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The Houston Astros carried a $194,222,042 payroll in 2021 across 54 players, an average of $3,596,704 and a median of $535,211. The highest-paid player was Justin Verlander at $33,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Verlander | SP | Veteran | Injured | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 |
| 2 | Jose Altuve | 2B | Veteran | Active | $29,000,000 | $29,000,000 |
| 3 | Zack Greinke | SP | Veteran | Active | $35,000,000 | $24,666,667 |
| 4 | Michael Brantley | LF | Veteran | Active | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 5 | Alex Bregman | 3B | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 |
| 6 | Carlos Correa | SS | Arbitration 3 | Active | $11,700,000 | $11,700,000 |
| 7 | Jake Odorizzi | SP | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 8 | Ryan Pressly | RP | Veteran | Active | $8,750,000 | $8,750,000 |
| 9 | Yulieski Gurriel | 1B | Veteran | Active | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 |
| 10 | Lance McCullers | SP | Arbitration 4 (S2) | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 11 | Pedro Baez | RP | Veteran | Injured | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 |
| 12 | Jason Castro | C | Veteran | Active | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 13 | Martin Maldonado | C | Veteran | Active | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 14 | Aledmys Diaz | SS | Arbitration 2 | Active | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 15 | Joe Smith | RP | Retained | $2,537,660 | $2,537,660 | |
| 16 | Brooks Raley | RP | Active | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 17 | Rafael Montero | RP | Arbitration 2 | Injured | $2,250,000 | $1,427,404 |
| 18 | Ryne Stanek | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 |
| 19 | Yimi Garcia | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $1,900,000 | $684,405 |
| 20 | Framber Valdez | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $637,300 | $637,300 |
| 21 | Kyle Tucker | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $624,300 | $624,300 |
| 22 | Yordan Alvarez | DH | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $609,000 | $609,000 |
| 23 | José Urquidy | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $604,200 | $604,200 |
| 24 | Blake Taylor | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $599,100 | $599,100 |
| 25 | Cristian Javier | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $620,400 | $580,290 |
| 26 | Luis Garcia | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $580,100 | $580,100 |
| 27 | Chas McCormick | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $570,500 |
| 28 | Kent Emanuel | P | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $570,500 | $499,921 |
| 29 | Enoli Paredes | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $596,900 | $497,395 |
| 30 | Brandon Bielak | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $599,000 | $466,900 |
| 31 | Andre Scrubb | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $601,600 | $459,228 |
| 32 | Kendall Graveman | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,750,000 | $456,960 |
| 33 | Josh James | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $602,000 | $446,706 |
| 34 | Bryan Abreu | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $574,100 | $407,484 |
| 35 | Austin Pruitt | RP | Retained | $395,060 | $395,060 | |
| 36 | Robel Garcia | 2B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $580,500 | $393,246 |
| 37 | Myles Straw | CF | Retained | $384,090 | $384,090 | |
| 38 | Abraham Toro | 3B | Retained | $371,107 | $371,107 | |
| 39 | Phil Maton | RP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $975,000 | $340,730 |
| 40 | Taylor Jones | 1B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $303,633 |
| 41 | Jon Singleton | 1B | Dead | $250,000 | $250,000 | |
| 42 | Jake Meyers | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $196,288 |
| 43 | Tyler Ivey | P | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $570,500 | $193,221 |
| 44 | Garrett Stubbs | C | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $184,020 |
| 45 | Ralph Garza | P | Retained | $101,211 | $101,211 | |
| 46 | Jose Siri | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $570,500 | $92,010 |
| 47 | Nivaldo Rodriguez | P | Retained | $92,010 | $92,010 | |
| 48 | Marwin Gonzalez | 3B | Veteran | Active | $570,500 | $85,876 |
| 49 | Peter Solomon | P | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $67,474 |
| 50 | Jacob Wilson | 2B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $58,273 |
| 51 | Alex De Goti | SS | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $18,402 |
| 52 | Ronnie Dawson | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $18,402 |
| 53 | Seth Martinez | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $570,500 | $18,402 |
| 54 | Ryan Hartman | P | Retained | $3,067 | $3,067 | |
| 55 | Forrest Whitley | P | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 56 | Jairo Solis | P | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 57 | Norel González | 1B | Veteran | Minors | $10,000 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2021 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $194,222,042 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (3 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.