Cincinnati Reds 2017 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2017 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 50 of 59 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Cincinnati Reds carried a $96,436,003 payroll in 2017 across 50 players, an average of $1,928,720 and a median of $505,723. The highest-paid player was Joey Votto at $22,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2017 total payroll$96.4M

Players counting50

Average salary$1.9M

Median salary$506K

Top paidJoey Votto $22M

2017 player salary ledger59 players

Every Cincinnati Reds 2017 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Joey Votto	1B	Veteran	Active	$22,000,000	$22,000,000
2	Homer Bailey	SP	Veteran	Active	$19,000,000	$19,000,000
3	Brandon Phillips	2B		Retained	$13,000,000	$13,000,000
4	Devin Mesoraco	C	Arbitration 3	Injured	$7,325,000	$7,325,000
5	Zack Cozart	SS	Arbitration 3	Active	$5,325,000	$5,325,000
6	Raisel Iglesias	RP	Veteran	Active	$4,214,285	$4,214,285
7	Drew Storen	RP	Veteran	Injured	$3,150,000	$3,150,000
8	Scott Feldman	SP	Veteran	Injured	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
9	Billy Hamilton	CF	Arbitration 1	Active	$2,625,000	$2,625,000
10	Scooter Gennett	2B	Arbitration 1	Active	$2,525,000	$2,525,000
11	Tony Cingrani	RP		Retained	$1,196,701	$1,196,701
12	Blake Wood	RP		Retained	$1,010,254	$1,010,254
13	Eugenio Suarez	3B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$595,000	$595,000
14	Anthony DeSclafani	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$585,000	$585,000
15	Adam Duvall	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$577,500	$577,500
16	Tucker Barnhart	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$575,000	$575,000
17	Brandon Finnegan	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$567,000	$567,000
18	Michael Lorenzen	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$555,000
19	José Peraza	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$540,000	$540,000
20	Scott Schebler	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$540,000	$540,000
21	Nefi Ogando	RP		Injured	$535,000	$535,000
22	Patrick Kivlehan	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$535,000
23	Stuart Turner	C		Active	$535,000	$535,000
24	Wandy Peralta	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$535,000
25	Bronson Arroyo	SP	Veteran	Injured	$535,000	$517,459
26	Tim Adleman	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$493,987
27	Arismendy Alcantara	CF	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$538,000	$385,140
28	Robert Stephenson	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$377,067
29	Asher Wojciechowski	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$350,760
30	Austin Brice	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$535,000	$341,991
31	Luis Castillo	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$295,223
32	Amir Garrett	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$280,608
33	Jesse Winker	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$233,840
34	Sal Romano	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$230,917
35	Kevin Shackelford	RP		Active	$535,000	$198,764
36	Rookie Davis	SP		Active	$535,000	$187,072
37	Ariel Hernandez	RP		Active	$535,000	$184,149
38	Cody Reed	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$537,000	$173,106
39	Phillip Ervin	CF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$166,611
40	Lisalverto Bonilla	RP		Retained	$128,822	$128,822
41	Alejandro Chacín	RP		Active	$535,000	$116,920
42	Tyler Mahle	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$105,228
43	Chad Wallach	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$102,305
44	Jackson Stephens	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$99,382
45	Zach Vincej	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$90,613
46	Luke Farrell	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$87,690
47	Jake Buchanan	RP		Retained	$67,229	$67,229
48	Barrett Astin	RP	(buried)	Minors	$535,000	$58,460
49	Deck McGuire	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$58,460
50	Keury Mella	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$535,000	$58,460
51	Adam Walker	RF		Minors	$535,000	$0
52	Adrian Nieto	C		Minors	$0	$0
53	Aristides Aquino	RF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$0	$0
54	Art Charles	1B		Minors	$0	$0
55	D.J. Peterson	1B	Pre-Arbitration	Minors	$535,000	$0
56	Hernan Iribarren	CF		Minors	$0	$0
57	Nick Travieso	P		Minors	$0	$0
58	Rob Wooten	RP		Minors	$0	$0
59	Scott Van Slyke	LF	Arbitration 2 (S2)	Minors	$1,325,000	$0

About this 2017 Cincinnati Reds ledger

Each row is one player’s 2017 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $96,436,003 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 (9 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 Cincinnati Reds pay in 2017?

59 players appear on the 2017 ledger; 50 of them carry money that counts toward the $96,436,003 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 Cincinnati Reds 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.