810 $49,810
4
Dan Butler
  C 31
Pre-Arbitration
$545,000 - $32,230 $32,230
5
Tony Renda
  2B 27 $545,000 - $14,650 $14,650
6
Ivan De Jesus Jr.
  SS 31 - - - -
7
Mike Olt
  3B 29 - - - -

TRANSACTIONS

Mar 05, 2025
Jose De Leon, RP

Signed a minor league contract with Boston (BOS)

Mar 01, 2025
Nick Burdi, RP

Signed a minor league contract with Boston (BOS)

Feb 20, 2025
Matt Moore, RP

Signed a 1 year $2 million minor league contract with Boston (BOS)

Feb 20, 2025
Jose Martinez, P

Released by Boston (BOS)

Feb 20, 2025
Oscar Sanchez, P

Released by Boston (BOS)

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