Toronto Blue Jays 2019 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2019 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 69 of 74 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Toronto Blue Jays carried a $111,370,699 payroll in 2019 across 69 players, an average of $1,614,068 and a median of $354,042. The highest-paid player was Troy Tulowitzki at $19,644,904. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2019 total payroll$111.4M

Players counting69

Average salary$1.6M

Median salary$354K

Top paidTroy Tulowitzki $19.6M

2019 player salary ledger74 players

Every Toronto Blue Jays 2019 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Troy Tulowitzki	SS		Retained	$19,644,904	$19,644,904
2	Russell Martin	C		Retained	$16,400,000	$16,400,000
3	Kendrys Morales	DH		Retained	$10,000,000	$10,000,000
4	Justin Smoak	1B	Veteran	Active	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
5	Randal Grichuk	CF	Arbitration 2 Bypassed	Active	$8,000,000	$8,000,000
6	Ken Giles	RP	Arbitration 2	Active	$6,300,000	$6,300,000
7	Marcus Stroman	SP		Retained	$4,853,760	$4,853,760
8	Matt Shoemaker	SP	Veteran	Injured	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
9	Clay Buchholz	SP	Veteran	Active	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
10	Freddy Galvis	SS		Retained	$2,946,255	$2,946,255
11	Aaron Sanchez	SP		Retained	$2,641,935	$2,641,935
12	Jaime Garcia	RP		Retained	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
13	Devon Travis	2B	Arbitration 2	Injured	$1,950,000	$1,950,000
14	Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	2B	Veteran	Injured	$1,928,571	$1,928,571
15	David Phelps	RP		Retained	$1,666,658	$1,666,658
16	Ryan Tepera	RP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,525,000	$1,525,000
17	Clayton Richard	RP		Dead	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
18	Brandon Drury	3B	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
19	Daniel Hudson	RP		Retained	$1,008,035	$1,008,035
20	Yangervis Solarte	3B		Dead	$750,000	$750,000
21	Joseph Biagini	RP		Retained	$609,677	$609,677
22	Sam Gaviglio	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$579,500	$579,500
23	Luke Maile	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$579,000	$579,000
24	Tim Mayza	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$568,300	$568,300
25	Ryan Borucki	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$565,200	$565,200
26	Danny Jansen	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$558,700	$558,700
27	Elvis Luciano	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$555,000
28	Trent Thornton	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$555,000
29	Teoscar Hernandez	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$578,600	$516,426
30	Rowdy Tellez	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$468,488
31	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$468,488
32	Derek Law	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$447,600
33	Billy McKinney	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$559,400	$403,072
34	Cavan Biggio	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$384,936
35	Dalton Pompey	CF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$562,800	$354,042
36	Jacob Waguespack	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$343,160
37	Eric Sogard	2B		Retained	$310,336	$310,336
38	Thomas Pannone	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$560,100	$298,089
39	Neil Ramirez	RP	Arbitration 2 (buried)	Minors	$1,000,000	$284,928
40	Justin Shafer	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$253,640
41	Jonathan Davis	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$244,688
42	Wilmer Font	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$560,400	$219,949
43	Reese McGuire	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$193,960
44	Bo Bichette	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$187,992
45	Edwin Jackson	SP		Retained	$185,008	$185,008
46	Buddy Boshers	RP		Active	$555,000	$182,024
47	Richard Urena	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$562,000	$181,320
48	Derek Fisher	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$559,400	$180,480
49	Zac Rosscup	RP		Retained	$180,400	$180,400
50	Kevin Pillar	CF		Retained	$155,915	$155,915
51	Jason Adam	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$152,184
52	Jordan Romano	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$146,216
53	Sean Reid-Foley	SP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$107,424
54	Socrates Brito	LF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$561,000	$105,560
55	Nick Kingham	RP		Retained	$100,947	$100,947
56	Bud Norris	RP		Retained	$100,000	$100,000
57	Brock Stewart	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$565,000	$97,216
58	Zack Godley	SP		Retained	$88,452	$88,452
59	Alen Hanson	2B		Retained	$86,536	$86,536
60	Anthony Alford	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$86,536
61	Javy Guerra	RP		Retained	$86,536	$86,536
62	T.J. Zeuch	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$80,568
63	Anthony Kay	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$68,264
64	Ryan Dull	RP	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$860,000	$32,368
65	Beau Taylor	C		Retained	$29,840	$29,840
66	Breyvic Valera	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$29,840
67	Ryan Feierabend	SP	(buried)	Minors	$555,000	$17,904
68	Yennsy Diaz	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$17,904
69	Jimmy Cordero	SP		Retained	$5,968	$5,968
70	Danny Barnes	RP		Minors	$0	$0
71	Hector Perez	P		Minors	$555,000	$0
72	John Axford	RP	Veteran	Minors	$1,650,000	$0
73	Julian Merryweather	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$555,000	$0
74	Patrick Murphy	P	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$555,000	$0

About this 2019 Toronto Blue Jays ledger

Each row is one player’s 2019 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $111,370,699 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 (5 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.

Questions

How many players did the Toronto Blue Jays pay in 2019?

74 players appear on the 2019 ledger; 69 of them carry money that counts toward the $111,370,699 club total, the rest are non-buried minor-league allocations.

Why do modern-era payrolls read higher than a simple roster sum?

From 2017 on the total is everything the club paid that season: active roster, injured list, released players still owed money, retained salary from trades, and buried minor-league allocations. That matches the totals clubs and reporters quote.

Can I compare this season with others?

Yes. The Toronto Blue Jays year-by-year history links every season from 1985 to the present, and each season has a ledger like this one.

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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.