KANSAS CITY ROYALS
TEAM SALARY
03/21/2026
Pos Name Age 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
SP Seth Lugo 36 $23.0m $23.0m $17.0m(T)
SP Michael Wacha 34 $17.0m $17.0m $14.0m(T)
SS Bobby Witt Jr. 25 $14.1m $20.1m $31.1m $36.1m $36.1m(O) $35.0m $35.0m $35.0m(T) $35.0m $33.0m
C Salvador Perez 35 $12.5m $12.5m
RP Carlos Estevez 33 $10.1m $13.0m(T)
2B Jonathan India 29 $8.0m
CL Matt Strahm 34 $7.5m
SP Kris Bubic 28 $6.2m
CF Lane Thomas 30 $5.2m
SP Cole Ragans 28 $4.6m $7.6m $15.3m(A)
3B Maikel Garcia 26 $4.3m $7.3m $10.3m $13.3m $19.3m $21.0m(T)
1B Vinnie Pasquantino 28 $4.2m $6.9m $13.0m(A)
RP John Schreiber 32 $3.7m
RP Bailey Falter 28 $3.6m $4.6m(A) $5.5m(A)
CF Kyle Isbel 29 $2.7m $5.0m(A)
RP Lucas Erceg 30 $2.0m $3.2m(A) $4.0m(A) $4.6m(A)
RP Nick Mears 29 $1.9m $2.4m(A)
2B Michael Massey 27 $1.6m $3.8m(A) $6.0m(A)
RP Daniel Lynch IV 29 $1.0m $2.6m(A) $3.4m(A)
RF Starling Marte 37 $1.0m
RP Alex Lange 30 $900k $1.5m(A) $1.8m(A)
RP James McArthur 29 $810k $1.4m(A) $1.6m(A) $1.8m(A)
RF Jac Caglianone 23 $780k $780k(*) $3.6m(A*) $6.0m(A) $8.0m(A) $9.0m(A)
2B Isaac Collins 28 $780k $780k(*) $3.6m(A) $5.5m(A) $7.5m(A)
C Carter Jensen 22 $780k $780k(*) $5.5m(A*) $9.0m(A) $12.5m(A) $14.5m(A)
2B Nick Loftin 27 $780k $780k(*) $4.0m(A) $6.0m(A) $7.5m(A)
TOTAL $139.0m $132.4m $139.7m $82.3m $90.9m $79.5m $35.0m $35.0m $35.0m $33.0m
Legend: auto = auto-renew contract, V = Vesting Option, T = Team Option, P = Player Option, A = Arbitration Eligible, A* = possibly Arbitration eligible, else auto-renew, A# = possible FA eligible, else arbitration, MiLC=Minor League Contract, O=Player holds opt-out after the season, R=Retained Salary Player, ^=Team portion, *=players in minors on league minimum deals are only paid 16.5% of their salary while in the minors
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