Chicago White Sox Salaries and Contracts

Team Name: Chicago White Sox

Seasons: 126 (1901 to 2026)

Record: 9701-9756, .499 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 11

Pennants: 6

World Championships: 3

Winningest Manager: Jimmy Dykes, 899-940, .489 W-L%

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Team Future Payrolls

Buyouts are always shown when years are options ([*] for option details)

Team Future Payrolls
Name	Age	Yrs	Acquired	SrvTm	Agent	Contract Status	2026	2027	2028
Andrew Benintendi	31	11	Free Agency	9.062	Excel Sports Mana...	5 yrs/$75M (23-27)	$17.1M	$15.1M	FA
Jordan Hicks	29	8	Traded	8.000	Ballengee Group	4 yrs/$42.5M (24-27)	$12M	$12M	FA
Seranthony Domínguez	31	8	Free Agency	7.131		2 yrs/$20M (26-27)	$10M	$10M	FA
Anthony Kay	31	6	Free Agency	2.006	CAA Sports	2 yrs/$12M (26-27) & 28 mutual option	$5M	$5M	$2M [Arb-*]
Austin Hays	30	9	Free Agency	6.057	The MAS+ Agency	1 yr/$6M (26) & 27 mutual option	$5M	$1M [FA-*]	FA
Sean Newcomb	33	10	Free Agency	6.041	Klutch Sports	1 yr/$4.5M (26)	$4.5M	FA
Nolan Jones	28	4		3.007		1 yr/$2M (26)	$2M	Arb	Arb
Randal Grichuk	34	13	Free Agency	11.033	Excel Sports Mana...		FA
Shane Smith	26	2	Rule 5 Draft	1.000					Arb
Jonathan Cannon	25	3	Amateur Draft	1.114					Arb
Miguel Vargas	26	5	Traded	2.101					Arb
Tyler Gilbert	32	6	Traded	2.076	Ballengee Group				Arb
Chris Murphy	28	3	Traded	2.071					Arb
Korey Lee	27	4	Traded	2.008					Arb
Jordan Leasure	27	3	Traded	1.162					Arb
Davis Martin	29	4	Amateur Draft	1.117					Arb
Drew Thorpe	25	1st	Traded	1.111					Arb
Bryan Hudson	29	4	Waivers	1.070					Arb
Ky Bush	26	1st	Traded	1.056					Arb
Brooks Baldwin	25	2	Amateur Draft	1.047					Arb
Prelander Berroa	26	2	Traded	1.045					Arb
Brandon Eisert	28	3	Waivers	1.034	WME Sports				Arb
Sean Burke	26	3	Amateur Draft	1.011					Arb
Mike Vasil	26	1st	Waivers	1.000					Arb
Edgar Quero	23	2	Traded	0.165					Arb
Chase Meidroth	24	2	Traded	0.171					Arb
Luisangel Acuña	24	3	Traded	0.156					Arb
Kyle Teel	24	2	Traded	0.115
Grant Taylor	24	2	Amateur Draft	0.111
Wikelman González	24	1st	Traded	0.055
Everson Pereira	25	3	Traded	0.090
Colson Montgomery	24	2	Amateur Draft	0.087
Tim Elko	27	1st	Free Agency	0.080
Drew Romo	24	3	Waivers	0.073
Joe Rock	25	2	Traded	0.033
Jairo Iriarte	24	1st	Traded	0.029
Tristan Peters	26	2	Purchased	0.007
Jake Palisch	27	1st	Free Agency	0.000

	Jordan Hicks traded to/from Boston Red Sox						-$4M	-$4M
Name							2026	2027	2028
Signed	Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options)						*7	4
Dollars Committed	Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts)						*$51.6M	$39.1M	$2M

Contract Options	Players with any type of option							1	1
Option Values	Maximum value of options if all are exercised							$8M	$10M

Arb Eligible	Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds)							0-0-1-0	0-0-20-0
Arb Costs	Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..)							$7.7M	$154M

Other Players	Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised)							20	5
Other Costs	Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players)							$15.16M	$3.79M

Payroll (no options)	Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other)							$62M	$159.8M
Payroll (options)	Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other)							$69.2M	$169M

* - This is not intended as an accurate payroll accounting for current. Trades are not prorated, new debuts are not added, incentives are not included.
All salary values are VERY unofficial. On occasion, we have estimated arbitration eligibility.
Future arbitration eligibility assumes players will play full major league seasons.
Signing bonuses are typically prorated across the contract, but in some cases may have been paid at the time of signing.
For information like contract history, contract incentives, and more, we heartily recommend Cot's Contracts
Unsigned players salaries are estimated based on the last three years of salary data:

$758.18k for pre-arbitration, $2.59M for 1st-year arb, $3.59M for 2nd-year-arb, $7.7M for 3rd-year-arb, $7.7M for 4th-year-arb.
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