MLB
Chicago Cubs 2024 Financial Summary
A current summary of Chicago Cubs 2024 player cap & cash figures.
Adjusted Payroll Total
$229,567,975
Tax Space
$2,201,956
Cash Total
$247,009,875 / 6th
2024 Active Roster
Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Opt-Out
Club Option
Mutual Option
Vested Option
Estimate
| Player (28) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Bellinger Cody Bellinger | RF | 28 | Vet | $27,500,000 | $26,666,667 | 11.25% | $27,500,000 | 2027 |
2 |
Swanson Dansby Swanson | SS | 30 | Vet | $26,000,000 | $25,285,714 | 10.67% | $25,000,000 | 2030 |
3 |
Happ Ian Happ | LF | 29 | Vet | $21,000,000 | $20,333,333 | 8.58% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
4 |
Suzuki Seiya Suzuki | DH | 29 | Vet | $21,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $20,000,000 | 2027 |
5 |
Taillon Jameson Taillon | SP | 32 | Vet | $18,000,000 | $17,000,000 | 7.17% | $18,000,000 | 2027 |
6 |
Hendricks Kyle Hendricks | SP | 34 | Vet | $16,500,000 | $14,500,000 | 6.12% | $16,500,000 | 2025 |
7 |
Hoerner Nico Hoerner | 2B | 27 | Vet | $11,500,000 | $11,666,667 | 4.92% | $11,500,000 | 2027 |
8 |
Smyly Drew Smyly | RP | 35 | Vet | $10,500,000 | $9,500,000 | 4.01% | $10,500,000 | 2026 |
9 |
Imanaga Shota Imanaga | SP | 30 | Vet | $9,250,000 | $13,250,000 | 5.59% | $10,000,000 | 2029 |
10 |
Steele Justin Steele | SP | 28 | Arb 1 (S2) | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 1.69% | $4,000,000 | 2028 |
11 |
Wisdom Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 32 | Arb 1 | $2,725,000 | $2,725,000 | 1.15% | $2,725,000 | 2027 |
12 |
Tauchman Mike Tauchman | CF | 33 | Arb 1 | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 | 0.82% | $1,950,000 | 2027 |
13 |
Paredes Isaac Paredes | 3B | 25 | Arb 1 (S2) | $1,169,892 | $1,169,892 | 0.49% | $1,169,892 | 2028 |
14 |
Assad Javier Assad | SP | 26 | Pre Arb | $755,000 | $755,000 | 0.32% | $755,000 | |
15 |
Amaya Miguel Amaya | C | 25 | Pre Arb | $746,500 | $746,500 | 0.32% | $746,500 | |
16 |
Busch Michael Busch | 1B | 26 | Pre Arb | $741,500 | $741,500 | 0.31% | $741,500 | |
17 |
Wesneski Hayden Wesneski | SP | 26 | Pre Arb | $636,480 | $636,480 | 0.27% | $636,480 | |
18 |
Crow-Armstrong Pete Crow-Armstrong | CF | 22 | Pre Arb | $588,744 | $588,744 | 0.25% | $588,744 | |
19 |
Miller Tyson Miller | RP | 28 | Pre Arb | $548,964 | $548,964 | 0.23% | $548,964 | |
20 |
Thompson Keegan Thompson | RP | 29 | Pre Arb | $533,052 | $533,052 | 0.22% | $533,052 | |
21 |
Kilian Caleb Kilian | SP | 27 | Pre Arb | $525,492 | $525,492 | 0.22% | $525,492 | |
22 |
Hodge Porter Hodge | RP | 23 | Pre Arb | $489,294 | $489,294 | 0.21% | $489,294 | |
23 |
Roberts Ethan Roberts | RP | 26 | Pre Arb | $343,862 | $343,862 | 0.15% | $343,862 | |
24 |
Pearson Nate Pearson | RP | 27 | Arb 1 | $275,264 | $275,264 | 0.12% | $275,264 | |
25 |
Bethancourt Christian Bethancourt | C | 32 | Arb 2 | $258,570 | $258,570 | 0.11% | $258,570 | |
26 |
Vazquez Luis Vazquez | SS | 24 | Pre Arb | $232,052 | $232,052 | 0.10% | $232,052 | |
27 |
Paredes Enoli Paredes | RP | 28 | Pre Arb | $19,890 | $19,890 | 0.01% | $19,890 | |
28 |
Alcantara Kevin Alcantara | OF | 21 | Pre Arb | $15,912 | $15,912 | 0.01% | $15,912 |
2024 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (10) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Alzolay Adbert Alzolay | RP | 29 | Arb 1 | $2,110,000 | $2,110,000 | - | $2,110,000 | 2027 |
2 |
Almonte Yency Almonte | RP | 30 | Arb 2 | $1,900,000 | $1,900,000 | - | $1,900,000 | 2026 |
3 |
Madrigal Nick Madrigal | 2B | 27 | Arb 2 (S2) | $1,810,000 | $1,810,000 | - | $1,810,000 | 2027 |
4 |
Merryweather Julian Merryweather | RP | 32 | Arb 1 | $1,175,000 | $1,175,000 | - | $1,175,000 | 2027 |
5 |
Wicks Jordan Wicks | SP | 24 | Pre Arb | $741,500 | $741,500 | 0.31% | $741,500 | |
6 |
Brown Ben Brown | RP | 24 | Pre Arb | $732,043 | $732,043 | - | $732,043 | |
7 |
Brewer Colten Brewer | RP | 31 | Pre Arb | $656,370 | $656,370 | - | $656,370 | |
8 |
Little Luke Little | RP | 23 | Pre Arb | $648,903 | $648,903 | - | $648,903 | |
9 |
López Jorge López | RP | 31 | Vet | $369,954 | $369,954 | 0.16% | $369,954 | 2025 |
10 |
Davis Brennen Davis | OF | 24 | Pre Arb | $63,648 | $63,648 | - | $63,648 |
2024 Retained
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (22) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | $5,000,000 | - | - | |
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 |
Armstrong Shawn Armstrong | RP | 33 | $308,616 | $308,616 | 0.13% | |
10 |
Nido Tomás Nido | C | 30 | $286,416 | $286,416 | 0.12% | |
11 |
Cooper Garrett Cooper | 1B | 33 | $241,950 | $241,950 | 0.10% | |
12 |
Cuas José Cuas | RP | 30 | $118,968 | $118,968 | 0.05% | |
13 |
Lovelady Richard Lovelady | RP | 28 | $81,720 | $81,720 | 0.03% | |
14 |
Armstrong Shawn Armstrong | RP | 33 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
15 |
Miller Tyson Miller | RP | 28 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
16 |
Wingenter Trey Wingenter | RP | 30 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
17 |
Herget Jimmy Herget | RP | 30 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
18 |
Hollowell Gavin Hollowell | RP | 26 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
19 |
Paredes Enoli Paredes | RP | 28 | $50,000 | $50,000 | 0.02% | |
20 |
Bigge Hunter Bigge | RP | 26 | $35,802 | $35,802 | 0.02% | |
21 |
Nittoli Vinny Nittoli | RP | 33 | $19,892 | $19,892 | 0.01% | |
22 |
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 | Status | 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 | $177,805,468 | 4th | |||||
| Injured List | $10,207,418 | 26th | |||||
| Retained | $36,617,219 | 7th | |||||
| Minor | $7,604,537 | 4th | |||||
| Total Payroll Allocations | $243,718,719 | 8th | |||||
| Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations | $229,567,975 | 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 | |
| Guaranteed Contracts | $171,757,849 | 7th |
| Injured Contracts | $10,207,418 | - |
| Retained Contracts | $29,071,574 | - |
| Player Benefits | $17,000,000 | - |
| Minor Buried League Contracts | $5,094,537 | - |
| Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution | $1,666,666 | - |
| Actual Tax Payroll | $234,798,044 | - |
| Competitive Balance Tax Space | $2,201,956 | 21st |
| Projected Competitive Balance Tax Space (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb) | $2,201,956 | - |
2024 Minor
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (10) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % | Cash Total | Free Agent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 David Bote
|
2B | 31 | Vet | $5,510,000 | $3,000,000 | - | $5,500,000 | 2027 | |
|
2 Trey Wingenter
|
RP | 30 | Vet | $1,200,000 | $1,200,000 | 0.51% | - | 2026 | |
|
3 Jimmy Herget
|
RP | 30 | Pre Arb | $740,000 | - | - | - | 2028 | |
|
4 Miles Mastrobuoni
|
LF | 28 | Pre Arb | $421,155 | $421,155 | 0.18% | $421,155 | ||
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5 Daniel Palencia
|
RP | 24 | Pre Arb | $218,790 | $218,790 | 0.09% | $218,790 | ||
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6 Alexander Canario
|
OF | 24 | Pre Arb | $123,318 | $123,318 | 0.05% | $123,318 | ||
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7 Jack Neely
|
RP | 24 | Pre Arb | $83,538 | $83,538 | 0.04% | $83,538 | ||
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8 Matt Mervis
|
1B | 26 | Pre Arb | $43,758 | $43,758 | 0.02% | $43,758 | ||
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9 Gavin Hollowell
|
RP | 26 | Pre Arb | $3,978 | $3,978 | 0.00% | $3,978 | ||
|
10 Michael Arias
|
P | 22 | Pre Arb | - | - | - | - |
