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The Kansas City Royals carried a $129,944,821 payroll in 2018 across 57 players, an average of $2,279,734 and a median of $561,900. The highest-paid player was Alex Gordon at $20,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Gordon | LF | Veteran | Active | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 |
| 2 | Ian Kennedy | SP | Veteran | Active | $16,000,000 | $16,000,000 |
| 3 | Danny Duffy | SP | Veteran | Active | $14,000,000 | $14,000,000 |
| 4 | Jason Hammel | RP | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 |
| 5 | Salvador Perez | C | Veteran | Active | $8,700,000 | $8,700,000 |
| 6 | Travis Wood | SP | Retained | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | |
| 7 | Travis Wood | SP | Retained | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | |
| 8 | Jorge Soler | LF | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Injured | $4,666,667 | $4,666,667 |
| 9 | Alcides Escobar | SS | Veteran | Active | $3,775,000 | $3,775,000 |
| 10 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | Retained | $3,577,950 | $3,577,950 | |
| 11 | Kelvin Herrera | RP | Retained | $3,456,625 | $3,456,625 | |
| 12 | Brandon Moss | DH | Retained | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | |
| 13 | Lucas Duda | 1B | Retained | $3,180,114 | $3,180,114 | |
| 14 | Brandon Maurer | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,950,000 | $2,950,000 |
| 15 | Omar Infante | 2B | Dead | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| 16 | Drew Butera | C | Retained | $1,916,654 | $1,916,654 | |
| 17 | Chris Young | RP | Retained | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |
| 18 | Wily Peralta | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 |
| 19 | Nate Karns | SP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $1,375,000 | $1,375,000 |
| 20 | Justin Grimm | RP | Retained | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | |
| 21 | Mike Minor | RP | Retained | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | |
| 22 | Jon Jay | RF | Retained | $1,112,907 | $1,112,907 | |
| 23 | Blaine Boyer | RP | Retained | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 24 | Joakim Soria | RP | Retained | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | |
| 25 | Jesse Hahn | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $574,000 | $574,000 |
| 26 | Brian Flynn | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $573,500 | $573,500 |
| 27 | Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $573,500 | $573,500 |
| 28 | Whit Merrifield | 2B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $569,500 | $569,500 |
| 29 | Jorge Bonifacio | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $561,900 | $561,900 |
| 30 | Jake Junis | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $554,250 | $554,250 |
| 31 | Burch Smith | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $552,400 | $552,400 |
| 32 | Brad Keller | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 33 | Eric Skoglund | SP | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 | |
| 34 | Tim Hill | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $545,000 |
| 35 | Kevin McCarthy | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $554,250 | $509,580 |
| 36 | Ryan Goins | 2B | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $1,000,000 | $489,216 |
| 37 | Hunter Dozier | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $410,200 |
| 38 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $310,580 |
| 39 | Rosell Herrera | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $310,580 |
| 40 | Heath Fillmyer | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $304,720 |
| 41 | Abraham Almonte | CF | Retained | $297,145 | $297,145 | |
| 42 | Jason Adam | RP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $275,420 |
| 43 | Glenn Sparkman | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $213,890 |
| 44 | Brian Goodwin | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $553,900 | $211,438 |
| 45 | Brett Phillips | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $190,450 |
| 46 | Ryan O'Hearn | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $181,660 |
| 47 | Cam Gallagher | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $169,940 |
| 48 | Paulo Orlando | CF | (buried) | Minors | $568,500 | $168,080 |
| 49 | Scott Barlow | P | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $650,000 | $164,265 |
| 50 | Jorge López | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $137,710 |
| 51 | Trevor Oaks | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $131,850 |
| 52 | Jake Newberry | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $128,920 |
| 53 | Ramon Torres | SS | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $93,760 |
| 54 | Meibrys Viloria | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $87,900 |
| 55 | Jerry Vasto | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $79,110 |
| 56 | Eric Stout | P | Retained | $20,510 | $20,510 | |
| 57 | Andrés Machado | P | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $2,930 |
| 58 | Alex Liddi | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 59 | Andy LaRoche | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Ben Lively | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $550,000 | $0 |
| 61 | Bubba Starling | CF | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $545,000 | $0 |
| 62 | Kelvin Gutierrez | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 63 | Kyle Lohse | SP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | Samir Duenez | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 65 | Seth Maness | RP | Veteran | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 66 | Tarik El-Abour | OF | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 67 | Tyler Collins | LF | Minors | $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 $129,944,821 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 (10 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.