2018-2019 Salary Comparisons, Updated
Since the end of the season, CLEFO has made a bunch of moves, and salary numbers have gotten changed around a bit - I've updated my spreadsheets to account for these, and thought you guys might be interested.
As it was before, all data is from Cot's Contracts, except contract bonuses and pro-ration of signing bonuses, which came from Spotrac
Amounts listed in the 2018 column include only what Cleveland paid, not their full salaries.
| Catchers | ||
| Player | 2018 | 2019 |
| Perez | $1.6 mill | $2.6 mill |
| Gomes | $6 mill | |
| Haase | $0.6 mill | |
| Total | $7.6 mill | $3.2 mill |
| Infield | ||
| Player | 2018 | 2019 |
| Ramirez | $2.8 mill | $4.2 mill |
| Lindor | $0.6 mill | Arb. 1 |
| Kipnis | $13.7 mill | $14.7 mill* |
| Alonso | $7 mill | |
| Encarnacion | $18.7 mill | |
| Donaldson | $1.1 mill | |
| Gonzalez | $0.6 mill | |
| Santana | $17 mill^ | |
| Bauers | $0.6 mill | |
| Moroff | $0.6 mill | |
| Total | $44.5 mill | $37.1 mill*^ |
*Kipnis also has a $2.5 million buyout that will likely go on the 2019 salary pile
^Seattle is sending Cleveland $2 million during 2019 and $4 million during 2020 from the Santana trade
| Outfielders | ||
| Player | 2018 | 2019 |
| Martin | $0.6 mill | $3 mill |
| Naquin | $0.6 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Allen | $0.6 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Guyer | $2.8 mill | $0.3 mill buyout |
| Brantley | $11.5 mill | |
| Chisenhall | $5.6 mill | |
| Davis | $1.8 mill | |
| Cabrera | $1.4 mill | |
| Luplow | $0.6 mill | |
| Total | $24.9 mill | $5.1 mill |
| Starting Pitchers | ||
| Player | 2018 | 2019 |
| Kluber | $10.5 mill | $17 mill |
| Carrasco | $8 mill | $9.75 mill |
| Bauer | $6.5 mill | Arb. 3 |
| Clevinger | $0.6 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Bieber | $0.6 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Salazar | $5 mill | $4.5 mill |
| Tomlin | $3 mill | |
| Total | $34.2 mill | $32.5 mill |
| Relievers | ||
| Player | 2018 | 2019 |
| Hand | $1.4 mill | $6.5 mill |
| Otero | $1.1 mill | $1.3 mill |
| Olson | $0.6 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Cimber | $0.2 mill | $0.6 mill |
| Goody | $0.6 mill | $0.7 mill |
| Ramirez | $0.6 mill | $1 mill |
| Anderson | $0.6 mill | Arb. 1 |
| Allen | $10.6 mill | |
| Miller | $9 mill | |
| Perez | $1.8 mill | |
| Hu | $0.6 mill | |
| Total | $26.5 mill | $11.3 mill |
For the pitchers, I did not include Jefry Rodriguez, as I don't know if he'll be a AAA starter, AAA reliever, or MLB reliever this year. His contract is league minimum.
In 2018, from this info, the Tribe paid out about $137.7 million. Given the guys not included because they bounced up and down, I'm comfortable adjusting that up a bit, to the $139-140 million range.
They are currently already scheduled to pay out $89.2 million, prior to arbitration awards for Lindor, Bauer, and Cody Anderson. For Lindor, most estimates I've seen for him expect he'll get about $10.3 million. For Bauer, that number is about $11.6 million, and for Anderson, $0.9 million.
Adding the expected arbitration numbers and Kipnis's buyout; and subtracting the $2 million coming from Seattle with Santana in that trade, we get a current salary for 2019 of about $110 million. If the team spends about the same as they did last year, that means they have somewhere in the neighborhood of $27-$30 million available to add this offseason/during next season.
As always, if you see errors or have updates, please let me know and I'll edit them in.