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Chicago Cubs 2025 Cash Table
The Chicago Cubs 2025 cash table, including base salaries, bonuses, & incentives.
2025 Active Roster
Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Opt-Out
Club Option
Mutual Option
Vested Option
Estimate
| Player (40) | Pos | Age | Total Cash | Base Cash | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swanson Dansby Swanson | SS | 31 | $27,000,000 | $27,000,000 | |
| Happ Ian Happ | LF | 30 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | |
| Taillon Jameson Taillon | SP | 33 | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | |
| Suzuki Seiya Suzuki | OF | 30 | $18,000,000 | $18,000,000 | |
| Tucker Kyle Tucker | RF | 28 | $16,500,000 | $16,500,000 | |
| Imanaga Shota Imanaga | SP | 31 | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | |
| Boyd Matt Boyd | SP | 34 | $12,500,000 | $7,500,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Hoerner Nico Hoerner | 2B | 28 | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | |
| Steele Justin Steele | SP | 29 | $6,550,000 | $6,550,000 | |
| Kelly Carson Kelly | C | 30 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| Rea Colin Rea | SP | 35 | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | |
| Thielbar Caleb Thielbar | RP | 38 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | |
| Pearson Nate Pearson | RP | 28 | $1,350,000 | $1,350,000 | |
| Merryweather Julian Merryweather | RP | 33 | $1,225,000 | $1,225,000 | |
| Morgan Eli Morgan | RP | 29 | $950,000 | $950,000 | |
| Thompson Keegan Thompson | RP | 30 | $850,000 | $850,000 | |
| Poteet Cody Poteet | SP | 30 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Festa Matt Festa | RP | 32 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Miller Tyson Miller | RP | 29 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Zastryzny Rob Zastryzny | RP | 33 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Roberts Ethan Roberts | RP | 27 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Alcantara Kevin Alcantara | OF | 22 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Amaya Miguel Amaya | C | 26 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Brujan Vidal Brujan | 2B | 27 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Busch Michael Busch | 1B | 27 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Hollowell Gavin Hollowell | RP | 27 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Kilian Caleb Kilian | SP | 28 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Hodge Porter Hodge | RP | 24 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 23 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Caissie Owen Caissie | OF | 22 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Workman Gage Workman | 3B | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Little Luke Little | RP | 24 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Canario Alexander Canario | OF | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Wicks Jordan Wicks | SP | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Cowles Benjamin Cowles | SS | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Neely Jack Neely | RP | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Brown Ben Brown | RP | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Assad Javier Assad | SP | 27 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Vazquez Luis Vazquez | SS | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
| Palencia Daniel Palencia | RP | 25 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
2025 Retained
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (2) | Pos | Age | Total Cash | Base Cash | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smyly Drew Smyly | RP | 36 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| Bellinger Cody Bellinger | CF | 29 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
2025 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 | Total Cash | Base Cash | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heyward Jason Heyward | RF | 35 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
2025 Signing Bonus
Does not count against team payroll.
| Player (17) | Pos | Age | Total Cash | Base Cash | Signing Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De La Cruz Wilfri De La Cruz | SS | 17 | $2,300,000 | $2,300,000 | |
| Cabada Juan Cabada | SP | 17 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |
| Tomas Juan Tomas | SS | 17 | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 | |
| Santos Luis Santos | SS | 17 | $135,000 | $135,000 | |
| Acosta Julio Acosta | OF | 17 | $125,000 | $125,000 | |
| Ramirez Jeury Ramirez | OF | 17 | $80,000 | $80,000 | |
| Abreu Luis Abreu | SS | 17 | $60,000 | $60,000 | |
| Figuereo Breyner Figuereo | OF | 17 | $40,000 | $40,000 | |
| Gonzalez Angel Gonzalez | P | 17 | $12,500 | $12,500 | |
| Dias Roni Dias | P | 18 | $12,500 | $12,500 | |
| Ramos Ariel Ramos | P | 19 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Desis Frankelly Desis | P | 18 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Javier Johansel Javier | P | 17 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Carrillo Jose Carrillo | C | 18 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Burgos Salvador Burgos | P | 19 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Garcia Alfred Garcia | OF | 17 | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Ramirez Saul Ramirez | OF | 19 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
2025 Cash Totals
| Total Cash | Base Cash | Signing Bonus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Roster | $178,625,000 | $173,625,000 | $5,000,000 | ||
| Retained | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||
| Deferred | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||
| Signing Bonus | $5,435,000 | $5,435,000 | |||
