MLB
Chicago Cubs 2024 Financial Summary
A current summary of Chicago Cubs 2024 player cap & cash figures.
Total Payroll
$240,361,471 / 8th
Adjusted Payroll Total
$228,406,799
Tax Space
$-132,513
Cash Total
$247,778,699 / 6th
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Swanson
1 Dansby Swanson
|
SS | 30 | $26,000,000 | $25,285,714 | 10.67% | $25,000,000 | 2030 |
|
Happ
2 Ian Happ
|
LF | 29 | $21,000,000 | $20,333,333 | 8.58% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
|
Suzuki
3 Seiya Suzuki
|
DH | 29 | $21,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
|
Taillon
4 Jameson Taillon
|
SP | 32 | $18,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $18,000,000 | 2027 |
|
Hendricks
5 Kyle Hendricks
|
SP | 34 | $16,500,000 | $14,500,000 | 6.12% | $16,500,000 | 2025 |
|
Hoerner
6 Nico Hoerner
|
2B | 27 | $11,500,000 | $11,666,667 | 4.92% | $11,500,000 | 2027 |
|
Smyly
7 Drew Smyly
|
RP | 35 | $10,500,000 | $9,500,000 | 4.01% | $10,500,000 | 2026 |
|
Imanaga
8 Shota Imanaga
|
SP | 30 | $9,250,000 | $13,250,000 | 5.59% | $10,000,000 | 2029 |
|
Neris
9 Hector Neris
|
RP | 35 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 3.80% | $9,000,000 | 2026 |
|
Bote
10 David Bote
|
2B | 31 | $5,510,000 | $3,000,000 | 1.27% | $5,500,000 | 2027 |
|
Steele
11 Justin Steele
|
SP | 28 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1.69% | $4,000,000 | 2028 |
|
Wisdom
12 Patrick Wisdom
|
3B | 32 | $2,725,000 | $2,725,000 | 1.15% | $2,725,000 | 2027 |
|
Tauchman
13 Mike Tauchman
|
CF | 33 | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 | 0.82% | $1,950,000 | 2027 |
|
Leiter Jr.
14 Mark Leiter Jr.
|
RP | 33 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 0.63% | $1,500,000 | 2027 |
|
Merryweather
15 Julian Merryweather
|
RP | 32 | $1,175,000 | $1,175,000 | 0.50% | $1,175,000 | 2027 |
|
Paredes
16 Isaac Paredes
|
3B | 25 | $1,151,640 | $1,151,640 | 0.49% | $1,151,640 | 2028 |
|
Assad
17 Javier Assad
|
SP | 26 | $755,000 | $755,000 | 0.32% | $755,000 | |
|
Amaya
18 Miguel Amaya
|
C | 25 | $746,500 | $746,500 | 0.32% | $746,500 | |
|
Busch
19 Michael Busch
|
DH | 26 | $741,500 | $741,500 | 0.31% | $741,500 | |
|
Crow-Armstrong
20 Pete Crow-Armstrong
|
OF | 22 | $588,744 | $588,744 | 0.25% | $588,744 | |
|
Mastrobuoni
21 Miles Mastrobuoni
|
LF | 28 | $565,551 | $565,551 | 0.24% | $565,551 | |
|
Miller
22 Tyson Miller
|
RP | 28 | $548,964 | $548,964 | 0.23% | $548,964 | |
|
Hodge
23 Porter Hodge
|
RP | 23 | $489,294 | $489,294 | 0.21% | $489,294 | |
|
Lopez
24 Jorge Lopez
|
RP | 31 | $369,954 | $369,954 | 0.16% | $369,954 | |
|
Pearson
25 Nate Pearson
|
RP | 27 | $275,264 | $275,264 | 0.12% | $275,264 | 2027 |
|
Bethancourt
26 Christian Bethancourt
|
C | 32 | $258,570 | $258,570 | 0.11% | $258,570 |
2024 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (11) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bellinger
1 Cody Bellinger
|
RF | 28 | $27,500,000 | $26,666,667 | 11.25% | $27,500,000 | |
|
Alzolay
2 Adbert Alzolay
|
RP | 29 | $2,110,000 | $2,110,000 | - | $2,110,000 | |
|
Almonte
3 Yency Almonte
|
RP | 30 | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | - | $1,900,000 | |
|
Wicks
4 Jordan Wicks
|
SP | 24 | $741,500 | $741,500 | - | $741,500 | |
|
Kilian
5 Caleb Kilian
|
SP | 27 | $740,500 | $740,500 | - | $740,500 | |
|
Brown
6 Ben Brown
|
RP | 24 | $732,043 | $732,043 | - | $732,043 | |
|
Brewer
7 Colten Brewer
|
RP | 31 | $656,370 | $656,370 | - | $656,370 | |
|
Little
8 Luke Little
|
RP | 23 | $648,903 | $648,903 | - | $648,903 | |
|
Wesneski
9 Hayden Wesneski
|
SP | 26 | $636,480 | $636,480 | 0.27% | $636,480 | |
|
Thompson
10 Keegan Thompson
|
RP | 29 | $421,668 | $421,668 | 0.18% | $421,668 | |
|
Nido
11 Tomas 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 (11) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mancini
1 Trey Mancini
|
OF | 32 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 2.95% | ||
|
Gomes
2 Yan Gomes
|
C | 36 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 2.53% | ||
|
Bellinger
3 Cody Bellinger
|
CF | 28 | $5,500,000 | - | - | ||
|
Barnhart
4 Tucker Barnhart
|
C | 33 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | 1.37% | ||
|
Boxberger
5 Brad Boxberger
|
RP | 36 | $800,000 | - | - | ||
|
Morel
6 Christopher Morel
|
3B | 25 | $507,188 | $507,188 | 0.21% | ||
|
Cooper
7 Garrett Cooper
|
1B | 33 | $241,950 | $241,950 | 0.10% | ||
|
Cuas
8 José Cuas
|
RP | 30 | $114,716 | $114,716 | 0.05% | ||
|
Lovelady
9 Richard Lovelady
|
RP | 28 | $63,648 | $63,648 | 0.03% | ||
|
Bigge
10 Hunter Bigge
|
RP | 26 | $35,802 | $35,802 | 0.02% | ||
|
Stroman
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Heyward
1 Jason Heyward
|
RF | 34 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 |
2024 Payroll Totals
| Payroll Summary | |||||||
| Active Roster | $166,100,981 | 6th | |||||
| Injured List | $36,493,220 | 12th | |||||
| Retained | $26,179,971 | 6th | |||||
| Minor | $2,299,294 | 18th | |||||
| Total Payroll Allocations | $240,361,471 | 8th | |||||
| Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations | $228,406,799 | 7th | |||||
2024 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals
|
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 | $158,376,695 | 8th |
| Est. Injured Contracts | $35,659,887 | - |
| Est. Retained Contracts | $19,879,971 | - |
| Est. Player Benefits | $17,000,000 | - |
| Est. Minor Buried League Contracts | $2,299,294 | - |
| Est. Minor League Contracts | $2,250,000 | - |
| Est. Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution | $1,666,666 | - |
| Est. Actual Tax Payroll | $237,132,513 | - |
| Est. Competitive Balance Tax Space | $-132,513 | 21st |
|
Est. Tax Bill
This team is currently a tax repeater at 20%.
|
$26,503 | - |
| Est. Payroll + Tax Bill | $237,159,016 | - |
| Est. Projected Competitive Balance Tax Space (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) | $-132,513 | - |
2024 Minor
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (12) | Pos | Age | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % | Cash Total | Free Agent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 Nick Madrigal
|
2B | 27 | $1,810,000 | $1,810,000 | 0.76% | $1,810,000 | 2027 | |
|
2 Thomas Pannone
|
RP | 30 | $800,000 | $800,000 | - | $800,000 | ||
|
3 Daniel Palencia
|
RP | 24 | $198,900 | $198,900 | 0.08% | $198,900 | ||
|
4 Alexander Canario
|
OF | 24 | $123,318 | $123,318 | 0.05% | $123,318 | ||
|
5 Ethan Roberts
|
RP | 26 | $55,692 | $55,692 | 0.02% | $55,692 | ||
|
6 Matt Mervis
|
1B | 26 | $43,758 | $43,758 | 0.02% | $43,758 | ||
|
7 Luis Vazquez
|
SS | 24 | $35,802 | $35,802 | 0.02% | $35,802 | ||
|
8 Jesus Tinoco
|
RP | 29 | $31,824 | $31,824 | - | $31,824 | ||
|
9 Brad Wieck
|
RP | 32 | - | - | - | - | ||
|
10 Brennen Davis
|
OF | 24 | - | - | - | - | ||
|
11 Kevin Alcantara
|
OF | 21 | - | - | - | - | ||
|
12 Michael Arias
|
P | 22 | - | - | - | - |
