Josh Winckowski
Boston Red Sox, Relief Pitcher
Age: 26-153d (Jun 28, 1998)
Exp: 2.045 Years
Country: US
Drafted: Round 15 (#462 overall), 2016
2025 Payroll Salary
$800,000
2025 Cash
$800,000
Career Earnings
$1,746,921
2025-2025 Pre-Arb (CURRENT)
Josh Winckowski signed a 1 year , $800,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox, including $800,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $800,000. In 2025, Winckowski will earn a base salary of $800,000, while carrying a total salary of $800,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $800,000
Average Salary:
$800,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 27 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | $800,000 | 0.33% | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 28 |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 27 | 2.045 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 28 | -- |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 27 |
Estimate |
$800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2024-2024 Pre-Arb
Josh Winckowski signed a 1 year , $760,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox, including $760,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $760,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $760,000
Average Salary:
$760,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2023-2023 Pre-Arb
Josh Winckowski signed a 1 year , $722,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox, including $722,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $722,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $722,000
Average Salary:
$722,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2022-2022 Pre-Arb
Josh Winckowski signed a 1 year , $700,000 contract with the Boston Red Sox, including $700,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $700,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $700,000
Average Salary:
$700,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2016-2016 Signing Bonus
Josh Winckowski signed a 1 year , $125,000 contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, including $125,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $125,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $125,000
Average Salary:
$125,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
2.045 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$1,746,921
Earnings w/ Different Teams
2 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 18 |
Signing Bonus
|
$125,000 |
$125,000 |
||
2022 | 24 |
Reserve / minor-buried
|
$276,912 |
$401,912 |
||
2023 | 25 |
Active
|
$722,000 |
$1,123,912 |
||
2024 | 26 |
Active
|
$623,009 |
$1,746,921 |
||
Total |
$1,746,921 |
$1,746,921 |
||||
2025 | 27 |
Active / estimate-pre-arbitration
|
$800,000 |
|||
Total |
$2,546,921 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | - | $125,000 | - | $125,000 | |
3 | $1,621,921 | - | - | $1,621,921 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 18 |
$125,000 |
$125,000 |
$125,000 |
|||
2022 | 24 |
$276,912
|
$276,912 |
$401,912 |
|||
2023 | 25 |
$722,000
|
$722,000 |
$1,123,912 |
|||
2024 | 26 |
$623,009
|
$623,009 |
$1,746,921 |
|||
Total |
$1,621,921 |
$125,000 |
$1,746,921 |
$1,746,921 |
|||
2025 | 27 |
$800,000
|
$800,000 |
||||
Total |
$2,421,921 |
$125,000 |
$2,546,921 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | - | $125,000 | - | $125,000 | |
3 | $1,621,921 | - | - | $1,621,921 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | BOS | Jul 14, 2022 - Jul 26, 2022 | COVID-19 |
- Aug 27, 2024 Recalled from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Aug 26, 2024 Optioned to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Jun 24, 2024 Recalled from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- May 12, 2024 Optioned to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Mar 01, 2024 Signed a 1 year $760,000 contract with Boston (BOS)
- Mar 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $722,000 contract with Boston (BOS)
- Oct 03, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Oct 01, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Sep 05, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Sep 04, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Aug 25, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Aug 22, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Aug 19, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Jun 15, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- May 29, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- May 28, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Mar 23, 2022 Optioned to the Minors by Boston (BOS)
- Nov 19, 2021 Contract purchased by Boston (BOS)
- Feb 10, 2021 Traded to Boston (BOS) from New York (NYM) as part of a 3-team trade: Boston (BOS) traded Andrew Benintendi to Kansas City (KC); Kansas City (KC) traded Franchy Cordero, Grant Gambrell and Luis De La Rosa to Boston (BOS); Kansas City (KC) traded Khalil Lee to New York (NYM); New York (NYM) traded Freddy Valdez to Boston (BOS)
- Jan 27, 2021 Traded to New York (NYM) from Toronto (TOR) with Sean Reid-Foley and Yennsy Diaz for Steven Matz
- Jul 13, 2016 Signed a contract with Toronto (TOR)
- Jun 11, 2016 Drafted by Toronto (TOR): Round 15 (#462 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | BOS | 40 | 6 | 81 | 44 | 35 | 26 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 76.0 | 4.15 | 1.41 | 0.41 |
2023 | BOS | 60 | 1 | 89 | 34 | 27 | 31 | 82 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 84.3 | 2.88 | 1.42 | 1.86 |
2022 | BOS | 15 | 14 | 85 | 47 | 46 | 27 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 70.3 | 5.89 | 1.59 | -0.36 |