Monday, October 30, 2023

A Handy Guide to the Astros' Payroll

This isn't Breaking News, but here's a handy little guide to the Astros' future payroll commitments:

Name20242025202620272028
Jose Altuve$29m



Yordan Alvarez$10.83m$15.83m$26.83m$26.83m$26.83m
Alex Bregman$30.5m



Justin Verlander$18.3m*


Lance McCullers$17.7m$17.7m$17.7m

Rafael Montero$11.5m$11.5m


Cristian Javier$7.4m$10.4m$21.4m$21.4m
Jose Abreu$19.5m$19.5m


Kendall Graveman$8m



Ryan Pressly$14m$14m^





*The Mets are paying $25m of Verlander's 2024 salary
^Pressly's has a $14m mutual option in 2025, or the Astros can buy him out for $2m.

2024 Payroll Commitments: $167.8m
2025 Payroll Commitments: $76.9m
2026 Payroll Commitments: $65.9m
2027 Payroll Commitments: $48.2m
2028 Payroll Commitments: $26.83m

1st Year of Arbitration: Bryan Abreu, Mauricio Dubon, Luis Garcia, Chas McCormick
2nd Year of Arbitration: Kyle Tucker, Framber Valdez
3rd Year of Arbitration: N/A

Free Agents after the 2023 World Series: Michael Brantley, Martin Maldonado, Phil Maton, Hector Neris, Ryne Stanek.

Pre-Arbitration: Ronel Blanco, Hunter Brown, Yainer Diaz, Matt Gage, David Hensley, Joel Kuhnel, Seth Martinez, Jake Meyers, Jeremy Pena,