The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League Central division.
The team which is managed by Mike Matheny has done extremely well with the management of the club’s salary cap as well as recruiting new players for the season ahead.
Kansas City Royals is said to have the highest-paid player in the team being 32years old Salvador Perez who makes an amount of $18m as base salary.
| Estimated 2022 Payroll: | $86M | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Final 2021 Payroll: | $91M |
Kansas City Royals Players Salaries
| Player | Age | Service Time | Contract | AAV | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador Perez | 31.7 | 10.050 | 4 yr, $82M (2022-25), 2026 club option | $20,500,000 | $18,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $22,000,000 | $13,500,000 | ||
| Mike Minor | 34.1 | 10.138 | 2 yr, $18M (2021-22), 2023 club option | $9,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $13,000,000 | |||||
| Carlos Santana | 35.8 | 11.115 | 2 yr, $17.5M (2021-22) | $8,750,000 | $10,500,000 | FREE-AGENT | |||||
| Hunter Dozier | 30.4 | 4.060 | 4 yr, $25M (2021-24), 2025 club option | $6,250,000 | $4,750,000 | $7,500,000 | $9,250,000 | $10,000,000 | |||
| Michael A. Taylor | 30.8 | 6.129 | 2 yr, $9M (2022-23) | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | FREE-AGENT | ||||
| Whit Merrifield | 33.0 | 5.101 | 4 yr, $16.25M (2019-22), 2023 club option | $4,062,500 | $2,750,000 | $6,500,000 | |||||
| Taylor Clarke | 28.7 | 2.106 | 1 yr, $975k (2022) | $975,000 | $975,000 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | ARB 4 | FREE-AGENT |
Players Eligible For Arbitration▼
| Player | Age | Service Time | Contract | AAV | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Benintendi | 27.5 | 5.062 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $9,300,000 | FREE AGENT | ||||||
| Brad Keller | 26.5 | 4.000 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $5,200,000 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Adalberto Mondesi | 26.5 | 4.088 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $3,200,000 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Scott Barlow | 29.1 | 3.030 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $2,400,000 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Cam Gallagher | 29.1 | 3.106 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $900,000 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Nicky Lopez | 26.9 | 2.139 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $2,000,000 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | ARB 4 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan O’Hearn | 28.5 | 3.002 | 1 yr, TBD (2022) | $1,400,000 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | ARB 4 | FREE AGENT |
