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The Cleveland Guardians carried a $142,604,703 payroll in 2018 across 57 players, an average of $2,501,837 and a median of $558,500. The highest-paid player was Edwin Encarnacion at $18,666,666. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Encarnacion | DH | Veteran | Active | $18,666,666 | $18,666,666 |
| 2 | Jason Kipnis | 2B | Veteran | Active | $13,666,666 | $13,666,666 |
| 3 | Michael Brantley | LF | Veteran | Active | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 |
| 4 | Corey Kluber | SP | Arbitration 3 Bypassed | Active | $10,700,000 | $10,700,000 |
| 5 | Cody Allen | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $10,575,000 | $10,575,000 |
| 6 | Andrew Miller | RP | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 7 | Carlos Carrasco | SP | Veteran | Active | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 8 | Yonder Alonso | 1B | Veteran | Active | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 9 | Trevor Bauer | SP | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Active | $6,525,000 | $6,525,000 |
| 10 | Yan Gomes | C | Arbitration 3 Bypassed | Active | $6,033,333 | $6,033,333 |
| 11 | Lonnie Chisenhall | RF | Arbitration 4 | Injured | $5,587,500 | $5,587,500 |
| 12 | Danny Salazar | SP | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Injured | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 13 | José Ramírez | 3B | Arbitration 1 Bypassed | Active | $3,128,600 | $3,128,600 |
| 14 | Josh Tomlin | SP | Veteran | Active | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| 15 | Brandon Guyer | RF | Arbitration 3 | Active | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 |
| 16 | Zach McAllister | RP | Retained | $2,450,000 | $2,450,000 | |
| 17 | Rajai Davis | CF | Veteran | Active | $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 |
| 18 | Roberto Pérez | C | Arbitration 1 Bypassed | Active | $1,625,000 | $1,625,000 |
| 19 | Brad Hand | RP | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $3,500,000 | $1,392,473 |
| 20 | Oliver Perez | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,750,000 | $1,138,441 |
| 21 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | Arbitration 4 (S2) | Active | $23,000,000 | $1,133,336 |
| 22 | Dan Otero | RP | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 |
| 23 | Boone Logan | RP | Retained | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 24 | Chris Johnson | 3B | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 25 | Francisco Lindor | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $623,200 | $623,200 |
| 26 | Leonys Martin | CF | Veteran | Injured | $1,750,000 | $583,358 |
| 27 | Nick Goody | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $561,500 | $561,500 |
| 28 | Tyler Naquin | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $564,800 | $558,808 |
| 29 | Mike Clevinger | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $558,500 | $558,500 |
| 30 | Erik Gonzalez | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $547,800 | $547,800 |
| 31 | Ryan Merritt | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,800 | $545,800 |
| 32 | Cody Anderson | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 33 | Melky Cabrera | LF | Veteran | Active | $1,250,000 | $526,848 |
| 34 | Tyler Olson | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $548,300 | $439,252 |
| 35 | Neil Ramirez | RP | Veteran | Active | $545,000 | $407,270 |
| 36 | Greg Allen | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $342,810 |
| 37 | Shane Bieber | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $284,210 |
| 38 | Matt Belisle | RP | Retained | $274,210 | $274,210 | |
| 39 | Evan Marshall | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $249,050 |
| 40 | Adam Plutko | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $240,260 |
| 41 | Adam Cimber | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $216,820 |
| 42 | Bradley Zimmer | OF | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $551,200 | $201,484 |
| 43 | Oliver Drake | RP | Retained | $172,840 | $172,840 | |
| 44 | Yandy Diaz | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $158,220 |
| 45 | Melky Cabrera | LF | Retained | $134,400 | $134,400 | |
| 46 | James Hoyt | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $567,700 | $106,820 |
| 47 | Giovanny Urshela | 3B | Retained | $106,128 | $106,128 | |
| 48 | Eric Haase | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $87,900 |
| 49 | Jon Edwards | RP | Active | $545,000 | $87,900 | |
| 50 | Adam Rosales | 2B | Veteran | Active | $545,000 | $79,110 |
| 51 | Brandon Barnes | CF | Veteran | Active | $545,000 | $79,110 |
| 52 | George Kontos | RP | Retained | $49,810 | $49,810 | |
| 53 | Jeff Beliveau | RP | (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $41,020 |
| 54 | Marc Rzepczynski | RP | Retained | $29,300 | $29,300 | |
| 55 | Ben Taylor | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $26,370 |
| 56 | Alexi Ogando | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $11,720 |
| 57 | Francisco Mejia | C | Retained | $5,860 | $5,860 | |
| 58 | Adam Wilk | RP | Minors | $560,000 | $0 | |
| 59 | Jordan Milbrath | RP | Minors | $545,000 | $0 | |
| 60 | Julian Merryweather | P | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 61 | Leonel Campos | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | Mike Napoli | 1B | Veteran | Minors | $1,750,000 | $0 |
| 63 | Preston Claiborne | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | Robert Zárate | RF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | Yu-Cheng Chang | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $0 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2018 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $142,604,703 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 (8 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.