Josh Winckowski

Boston Red Sox, Relief Pitcher

Age: 26-146d (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

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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

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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

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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

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Seasons

2.045 Years

Career Earnings thru 2025

$1,746,921

Earnings w/ Different Teams

2 teams

Earnings Per Year

Year	Age	Status	Cash Total	Cash Cumulative
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	Age	Base	Signing	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

TRANSACTIONS

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)