Detroit Tigers Salaries and Contracts

Team Name: Detroit Tigers

Seasons: 123 (1901 to 2023)

Record: 9512-9407, .503 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 16

Pennants: 11

World Championships: 4

Winningest Manager: Sparky Anderson, 1331-1248, .516 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	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
Miguel Cabrera	40	20	Traded	19.101	ISE Baseball	8 yrs/$240M (16-23) & 24-25 vesting option	$32M	$0 [FA-*]	$0 [FA-*]	FA
Javier Báez	30	9	Free Agency	7.089	Wasserman	6 yrs/$140M (22-27)	$22M	$25M	$25M	$24M	$24M
Eduardo Rodriguez	30	7	Free Agency	7.070	Mato Sports Manag...	5 yrs/$77M (22-26)	$14M	$18M	$16M	$15M	FA
Jonathan Schoop	31	10	Free Agency	9.027	Boras Corporation	2 yrs/$15M (22-23)	$7.5M	FA
Matthew Boyd	32	8	Traded	6.136	Boras Corporation	1 yr/$10M (23)	$10M	FA
Michael Lorenzen	31	8		7.159	CAA Sports	1 yr/$8.5M (23)	$8.5M	FA
Austin Meadows	28	5	Traded	4.074	Excel Sports Mana...	1 yr/$4.3M (23)	$4.3M	Arb	FA
Spencer Turnbull	30	4	Amateur Draft	4.020	Kent Matthes	2 yrs/$3.65M (22-23)	$2.15M	Arb	FA
José Cisnero	34	6	Free Agency	5.020	F J Sports Mgmt	1 yr/$2.29M (23)	$2.29M	FA
Tyler Alexander	28	4	Amateur Draft	3.058	SSG Baseball	1 yr/$1.88M (23)	$1.88M	Arb	Arb	FA
Rony García	25	3	Rule 5 Draft	2.138		1 yr/$830k (23)	$830k	Arb	Arb	Arb	FA
Jose Alvarez	34	10	Free Agency	8.035	Wasserman	1 yr/$100k (23)	$100k	FA
Akil Baddoo	24	2	Rule 5 Draft	1.119	Apex Baseball		Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Will Vest	28	2	Rule 5 returned	1.108			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Tarik Skubal	26	3	Amateur Draft	2.114	Boras Corporation		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Casey Mize	26	3	Amateur Draft	2.111	The Bledsoe Agenc...		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Eric Haase	30	5	Purchased	2.072	Warner Sports Man...		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Jake Rogers	28	2	Traded	2.040	Ballengee Group		Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3	FA
Alex Lange	27	2	Traded	1.112			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Zach McKinstry	28	3		1.099	Northwest Sports ...		Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Matt Manning	25	2	Amateur Draft	1.098	Boras Corporation		Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Sean Guenther	27	1st		1.064			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Nick Maton	26	2		1.034			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Jason Foley	27	2	Amateur Free Agent	1.026			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Matt Vierling	26	2		1.026			Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Zack Short	28	2	Traded	0.102			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Edwin Uceta	25	2		0.101	Nova Sports Agenc...		Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Beau Brieske	25	1st	Amateur Draft	0.166			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Arb-1	Arb-2	Arb-3
Spencer Torkelson	23	1st	Amateur Draft	0.137			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Tyler Nevin	26	2		0.133			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Riley Greene	22	1st	Amateur Draft	0.110			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Alex Faedo	27	1st	Amateur Draft	0.051			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Garrett Hill	27	1st	Amateur Draft	0.082			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Donny Sands	27	1st		0.035			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Kerry Carpenter	25	1st	Amateur Draft	0.057			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Tyler Holton	27	1st		0.047			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Ryan Kreidler	25	1st	Amateur Draft	0.035			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Joey Wentz	25	1st	Traded	0.030			Pre-Arb	Pre-Arb-2	Pre-Arb-3	Arb-1	Arb-2
Name							2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
Signed	Players With Guaranteed Contracts (does not include players with options)						*12	2	2	2	1
Dollars Committed	Value of Guaranteed Contracts (no options are exercised and includes buyouts)						*$105.5M	$43M	$41M	$39M	$24M

Contract Options	Players with any type of option							1	1
Option Values	Maximum value of options if all are exercised							$30M	$30M

Arb Eligible	Number of arbitration eligible players (1st-2nd-3rd-4th, "Arb" players = 3rds)						0-0-0-0	4-0-4-0	10-4-2-0	12-10-5-0	0-12-10-0
Arb Costs	Rough estimated value of all arbitration cases (uses 3-year averages for 1st yr, 2nd,..)						$0	$33.1M	$51.6M	$99.2M	$109.9M

Other Players	Additional Players Needed to Fill 25-man (no options exercised)						13	15	7	-4	2
Other Costs	Estimate of Remaining Players Costs (based on 1-year avg of all pre-arb players)						$9.1M	$10.5M	$4.9M	-$2.8M	$1.4M

Payroll (no options)	Est. Total Payroll w/o Options (Guaranteed + Arb + Other)						$114.6M	$86.6M	$97.5M	$135.4M	$135.3M
Payroll (options)	Est. Total Payroll w/ Options (Guaranteed + Options + Arb + Other)						$114.6M	$115.9M	$126.8M	$135.4M	$135.3M

* - 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:

$700k for pre-arbitration, $2.3M for 1st-year arb, $4.17M for 2nd-year-arb, $5.98M for 3rd-year-arb, $7.36M for 4th-year-arb.
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