MLB
Chicago Cubs 2024 Financial Summary
A current summary of Chicago Cubs 2024 player cap & cash figures.
Adjusted Payroll Total
$228,130,952
Tax Space
$2,198,979
Cash Total
$247,452,852 / 7th
2024 Active Roster
Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Opt-Out
Club Option
Mutual Option
Vested Option
Estimate
| Player (26) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Bellinger Cody Bellinger | RF | 28 | $27,500,000 | $26,666,667 | 11.25% | $27,500,000 | 2027 |
2 |
Swanson Dansby Swanson | SS | 30 | $26,000,000 | $25,285,714 | 10.67% | $25,000,000 | 2030 |
3 |
Happ Ian Happ | LF | 29 | $21,000,000 | $20,333,333 | 8.58% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
4 |
Suzuki Seiya Suzuki | DH | 29 | $21,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
5 |
Taillon Jameson Taillon | SP | 32 | $18,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $18,000,000 | 2027 |
6 |
Hendricks Kyle Hendricks | SP | 34 | $16,500,000 | $14,500,000 | 6.12% | $16,500,000 | 2025 |
7 |
Hoerner Nico Hoerner | 2B | 27 | $11,500,000 | $11,666,667 | 4.92% | $11,500,000 | 2027 |
8 |
Smyly Drew Smyly | RP | 35 | $10,500,000 | $9,500,000 | 4.01% | $10,500,000 | 2026 |
9 |
Imanaga Shota Imanaga | SP | 30 | $9,250,000 | $13,250,000 | 5.59% | $10,000,000 | 2029 |
10 |
Steele Justin Steele | SP | 28 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1.69% | $4,000,000 | 2028 |
11 |
Wisdom Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 32 | $2,725,000 | $2,725,000 | 1.15% | $2,725,000 | 2027 |
12 |
Tauchman Mike Tauchman | CF | 33 | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 | 0.82% | $1,950,000 | 2027 |
13 |
Merryweather Julian Merryweather | RP | 32 | $1,175,000 | $1,175,000 | 0.50% | $1,175,000 | 2027 |
14 |
Paredes Isaac Paredes | 3B | 25 | $1,169,892 | $1,169,892 | 0.49% | $1,169,892 | 2028 |
15 |
Assad Javier Assad | SP | 26 | $755,000 | $755,000 | 0.32% | $755,000 | |
16 |
Amaya Miguel Amaya | C | 25 | $746,500 | $746,500 | 0.32% | $746,500 | |
17 |
Busch Michael Busch | DH | 26 | $741,500 | $741,500 | 0.31% | $741,500 | |
18 |
Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong | OF | 22 | $588,744 | $588,744 | 0.25% | $588,744 | |
19 |
Miller Tyson Miller | RP | 28 | $548,964 | $548,964 | 0.23% | $548,964 | |
20 |
Hodge Porter Hodge | RP | 23 | $489,294 | $489,294 | 0.21% | $489,294 | |
21 |
López Jorge López | RP | 31 | $369,954 | $369,954 | 0.16% | $369,954 | |
22 |
Roberts Ethan Roberts | RP | 26 | $298,350 | $298,350 | 0.13% | $298,350 | |
23 |
Pearson Nate Pearson | RP | 27 | $275,264 | $275,264 | 0.12% | $275,264 | 2027 |
24 |
Bethancourt Christian Bethancourt | C | 32 | $258,570 | $258,570 | 0.11% | $258,570 | |
25 |
Vazquez Luis Vazquez | SS | 24 | $182,988 | $182,988 | 0.08% | $182,988 | |
26 |
Neely Jack Neely | RP | 24 | $159,120 | $159,120 | 0.07% | $159,120 |
2024 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (8) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Alzolay Adbert Alzolay | RP | 29 | $2,110,000 | $2,110,000 | - | $2,110,000 | |
2 |
Almonte Yency Almonte | RP | 30 | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | - | $1,900,000 | |
3 |
Wicks Jordan Wicks | SP | 24 | $741,500 | $741,500 | - | $741,500 | |
4 |
Brown Ben Brown | RP | 24 | $732,043 | $732,043 | - | $732,043 | |
5 |
Brewer Colten Brewer | RP | 31 | $656,370 | $656,370 | - | $656,370 | |
6 |
Little Luke Little | RP | 23 | $648,903 | $648,903 | - | $648,903 | |
7 |
Wesneski Hayden Wesneski | SP | 26 | $636,480 | $636,480 | 0.27% | $636,480 | |
8 |
Nido Tomás Nido | C | 30 | $405,756 | $405,756 | 0.17% | $405,756 |
2024 Retained
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (17) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Free Agent Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Neris Hector Neris | RP | 35 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 3.80% | ||
2 |
Mancini Trey Mancini | OF | 32 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 2.95% | ||
3 |
Gomes Yan Gomes | C | 36 | $6,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 2.11% | ||
4 |
Bellinger Cody Bellinger | CF | 28 | $5,500,000 | - | - | ||
5 |
Barnhart Tucker Barnhart | C | 33 | $3,250,000 | $2,510,000 | 1.06% | ||
6 |
Leiter Jr. Mark Leiter Jr. | RP | 33 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | 0.42% | ||
7 |
Boxberger Brad Boxberger | RP | 36 | $800,000 | - | - | ||
8 |
Morel Christopher Morel | 3B | 25 | $507,188 | $507,188 | 0.21% | ||
9 |
Cooper Garrett Cooper | 1B | 33 | $241,950 | $241,950 | 0.10% | ||
10 |
Cuas José Cuas | RP | 30 | $118,968 | $118,968 | 0.05% | ||
11 |
Lovelady Richard Lovelady | RP | 28 | $81,720 | $81,720 | 0.03% | ||
12 |
Miller Tyson Miller | RP | 28 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | ||
13 |
Wingenter Trey Wingenter | RP | 30 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | ||
14 |
Hollowell Gavin Hollowell | RP | 26 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | ||
15 |
Bigge Hunter Bigge | RP | 26 | $35,802 | $35,802 | 0.02% | ||
16 |
Nittoli Vinny Nittoli | RP | 33 | $19,892 | $19,892 | 0.01% | ||
17 |
Stroman Marcus Stroman | SP | 33 | - | $2,666,667 | 1.13% |
2024 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 | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Heyward Jason Heyward | RF | 34 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 |
2024 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Summary | |||||||
| Active Roster | $177,684,140 | 4th | |||||
| Injured List | $7,831,052 | 29th | |||||
| Retained | $36,372,187 | 6th | |||||
| Minor | $8,910,240 | 3rd | |||||
| Total Payroll Allocations | $240,053,687 | 8th | |||||
| Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations | $228,130,952 | 7th | |||||
2024 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals
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Tax Summary
Tax figures based on payroll data only. Outside revenue sources will be adjusted when available after the regular season.
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| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $237,000,000 | |
| Est. Guaranteed Contracts | $171,636,521 | 6th |
| Est. Injured Contracts | $7,831,052 | - |
| Est. Retained Contracts | $28,326,542 | - |
| Est. Player Benefits | $17,000,000 | - |
| Est. Minor Buried League Contracts | $8,340,240 | - |
| Est. Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution | $1,666,666 | - |
| Est. Actual Tax Payroll | $234,801,021 | - |
| Est. Competitive Balance Tax Space | $2,198,979 | 21st |
| Est. Projected Competitive Balance Tax Space (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) | $2,198,979 | - |
2024 Minor
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (15) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % | Cash Total | Free Agent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 David Bote
|
2B | 31 | $5,510,000 | $3,000,000 | - | $5,500,000 | 2027 | |
|
2 Nick Madrigal
|
2B | 27 | $1,810,000 | $1,810,000 | 0.76% | $1,810,000 | 2027 | |
|
3 Trey Wingenter
|
RP | 30 | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | 0.51% | - | 2025 | |
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4 Thomas Pannone
|
RP | 30 | $800,000 | $800,000 | - | $800,000 | ||
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5 Gavin Hollowell
|
RP | 26 | $740,000 | $740,000 | 0.31% | - | ||
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6 Caleb Kilian
|
SP | 27 | $501,606 | $501,606 | 0.21% | $501,606 | ||
|
7 Keegan Thompson
|
RP | 29 | $401,778 | $401,778 | 0.17% | $401,778 | 2028 | |
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8 Miles Mastrobuoni
|
LF | 28 | $320,880 | $320,880 | 0.14% | $320,880 | ||
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9 Daniel Palencia
|
RP | 24 | $198,900 | $198,900 | 0.08% | $198,900 | ||
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10 Alexander Canario
|
OF | 24 | $123,318 | $123,318 | 0.05% | $123,318 | ||
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11 Matt Mervis
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1B | 26 | $43,758 | $43,758 | 0.02% | $43,758 | ||
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12 Brad Wieck
|
RP | 32 | - | - | - | - | ||
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13 Brennen Davis
|
OF | 24 | - | - | - | - | ||
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14 Kevin Alcantara
|
OF | 21 | - | - | - | - | ||
|
15 Michael Arias
|
P | 22 | - | - | - | - |
