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The Boston Red Sox carried a $227,398,860 payroll in 2018 across 48 players, an average of $4,737,476 and a median of $925,000. The highest-paid player was David Price at $30,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Price | SP | Veteran | Active | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 |
| 2 | J.D. Martinez | DH | Veteran | Active | $23,750,000 | $23,750,000 |
| 3 | Hanley Ramirez | 1B | Retained | $22,750,000 | $22,750,000 | |
| 4 | Rick Porcello | SP | Veteran | Active | $21,125,000 | $21,125,000 |
| 5 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B | Retained | $18,000,000 | $17,455,000 | |
| 6 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B | Veteran | Injured | $16,125,000 | $16,125,000 |
| 7 | Craig Kimbrel | RP | Veteran | Active | $13,050,000 | $13,050,000 |
| 8 | Chris Sale | SP | Veteran | Active | $12,515,000 | $12,515,000 |
| 9 | Mookie Betts | RF | Arbitration 1 | Active | $10,500,000 | $10,500,000 |
| 10 | Drew Pomeranz | SP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 |
| 11 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | Arbitration 2 | Active | $7,050,000 | $7,050,000 |
| 12 | Mitch Moreland | 1B | Veteran | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 13 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Active | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 |
| 14 | Eduardo Nunez | 2B | Veteran | Active | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 15 | Joe Kelly | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $3,825,000 | $3,825,000 |
| 16 | Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Active | $2,375,000 | $2,375,000 |
| 17 | Brock Holt | 2B | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,225,000 | $2,225,000 |
| 18 | Tyler Thornburg | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,050,000 | $2,050,000 |
| 19 | Sandy León | C | Arbitration 2 (S2) | Active | $1,950,000 | $1,950,000 |
| 20 | Ian Kinsler | 2B | Veteran | Active | $11,000,000 | $1,833,340 |
| 21 | Steven Pearce | LF | Veteran | Active | $6,250,000 | $1,500,000 |
| 22 | Christian Vazquez | C | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,425,000 | $1,425,000 |
| 23 | Steven Wright | SP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,100,000 | $1,100,000 |
| 24 | Allen Craig | RF | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 25 | Carson Smith | RP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $850,000 | $850,000 |
| 26 | Brandon Workman | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $835,000 | $781,086 |
| 27 | Nathan Eovaldi | SP | Veteran | Active | $2,000,000 | $731,204 |
| 28 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $620,500 | $620,500 |
| 29 | Matt Barnes | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $605,000 | $605,000 |
| 30 | Heath Hembree | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $581,500 | $581,500 |
| 31 | Rafael Devers | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $564,500 | $564,500 |
| 32 | Blake Swihart | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $563,500 | $563,500 |
| 33 | Marco Hernandez | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $554,000 | $554,000 |
| 34 | Brian Johnson | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $548,000 | $548,000 |
| 35 | Hector Velazquez | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $547,000 | $547,000 |
| 36 | Austin Maddox | RP | Injured | $545,000 | $545,000 | |
| 37 | Ryan Brasier | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $249,050 |
| 38 | Tzu-Wei Lin | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $234,400 |
| 39 | Bobby Poyner | RP | Active | $545,000 | $158,220 | |
| 40 | Sam Travis | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $128,920 |
| 41 | William Cuevas | RP | Active | $545,000 | $102,550 | |
| 42 | Robby Scott | RP | Active | $545,000 | $87,900 | |
| 43 | Brandon Phillips | 2B | Veteran | Active | $545,000 | $79,110 |
| 44 | Marcus Walden | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $61,530 |
| 45 | Justin Haley | RP | (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $49,810 |
| 46 | Dan Butler | C | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $32,230 |
| 47 | Tony Renda | 2B | (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $14,650 |
| 48 | Jalen Beeks | SP | Retained | $5,860 | $5,860 | |
| 49 | Ivan De Jesus Jr. | SS | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 50 | Mike Olt | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 51 | Rusney Castillo | LF | Veteran | Minors | $11,771,428 | $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 $227,398,860 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.