St. Louis Cardinals Payroll Table

An updated look at the St. Louis Cardinals 2024 payroll table, including team totals, retained figures, and complete breakdowns of player salaries, and bonuses.

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Adjusted Payroll Total

$175,932,759

2024 Active Roster Payroll

Pre-Arbitration
Arbitration
Player Option
Opt-Out
Club Option
Mutual Option
Vested Option
Estimate
Player (28) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
Goldschmidt Paul Goldschmidt 1B 12.059 0
Veteran
 		$26,000,000 $26,000,000 $22,000,000 $4,000,000 - -
Arenado Nolan Arenado 3B 10.155 0 $35,000,000 $24,000,000 $35,000,000 - - -
Mikolas Miles Mikolas SP 7.037 0
Veteran
 		$17,666,667 $17,666,667 $16,000,000 $1,666,667 - -
Matz Steven Matz SP 8.099 0
Veteran
 		$12,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,000,000 $500,000 - -
Gibson Kyle Gibson SP 10.039 0
Veteran
 		$12,000,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 - - -
Helsley Ryan Helsley RP 4.105 0
Arbitration 2
 		$3,800,000 $3,800,000 $3,800,000 - - -
Kittredge Andrew Kittredge RP 5.070 0
Arbitration 3
 		$2,630,000 $2,630,000 $2,630,000 - - -
Fedde Erick Fedde SP 4.099 0 $7,500,000 $2,500,026 $7,500,000 - - -
King John King RP 2.148 1
Arbitration 1
Super Two
 		$1,005,000 $1,005,000 $1,005,000 - - -
Nootbaar Lars Nootbaar LF 2.076 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$761,000 $761,000 $761,000 - - -
Donovan Brendan Donovan 2B 2.000 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$757,200 $757,200 $757,200 - - -
Burleson Alec Burleson DH 1.029 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$750,050 $750,050 $750,050 - - -
Liberatore Matthew Liberatore RP 0.144 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$747,200 $747,200 $747,200 - - -
Winn Masyn Winn SS 0.045 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$742,250 $742,250 $742,250 - - -
Siani Mike Siani CF 0.033 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$741,650 $741,650 $741,650 - - -
Carpenter Matt Carpenter DH 11.145 0
Veteran
 		$740,000 $740,000 $740,000 - - -
Fernandez Ryan Fernandez RP 0
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $740,000 $740,000 - - -
O'Brien Riley O'Brien RP 0.008 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,450 $676,770 $740,450 - - -
Pages Pedro Pages C 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $656,370 $740,000 - - -
Pallante Andre Pallante SP 1.166 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$756,900 $614,419 $756,900 - - -
Herrera Iván Herrera C 0.063 0
Pre-Arbitration
 		$743,150 $567,290 $743,150 - - -
Leahy Kyle Leahy RP 0.017 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $429,624 $740,000 - - -
Fermin Jose Fermin 2B 0.070 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $377,910 $740,000 - - -
Walker Jordan Walker RF 0.149 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$747,450 $265,254 $747,450 - - -
Roycroft Chris Roycroft RP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $262,548 $740,000 - - -
Baker Luken Baker 1B 0.081 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $159,120 $740,000 - - -
Saggese Thomas Saggese SS 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $75,582 $740,000 - - -
McGreevy Michael McGreevy SP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$740,000 $47,736 $740,000 - - -

2024 Injured List Payroll

Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.

Player (6) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
Contreras Willson Contreras C 7.108 0
Veteran
 		$18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 - - -
Gray Sonny Gray SP 10.061 0
Veteran
 		$10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - -
Lynn Lance Lynn SP 12.119 0
Veteran
 		$10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - -
Middleton Keynan Middleton RP 6.023 0
Veteran
 		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 - - -
Romero JoJo Romero RP 3.045 0
Arbitration 1
 		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 - - -
Rom Drew Rom P 0.044 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$742,200 $742,200 $742,200 - - -

2024 Retained Payroll

Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.

Player (11) Pos Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted
Gallegos Giovanny Gallegos RP $5,750,000 $5,750,000
Edman Tommy Edman SS $4,466,692 $4,466,692
DeJong Paul DeJong SS $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Crawford Brandon Crawford SS $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Carlson Dylan Carlson CF $1,665,054 $1,665,054
Pham Tommy Pham LF $382,259 $382,259
Armstrong Shawn Armstrong RP $352,704 $352,704
Robertson Nick Robertson P $302,604 $302,604
Carpenter Matt Carpenter DH $54,465 $54,465
Ingram Kolton Ingram RP $34,365 $34,365
Raposo Nick Raposo C $15,912 $15,912

2024 Deferred Payroll

Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.

Player (3) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
Arenado Nolan Arenado 3B 10.155 0 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 - - -
Holliday Matt Holliday OF 14.000 0 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 - - -
Wainwright Adam Wainwright SP 17.027 0 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 - - -

2024 Payroll Totals
Payroll Summary
Active Roster $112,213,666 12th
Injured List $44,602,200 8th
Retained $18,024,055 22nd
Minor $1,092,838 28th
Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations $175,932,759 12th

2024 Minor

Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.

Player (8) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
1
Nolan Gorman 		2B 1.139 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $755,550 $597,114 $755,550 - - -
2
Victor Scott II 		CF 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $740,000 $262,548 $740,000 - - -
3
Zack Thompson 		SP 1.045 1
Pre-Arbitration
 $750,850 $113,036 $750,850 - - -
4
Ryan Loutos 		RP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $740,000 $75,582 $740,000 - - -
5
Jacob Bosiokovic 		RP 3
Pre-Arbitration
 $740,000 $28,646 $740,000 - - -
6
Gordon Graceffo 		RP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $740,000 $11,934 $740,000 - - -
7
Adam Kloffenstein 		RP 3
Pre-Arbitration
 $740,000 $3,978 $740,000 - - -
8
Sem Robberse 		SP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 - - - - - -

TRANSACTIONS

Dec 13, 2024
Jan Ewing Cabrera, P

Signed a contract with St. Louis (STL)

Dec 11, 2024
Miguel Ugueto, OF

Rule 5 Drafted by St. Louis (STL) from Boston (BOS)

Dec 11, 2024
Jawilme Ramirez, P

Rule 5 Drafted by St. Louis (STL) from New York (NYM)

Dec 11, 2024
Angel Gonzalez, P

Rule 5 Drafted by St. Louis (STL) from Chicago (CHC)

Dec 11, 2024
Oddanier Mosqueda, P

Rule 5 Drafted by St. Louis (STL) from New York (NYY)

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