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The Kansas City Royals carried a $148,227,822 payroll in 2017 across 54 players, an average of $2,744,960 and a median of $528,965. The highest-paid player was Alex Gordon at $16,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Gordon | LF | Veteran | Active | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 2 | Ian Kennedy | SP | Veteran | Active | $13,500,000 | $13,500,000 |
| 3 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | Arbitration 4 (S2) | Active | $12,250,000 | $12,250,000 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Cain | CF | Arbitration 3 | Active | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
| 5 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | Arbitration 3 | Active | $8,700,000 | $8,700,000 |
| 6 | Jason Vargas | SP | Veteran | Active | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 7 | Joakim Soria | RP | Veteran | Active | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 |
| 8 | Omar Infante | 2B | Dead | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | |
| 9 | Alcides Escobar | SS | Veteran | Active | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 10 | Chris Young | RP | Retained | $5,750,000 | $5,750,000 | |
| 11 | Kelvin Herrera | RP | Arbitration 3 (S2) | Active | $5,325,000 | $5,325,000 |
| 12 | Danny Duffy | SP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 13 | Jason Hammel | SP | Veteran | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 14 | Salvador Perez | C | Arbitration 3 Bypassed | Active | $4,200,000 | $4,200,000 |
| 15 | Mike Minor | RP | Arbitration 3 | Active | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 16 | Travis Wood | SP | Retained | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |
| 17 | Brandon Moss | DH | Veteran | Active | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 |
| 18 | Jorge Soler | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $3,666,667 | $3,666,667 |
| 19 | Melky Cabrera | LF | Veteran | Active | $15,000,000 | $2,622,944 |
| 20 | Drew Butera | C | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
| 21 | Seth Maness | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 |
| 22 | Kris Medlen | SP | Dead | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 23 | Peter Moylan | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 24 | Brandon Maurer | RP | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,900,000 | $726,775 |
| 25 | Trevor Cahill | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,750,000 | $669,410 |
| 26 | Nate Karns | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $571,000 | $571,000 |
| 27 | Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $552,250 | $552,250 |
| 28 | Scott Alexander | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $505,679 |
| 29 | Luke Hochevar | RP | Dead | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| 30 | Whit Merrifield | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $543,750 | $496,157 |
| 31 | Jorge Bonifacio | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $479,372 |
| 32 | Paulo Orlando | RF | Active | $558,250 | $402,732 | |
| 33 | Brian Flynn | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $556,000 | $367,598 |
| 34 | Matt Strahm | RP | Retained | $303,335 | $303,335 | |
| 35 | Kevin McCarthy | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $277,685 |
| 36 | Ramon Torres | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $257,224 |
| 37 | Jake Junis | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $242,609 |
| 38 | Ryan Buchter | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $544,700 | $208,390 |
| 39 | Neftali Feliz | RP | Retained | $204,610 | $204,610 | |
| 40 | Eric Skoglund | SP | Active | $535,000 | $192,918 | |
| 41 | Hunter Dozier | 1B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $536,100 | $172,870 |
| 42 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $537,250 | $149,736 |
| 43 | Cam Gallagher | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $137,381 |
| 44 | Terrance Gore | LF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $536,500 | $126,076 |
| 45 | Christian Colon | 2B | Retained | $114,034 | $114,034 | |
| 46 | Bubba Starling | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $535,000 | $108,151 |
| 47 | Al Alburquerque | RP | Retained | $90,613 | $90,613 | |
| 48 | Andrés Machado | P | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 49 | Sam Gaviglio | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $90,613 |
| 50 | Mike Morin | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $535,000 | $58,460 |
| 51 | Onelki García | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $49,691 |
| 52 | Miguel Almonte | RP | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $37,999 |
| 53 | Billy Burns | CF | (buried) | Minors | $535,000 | $26,307 |
| 54 | Luke Farrell | P | Retained | $2,923 | $2,923 | |
| 55 | Andrew Edwards | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 56 | Braulio Nunez | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 57 | Brayan Pena | C | Minors | $535,000 | $0 | |
| 58 | Clay Mortensen | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 59 | Daniel Garmendia | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Dean Anna | 2B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Garin Cecchini | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | Glenn Sparkman | P | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $535,000 | $0 |
| 63 | Kyle Zimmer | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 64 | Ramón Castro | C | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | Ruben Sosa | OF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Samir Duenez | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 67 | Stephen Greenlees | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 68 | Tad Ratliff | P | Minors | $535,000 | $0 | |
| 69 | Zach Walters | LF | Minors | $0 | $0 |
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 $148,227,822 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 (15 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.