MLB
St. Louis Cardinals 2024 Financial Summary
A current summary of St. Louis Cardinals 2024 player cap & cash figures.
Adjusted Payroll Total
$175,932,759
Tax Space
$21,221,218
Cash Total
$194,488,713 / 12th
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 |
Goldschmidt Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 36 |
Veteran
|
$26,000,000 | $26,000,000 | 10.97% | $26,000,000 | 2025 |
2 |
Arenado Nolan Arenado | 3B | 33 | $24,000,000 | $25,555,555 | 10.78% | $24,000,000 | 2028 | |
3 |
Mikolas Miles Mikolas | SP | 35 |
Veteran
|
$17,666,667 | $18,583,333 | 7.84% | $16,000,000 | 2026 |
4 |
Matz Steven Matz | SP | 33 |
Veteran
|
$12,500,000 | $11,000,000 | 4.64% | $12,000,000 | 2026 |
5 |
Gibson Kyle Gibson | SP | 36 |
Veteran
|
$12,000,000 | $13,000,000 | 5.49% | $12,000,000 | 2026 |
6 |
Helsley Ryan Helsley | RP | 29 |
Arbitration 2
|
$3,800,000 | $3,800,000 | 1.60% | $3,800,000 | 2026 |
7 |
Kittredge Andrew Kittredge | RP | 34 |
Arbitration 3
|
$2,630,000 | $2,630,000 | 1.11% | $2,630,000 | 2025 |
8 |
Fedde Erick Fedde | SP | 31 | $2,500,026 | $7,500,000 | 3.16% | $2,500,026 | 2026 | |
9 |
King John King | RP | 29 |
Arbitration 1
Super Two |
$1,005,000 | $1,005,000 | 0.42% | - | 2028 |
10 |
Nootbaar Lars Nootbaar | LF | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$761,000 | $761,000 | 0.32% | $761,000 | |
11 |
Donovan Brendan Donovan | 2B | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$757,200 | $757,200 | 0.32% | $1,181,922 | |
12 |
Burleson Alec Burleson | DH | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$750,050 | $750,050 | 0.32% | $750,050 | |
13 |
Liberatore Matthew Liberatore | RP | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$747,200 | $747,200 | 0.32% | $747,200 | |
14 |
Winn Masyn Winn | SS | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$742,250 | $742,250 | 0.31% | $1,202,146 | |
15 |
Siani Mike Siani | CF | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$741,650 | $741,650 | 0.31% | $741,650 | |
16 |
Carpenter Matt Carpenter | DH | 38 |
Veteran
|
$740,000 | $740,000 | 0.31% | $740,000 | 2025 |
17 |
Fernandez Ryan Fernandez | RP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$740,000 | $740,000 | 0.31% | $740,000 | |
18 |
O'Brien Riley O'Brien | RP | 29 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$676,770 | $676,770 | 0.29% | $676,770 | |
19 |
Pages Pedro Pages | C | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$656,370 | $656,370 | 0.28% | $656,370 | |
20 |
Pallante Andre Pallante | SP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$614,419 | $614,419 | 0.26% | $874,908 | |
21 |
Herrera Iván Herrera | C | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$567,290 | $567,290 | 0.24% | $855,704 | |
22 |
Leahy Kyle Leahy | RP | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$429,624 | $429,624 | 0.18% | $429,624 | |
23 |
Fermin Jose Fermin | 2B | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$377,910 | $377,910 | 0.16% | $377,910 | |
24 |
Walker Jordan Walker | RF | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$265,254 | $265,254 | 0.11% | $265,254 | |
25 |
Roycroft Chris Roycroft | RP | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$262,548 | $262,548 | 0.11% | $262,548 | |
26 |
Baker Luken Baker | 1B | 27 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$159,120 | $159,120 | 0.07% | $159,120 | |
27 |
Saggese Thomas Saggese | SS | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$75,582 | $75,582 | 0.03% | $75,582 | |
28 |
McGreevy Michael McGreevy | SP | 23 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$47,736 | $47,736 | 0.02% | $47,736 |
2024 Injured List
Salaries from players who have been placed on the injured list, still counting against the payroll.
| Player (6) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Contreras Willson Contreras | C | 32 |
Veteran
|
$18,000,000 | $17,500,000 | 7.38% | $18,000,000 | 2029 |
2 |
Gray Sonny Gray | SP | 34 |
Veteran
|
$10,000,000 | $25,000,000 | 10.55% | $10,000,000 | 2028 |
3 |
Lynn Lance Lynn | SP | 37 |
Veteran
|
$10,000,000 | $11,000,000 | 4.64% | $10,000,000 | 2026 |
4 |
Middleton Keynan Middleton | RP | 30 |
Veteran
|
$5,000,000 | $6,000,000 | - | $5,000,000 | 2026 |
5 |
Romero JoJo Romero | RP | 27 |
Arbitration 1
|
$860,000 | $860,000 | 0.36% | $860,000 | 2027 |
6 |
Rom Drew Rom | P | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$742,200 | $742,200 | - | $742,200 |
2024 Retained
Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options.
| Player (11) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Gallegos Giovanny Gallegos | RP | 32 | $5,750,000 | $5,500,000 | 2.32% | |
2 |
Edman Tommy Edman | SS | 29 | $4,466,692 | $4,466,692 | 1.88% | |
3 |
DeJong Paul DeJong | SS | 30 | $3,000,000 | - | - | |
4 |
Crawford Brandon Crawford | SS | 37 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 0.84% | |
5 |
Carlson Dylan Carlson | CF | 25 | $1,665,054 | $1,665,054 | 0.70% | |
6 |
Pham Tommy Pham | LF | 36 | $382,259 | $332,259 | 0.14% | |
7 |
Armstrong Shawn Armstrong | RP | 33 | $352,704 | $302,704 | 0.13% | |
8 |
Robertson Nick Robertson | P | 25 | $302,604 | $252,604 | 0.11% | |
9 |
Carpenter Matt Carpenter | DH | 38 | $54,465 | $54,465 | 0.02% | |
10 |
Ingram Kolton Ingram | RP | 27 | $34,365 | $-15,635 | -0.01% | |
11 |
Raposo Nick Raposo | C | 26 | $15,912 | $15,912 | 0.01% |
2024 Deferred
Salaries for players who had salaries deferred to the current year. We are NOT counting these against the active payroll.
| Player (3) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary Adjusted | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % League CBT | Cash Total | Free Agent Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Arenado Nolan Arenado | 3B | 33 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $2,000,000 | ||
2 |
Holliday Matt Holliday | OF | 44 | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | - | $1,500,000 | ||
3 |
Wainwright Adam Wainwright | SP | 42 | $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 Payroll Allocations | $200,081,622 | 13th | |||||
| Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations | $175,932,759 | 12th | |||||
2024 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals
| Tax Summary | ||
| Competitive Balance Tax Threshold | $237,000,000 | |
| Tax Payroll | $207,746,783 | - |
|
Tax Bill
This team was a tax repeater at 20%.
|
$0 | - |
2024 Minor
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (8) | Pos | Age | Status | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | Luxury Tax % | Cash Total | Free Agent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 Nolan Gorman
|
2B | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$597,114 | $597,114 | 0.25% | $597,114 | ||
|
2 Victor Scott II
|
CF | 23 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$262,548 | $262,548 | 0.11% | $262,548 | ||
|
3 Zack Thompson
|
SP | 26 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$113,036 | $113,036 | 0.05% | $113,036 | ||
|
4 Ryan Loutos
|
RP | 25 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$75,582 | $75,582 | 0.03% | $75,582 | ||
|
5 Jacob Bosiokovic
|
RP | 30 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$28,646 | $28,646 | - | $28,646 | ||
|
6 Gordon Graceffo
|
RP | 24 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$11,934 | $11,934 | 0.01% | $11,934 | ||
|
7 Adam Kloffenstein
|
RP | 23 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
$3,978 | $3,978 | 0.00% | $3,978 | ||
|
8 Sem Robberse
|
SP | 22 |
Pre-Arbitration
|
- | - | - | - |
