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2018 Boston Red Sox




Complete List of Player Salaries by Year (Default 2018) | Link to Cot's Salary pages



      


33 total players, $233,200,428 total salary, $7,066,680 avg salary

PlayerPosSalaryPctWARPWARP/$M$/WARPCurrent Status
David Price SP $30,000,000 12.86% 3.22 0.11 $9,310,178
J.D. Martinez DH $23,750,000 10.18% 6.09 0.26 $3,900,886
Hanley Ramirez 1B $22,750,000 9.76% -0.19 — —
Rick Porcello SP $21,125,000 9.06% 3.05 0.14 $6,921,419
Pablo Sandoval DNP $18,055,000 7.74% — — —
Dustin Pedroia 2B $16,125,000 6.91% -0.17 — —
Craig Kimbrel RP $13,000,000 5.57% 1.68 0.13 $7,730,733
Chris Sale SP $12,500,000 5.36% 5.63 0.45 $2,220,339
Rusney Castillo DNP $11,771,428 5.05% — — —
Mookie Betts RF $10,500,000 4.50% 9.09 0.87 $1,155,596
Drew Pomeranz SP $8,500,000 3.64% -2.30 — —
Xander Bogaerts SS $7,050,000 3.02% 5.30 0.75 $1,330,937
Mitch Moreland 1B $6,500,000 2.79% 0.60 0.09 $10,807,701
Jackie Bradley Jr. CF $6,100,000 2.62% 2.22 0.36 $2,751,342
Eduardo Núñez 2B $4,000,000 1.72% -0.21 — —
Joe Kelly RP $3,825,000 1.64% 0.28 0.07 $13,750,980
Eduardo Rodriguez SP $2,375,000 1.02% 2.28 0.96 $1,041,132
Brock Holt 2B $2,225,000 0.95% 0.43 0.20 $5,128,193
Tyler Thornburg RP $2,050,000 0.88% -0.02 — —
Sandy León C $1,950,000 0.84% 0.14 0.07 $14,015,165
Christian Vázquez C $1,425,000 0.61% 0.30 0.21 $4,826,876
Steven Wright RP $1,100,000 0.47% 1.47 1.34 $747,562
Carson Smith RP $850,000 0.36% 0.15 0.17 $5,843,651
Andrew Benintendi LF $620,500 0.27% 4.03 6.49 $154,033
Matt Barnes RP $605,000 0.26% 1.93 3.19 $313,387
Heath Hembree RP $581,500 0.25% 0.79 1.36 $736,878
Rafael Devers 3B $564,500 0.24% 2.54 4.49 $222,496
Blake Swihart C $563,500 0.24% -0.35 — —
Marco Hernández DNP $554,000 0.24% — — —
Brian Johnson SP $548,000 0.23% -1.25 — —
Hector Velázquez RP $547,000 0.23% -0.58 — —
Bobby Poyner RP $545,000 0.23% -0.10 — —
Marcus Walden RP $545,000 0.23% 0.30 0.54 $1,846,500
YearRed Sox payrollAvg payrollDiff
1997$1,100,000$4,892,222$-3,792,222
1998$9,100,000$6,661,904$2,438,096
1999$14,500,000$7,867,823$6,632,177
2000$80,978,533$57,491,092$23,487,441
2001$111,488,333$67,120,750$44,367,583
2002$108,645,000$69,204,705$39,440,295
2003$99,251,500$72,156,639$27,094,861
2004$128,545,500$71,426,357$57,119,143
2005$125,097,825$73,628,169$51,469,656
2006$124,406,500$81,192,832$43,213,668
2007$147,568,833$85,747,487$61,821,346
2008$136,798,083$93,079,041$43,719,042
2009$122,803,640$92,957,049$29,846,591
2010$173,759,833$94,957,956$78,801,877
2011$165,828,976$97,426,414$68,402,562
2012$175,205,284$100,689,500$74,515,784
2013$150,655,000$106,658,387$43,996,613
2014$163,414,996$115,428,670$47,986,326
2015$180,779,329$125,458,486$55,320,843
2016$197,899,679$130,290,910$67,608,769
2017$197,041,179$136,573,000$60,468,179
2018$233,200,428$135,681,867$97,518,561
2019$236,171,428$134,776,225$101,395,203
2020$187,907,969$138,321,485$49,586,484
2021$176,099,500$129,635,938$46,463,562
2022$212,015,000$147,002,411$65,012,589
2023$154,435,000$158,155,877$-3,720,877
2024$97,266,667$133,074,721$-35,808,054
2025$86,566,667$94,180,059$-7,613,392
2026$73,916,667$74,818,461$-901,794
2027$71,416,667$56,972,319$14,444,348
2028$59,916,667$45,437,759$14,478,908
2029$59,916,667$37,269,628$22,647,039
2030$44,750,000$39,665,769$5,084,231
2031$44,000,000$38,360,152$5,639,848
2032$35,000,000$47,925,459$-12,925,459
2033$31,000,000$43,068,924$-12,068,924
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