St. Louis Cardinals 2025 Tax Table

The St. Louis Cardinals 2025 tax salary table, including team tax space, and complete breakdowns of player tax salaries and bonuses.

Total Tax Allocations

$146,808,054 / 16th

Active Tax

$124,991,388 / 16th

Tax Space

$94,191,946

Est. Tax Bill

2025 Active Roster

Pre-Arbitration

Arbitration

Player Option

Opt-Out

Club Option

Mutual Option

Vested Option

Estimate

Player (39)	Pos	Exp	Options Minor	Status	Luxury Tax	Luxury Tax % League CBT
Arenado 1 Nolan Arenado	3B	11.155	0		$25,555,555	10.60%
Gray 2 Sonny Gray	SP	11.061	0	Veteran	$25,000,000	10.37%
Mikolas 3 Miles Mikolas	SP	8.037	0	Veteran	$18,583,333	7.71%
Contreras 4 Willson Contreras	1B	8.108	0	Veteran	$17,500,000	7.26%
Matz 5 Steven Matz	SP	9.099	0	Veteran	$11,000,000	4.56%
Helsley 6 Ryan Helsley	RP	5.105	0	Arbitration 3	$8,200,000	3.40%
Fedde 7 Erick Fedde	SP	5.099	0		$7,500,000	3.11%
Donovan 8 Brendan Donovan	LF	3.000	3	Arbitration 1	$3,075,000	1.28%
Nootbaar 9 Lars Nootbaar	CF	3.076	2	Arbitration 1	$2,700,000	1.12%
Romero 10 JoJo Romero	RP	4.045		Arbitration 2	$2,260,000	0.94%
Pallante 11 Andre Pallante	SP	2.145	1	Arbitration 1 (S2)	$2,012,500	0.84%
King 12 John King	RP	3.145	1	Arbitration 2 (S2)	$1,605,000	0.67%
Herrera 13 Iván Herrera	C	1.034		Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
O'Brien 14 Riley O'Brien	RP	1.008	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Liberatore 15 Matthew Liberatore	RP	1.144	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Gorman 16 Nolan Gorman	2B	2.114	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Baker 17 Luken Baker	1B	0.122	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Siani 18 Mike Siani	OF	1.033	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Leahy 19 Kyle Leahy	RP	0.140	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Fernandez 20 Ryan Fernandez	RP	1.000	0	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Thompson 21 Zack Thompson	SP	1.072	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Pages 22 Pedro Pages	C	0.166	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Robberse 23 Sem Robberse	SP		2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Walker 24 Jordan Walker	RF	1.044	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Winn 25 Masyn Winn	SS	1.045	3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Hence 26 Tink Hence	SP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Burleson 27 Alec Burleson	RF	2.029	3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Roby 28 Tekoah Roby	SP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Horn 29 Bailey Horn	RP	0.060	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Saggese 30 Thomas Saggese	SS	0.020	3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Koperniak 31 Matt Koperniak	3B		3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
McGreevy 32 Michael McGreevy	SP	0.014	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Graceffo 33 Gordon Graceffo	RP	0.004	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Svanson 34 Matt Svanson	RP		3	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Fermin 35 Jose Fermin	2B	0.166	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Scott II 36 Victor Scott II	CF	0.083	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Munoz 37 Roddery Munoz	SP	0.087	1	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Loutos 38 Ryan Loutos	RP	0.021	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%
Roycroft 39 Chris Roycroft	RP	0.083	2	Pre-Arbitration	$800,000	0.33%

2025 Retained

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

Player (4)	Pos	Exp
Lynn 1 Lance Lynn	SP	13.119
Gibson 2 Kyle Gibson	SP	11.039
Middleton 3 Keynan Middleton	RP	7.023
Gallegos 4 Giovanny Gallegos	RP	6.041

2025 Active Competitive Balance Tax Totals

Tax Summary Tax figures based on payroll data only. Outside revenue sources will be adjusted when available after the regular season.
Competitive Balance Tax Threshold	$241,000,000
Guaranteed Contracts	$124,991,388	16th
Injured Contracts	$0	-
Retained Contracts	$0	-
Player Benefits	$17,500,000	-
Minor League Contracts	$2,650,000	-
Pre-Arbitration Bonus Pool Contribution	$1,666,666	-
Actual Tax Payroll	$146,808,054	-
Competitive Balance Tax Space	$94,191,946	15th

Projected Pre-Arbitration AAV/Payroll	$12,640,000	-
Projected Tax Payroll (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb)	$159,448,054	-
Projected Competitive Balance Tax Space (Active + Est. Arb + Est. Pre-Arb)	$81,551,946	-