How Much Do Royals Players Make?

The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division.



The Royals were formed as a result of the Kansas City A’s relocation to Oakland in 1967, which enraged local lawmakers, who threatened to revisit baseball’s antitrust exemption.

Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals

The Royals had a remarkable start to the decade, with Brett’s flirtation with.400 and a sweep of the Yankees finally removing the ALCS monkey from their back.



They won the pennant again in 1985, this time with a disputed seven-game victory against cross-state foe St. Louis behind the amazing pitching of Bret Saberhagen, then 21 years old.

The muscular, multi-sport Bo Jackson was a short celebrity in the late 1980s, yet he brought no postseason activity to Kansas City.

The Royals were constantly crashing and burning in the standings despite the long-overdue inflow of quality batters in the lineup (including Carlos Beltran, Mike Sweeney, Raul Ibanez, and Johnny Damon).

When Royals Stadium (now renamed Kauffman Stadium) was given a massive refurbishment in 2009, there was at least some architectural enhancement.

How Much Do Royals Players Make?

ACTIVE PLAYERS (28)
AGE
POS.
STATUS
WAIVER OPTIONS
BASE SALARY
SIGNING BONUS
PAYROLL SALARY
ADJ.
SALARY
PAYROLL %
LUX. TAX SALARY
Salvador Perez 32 C Vet $18,000,000 $18,000,000 $18,000,000 18.76 20,500,000
Zack Greinke 38 SP Vet $13,000,000 $13,000,000 $13,000,000 13.55 13,000,000
Carlos Santana 36 1B Vet $10,500,000 $10,500,000 $10,500,000 10.94 8,750,000
Andrew Benintendi 27 LF Arb 3 $7,900,000 $7,900,000 $7,900,000 8.23 7,900,000
Whit Merrifield 33 RF Arb 3 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 7.30 4,812,000
Brad Keller 26 SP Arb 2 3 $4,825,000 $4,825,000 $4,825,000 5.03 4,825,000
Hunter Dozier 30 DH Arb 2 1 $4,500,000 $250,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 4.95 6,250,000
Michael Taylor 31 CF Vet $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 4.69 4,500,000
Nicholas Lopez 27 SS Arb 1 3 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 2.87 2,750,000
Scott Barlow 29 RP/CL Arb 1 2 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000 2.50 2,400,000
Amir Garrett 30 RP Arb 2 $2,025,000 $2,025,000 $2,025,000 2.11 2,025,000
Ryan O’Hearn 28 1B Arb 1 1 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 $1,300,000 1.35 1,300,000
Taylor Clarke 29 RP Pre-Arb 1 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 1.02 975,000
Cameron Gallagher 29 C Arb 1 1 $885,000 $885,000 $885,000 0.92 885,000
Josh Staumont 28 RP Pre-Arb 2 $728,000 $728,000 $728,000 0.76 728,000
Kris Bubic 24 SP Pre-Arb 2 $713,750 $713,750 $713,750 0.74 713,750
Carlos Hernandez 25 SP Pre-Arb 1 $708,750 $708,750 $708,750 0.74 708,750
Joel Payamps 28 RP Pre-Arb $708,750 $708,750 $708,750 0.74 708,750
Edward Olivares 26 OF Pre-Arb 1 $705,500 $705,500 $705,500 0.74 705,500
Daniel Lynch 25 SP Pre-Arb 2 $703,600 $703,600 $703,600 0.73 703,600
Gabe Speier 27 RP Pre-Arb 2 $702,000 $702,000 $702,000 0.73 702,000
Dylan Coleman 25 RP Pre-Arb 3 $700,650 $700,650 $700,650 0.73 700,650
Collin Snider 26 RP Pre-Arb 3 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 0.73 700,000
Bobby Witt Jr. 22 3B Pre-Arb 3 $700,000 $700,000 $700,000 0.73 700,000
Kyle Isbel 25 RF Pre-Arb 2 $701,900 $701,900 $675,546 0.70 675,546
Ronald Bolanos 25 RP Pre-Arb 1 $700,000 $700,000 $628,421 0.65 628,421
Emmanuel Rivera 26 3B Pre-Arb 2 $700,000 $700,000 $602,080 0.63 602,080
Matt Peacock 28 RP Pre-Arb 2 $700,000 $700,000 $594,554 0.62 594,554