St. Louis Cardinals Payroll Table

An updated look at the St. Louis Cardinals 2022 payroll table, including team totals, retained figures, and complete breakdowns of player salaries, and bonuses.

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Adjusted Payroll Total

$155,378,325

2022 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 10.059 0
Veteran
 		$26,300,000 $26,300,000 $22,000,000 $4,000,000 $300,000 -
Arenado Nolan Arenado 3B 8.155 0 early-termination-declined $35,075,000 $23,429,500 $35,000,000 - $75,000 -
Wainwright Adam Wainwright SP 16.027 0
Veteran
 		$17,500,000 $17,500,000 $17,500,000 - - -
Mikolas Miles Mikolas SP 5.037 0
Veteran
 		$16,750,000 $16,750,000 $15,750,000 $1,000,000 - -
Molina Yadier Molina C 17.123 0
Veteran
 		$10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 - - -
Matz Steven Matz RP 6.099 0
Veteran
 		$8,500,000 $8,500,000 $8,000,000 $500,000 - -
DeJong Paul DeJong SS 4.127 0
Arbitration 3
Bypassed
 		$6,166,666 $6,166,666 $6,000,000 $166,666 - -
Dickerson Corey Dickerson LF 8.101 0
Veteran
 		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 - - -
Flaherty Jack Flaherty SP 4.006 0
Arbitration 2
 		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 - - -
Pujols Albert Pujols DH 21.000 0
Veteran
 		$2,600,000 $2,600,000 $2,500,000 - $100,000 -
Gallegos Giovanny Gallegos RP 3.085 0
Arbitration 1
 		$2,410,000 $2,410,000 $2,410,000 - - -
Montgomery Jordan Montgomery SP 4.153 0
Arbitration 3
Super Two
 		$6,000,000 $2,109,888 $6,000,000 - - -
Stratton Chris Stratton RP 4.100 0
Arbitration 2
 		$2,700,000 $949,440 $2,700,000 - - -
Hicks Jordan Hicks RP 4.000 0
Arbitration 2
 		$937,500 $937,500 $937,500 - - -
Edman Tommy Edman SS 2.114 0
Pre-Arbitration
 		$722,900 $722,900 $722,900 - - -
Helsley Ryan Helsley RP 2.105 0
Pre-Arbitration
 		$722,450 $722,450 $722,450 - - -
Knizner Andrew Knizner C 2.021 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$718,300 $718,300 $718,300 - - -
Quintana Jose Quintana SP 9.133 0
Veteran
 		$2,000,000 $714,285 $2,000,000 - - -
Carlson Dylan Carlson RF 1.104 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$703,000 $703,000 $703,000 - - -
Pallante Andre Pallante RP 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $700,000 $700,000 - - -
Donovan Brendan Donovan LF 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $630,744 $700,000 - - -
Nootbaar Lars Nootbaar OF 0.087 2
Pre-Arbitration
 		$705,200 $538,625 $705,200 - - -
Yepez Juan Yepez DH 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $480,750 $700,000 - - -
Woodford Jake Woodford RP 1.115 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$714,350 $435,675 $714,350 - - -
Thompson Zack Thompson RP 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $369,216 $700,000 - - -
DeLuzio Ben DeLuzio CF 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $130,764 $700,000 - - -
Burleson Alec Burleson OF 3
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $107,688 $700,000 - - -
Liberatore Matthew Liberatore SP 1
Pre-Arbitration
 		$700,000 $96,150 $700,000 - - -

2022 Injured List Payroll

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

Player (3) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
O'Neill Tyler O'Neill LF 3.059 0
Arbitration 1
 		$3,400,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 - - -
Reyes Alex Reyes RP 4.056 0
Arbitration 2
 		$2,850,000 $2,850,000 $2,850,000 - - -
VerHagen Drew VerHagen RP 3.066 0
Veteran
 		$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - - -

2022 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
Bader Harrison Bader CF $3,547,264 $3,547,264
McFarland T.J. McFarland RP $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Quintana Jose Quintana SP $1,285,715 $1,285,715
Wittgren Nick Wittgren RP $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Sosa Edmundo Sosa SS $456,088 $456,088
Oviedo Johan Oviedo P $226,914 $226,914
Fernandez Junior Fernandez SP $173,070 $173,070
Romine Austin Romine C $107,688 $107,688
Capel Conner Capel CF $61,536 $61,536
Robertson Kramer Robertson SS $7,692 $7,692
Rondon Angel Rondon P $3,846 $3,846

2022 Deferred Payroll

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

Player (2) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
Arenado Nolan Arenado 3B 8.155 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 - - -

2022 Payroll Totals
Payroll Summary
Active Roster $134,723,541 10th
Injured List $8,750,000 22nd
Retained $9,569,813 25th
Minor $2,334,971 14th
Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations $155,378,325 13th

2022 Minor

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

Player (14) Pos Exp Options Minor Status Payroll Salary Payroll Salary Adjusted Base Salary Signing Bonus Incentives Likely Incentives Unlikely
1
Dakota Hudson 		SP 3.066 2
Arbitration 1
 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 - - -
2
Austin Allen 		C 1.017 0
Pre-Arbitration
 $705,000 $705,000 $705,000 - - -
3
Kramer Robertson 		SS 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 - - -
4
Genesis Cabrera 		RP 2.040 1
Pre-Arbitration
 $719,200 $565,136 $719,200 - - -
5
Nolan Gorman 		2B 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $469,212 $700,000 - - -
6
Packy Naughton 		RP 0.046 1
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $438,444 $700,000 - - -
7
Aaron Brooks 		RP 2.102 0
Pre-Arbitration
 $1,400,000 $230,769 $1,400,000 - - -
8
Kodi Whitley 		RP 1.115 1
Pre-Arbitration
 $714,350 $184,475 $714,350 - - -
9
JoJo Romero 		RP 1.117 0
Pre-Arbitration
 $703,000 $181,561 $703,000 - - -
10
James Naile 		RP 1
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $107,688 $700,000 - - -
11
Iván Herrera 		C 0
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $96,150 $700,000 - - -
12
Jake Walsh 		RP 2
Pre-Arbitration
 $700,000 $46,152 $700,000 - - -
13
Cory Spangenberg 		2B 4.041 0
Veteran
 $700,000 $15,384 $700,000 - - -
14
Freddy Pacheco 		RP 1.000 2
Pre-Arbitration
 - - - - - -

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

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

Dec 11, 2024
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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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