Chicago White Sox 2026 Player Salaries & Payrolls

Payroll by archived season

9 archived seasons, 2017 to 2025 · peaked in 2022 at $158,749,334 · down 53% since 2017

$50m

17

$74m

18

$72m

19

$112m

20

$142m

21

$159m

22

$93m

23

$84m

24

$23m

25

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Historic payrolls for Chicago White Sox

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

Active roster · 26 players

Top 16 of 26 players

Luis Castillo $24m Andrew Benintendi $17m

Munetaka Murakami $16m

Jordan Hicks $12m Anthony Kay $5.1m Sean Newcomb $4.6m Brenton Doyle $3.1m Erick Fedde $1.5m Huascar Brazoban $1.1m Trevor Richards $1.0m Miguel Vargas $806k Davis Martin $799k Colson Montgomery $798k Sean Burke $793k

Chase Meidroth $789k

Grant Taylor $788k

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Active roster · 26 players - Chicago White Sox
NAME	PAYROLL SALARY	POSITION	EXPERIENCE	STATUS	ADJUSTED PAYROLL	BASE SALARY	OTHER PAY
Andrew Benintendi	$17,100,000$17.1m	Left fielder	9 yr 62 d	Veteran	$17,100,000$17.1m	$16,500,000$16.5m	$600,000
Munetaka Murakami	$16,500,000$16.5m	First baseman	-	Veteran	$16,500,000$16.5m	$16,000,000$16.0m	$500,000
Jordan Hicks	$12,500,000$12.5m	Relief pitcher	8 yr	Veteran	$8,500,000$8.5m	$12,000,000$12.0m	$500,000
Luis Castillo	$23,750,000$23.8m	Starting pitcher	8 yr 101 d	Veteran	$7,812,848$7.8m	$22,750,000$22.8m	-
Anthony Kay	$5,125,000$5.1m	Starting pitcher	2 yr 6 d	Veteran	$5,125,000$5.1m	$5,000,000$5.0m	-
Sean Newcomb	$4,600,000$4.6m	Relief pitcher	6 yr 41 d	Veteran	$4,600,000$4.6m	$4,500,000$4.5m	-
Erick Fedde	$1,500,000$1.5m	Relief pitcher	6 yr 99 d	Veteran	$1,500,000$1.5m	$1,500,000$1.5m	-
Trevor Richards	$1,000,000	Relief pitcher	6 yr 88 d	Veteran	$974,462	$1,000,000	-
Brenton Doyle	$3,100,000$3.1m	Center fielder	2 yr 161 d	Arbitration 1 (S2)	$911,790	$3,100,000$3.1m	-
Miguel Vargas	$805,700	Third baseman	2 yr 101 d	Pre-Arbitration	$805,700	$805,700	-
Davis Martin	$798,900	Starting pitcher	1 yr 117 d	Pre-Arbitration	$798,900	$798,900	-
Colson Montgomery	$798,500	Shortstop	0 yr 87 d	Pre-Arbitration	$798,500	$798,500	-
Sean Burke	$793,200	Starting pitcher	1 yr 11 d	Pre-Arbitration	$793,200	$793,200	-
Chase Meidroth	$789,100	Second baseman	0 yr 171 d	Pre-Arbitration	$789,100	$789,100	-
Grant Taylor	$787,900	Relief pitcher	0 yr 111 d	Pre-Arbitration	$787,900	$787,900	-
Luisangel Acuna	$785,950	Center fielder	0 yr 156 d	Pre-Arbitration	$785,950	$785,950	-
Bryan Hudson	$781,506	Relief pitcher	1 yr 70 d	Pre-Arbitration	$781,506	$781,506	-
Tristan Peters	$780,350	Outfielder	0 yr 7 d	Pre-Arbitration	$780,350	$780,350	-
Sam Antonacci	$780,000	Left fielder	-	Pre-Arbitration	$696,130	$780,000	-
Drew Romo	$780,000	Catcher	0 yr 73 d	Pre-Arbitration	$646,505	$780,000	-
Randal Grichuk	$780,000	Right fielder	11 yr 33 d	Veteran	$616,452	$780,000	-
Edgar Quero	$787,450	Catcher	0 yr 165 d	Pre-Arbitration	$593,751	$787,450	-
Braden Montgomery	$780,000	Outfielder	-	Pre-Arbitration	$458,810	$780,000	-
Huascar Brazoban	$1,050,000	Relief pitcher	2 yr 170 d	Arbitration 1 (S2)	$308,825	$1,050,000	-
Tanner McDougal	$780,000	Relief pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$208,550	$780,000	-
Hagen Smith	$780,000	Relief pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$208,550	$780,000	-
Listed total	$98,813,556$98.8m					$95,988,556$96.0m	$1,600,000$1.6m

Additional contracts · 11 players

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All 11 players

Joey Bart $2.5m Tyler Gilbert $900k

Jordan Leasure $798k

Chris Murphy $797k

Mike Vasil $795k

Brooks Baldwin $789k

Drew Thorpe $789k

Kyle Teel $788k

Prelander Berroa $785k Ky Bush $785k

Tanner Murray $780k

Additional contracts · 11 players - Chicago White Sox
NAME	PAYROLL SALARY	POSITION	EXPERIENCE	STATUS	ADJUSTED PAYROLL	BASE SALARY
Mike Vasil	$795,050	Relief pitcher	1 yr	Pre-Arbitration	$795,050	$795,050
Brooks Baldwin	$789,250	Shortstop	1 yr 47 d	Pre-Arbitration	$789,250	$789,250
Drew Thorpe	$788,600	Starting pitcher	1 yr 111 d	Pre-Arbitration	$788,600	$788,600
Kyle Teel	$788,050	Catcher	0 yr 115 d	Pre-Arbitration	$788,050	$788,050
Prelander Berroa	$785,200	Relief pitcher	1 yr 45 d	Pre-Arbitration	$785,200	$785,200
Ky Bush	$785,200	Starting pitcher	1 yr 56 d	Pre-Arbitration	$785,200	$785,200
Jordan Leasure	$797,550	Relief pitcher	1 yr 162 d	Pre-Arbitration	$761,881	$797,550
Joey Bart	$2,530,000$2.5m	Catcher	4 yr 20 d	Arbitration 2	$744,095	$2,530,000$2.5m
Tyler Gilbert	$900,000	Relief pitcher	2 yr 75 d	Pre-Arbitration	$742,348	$900,000
Tanner Murray	$780,000	Shortstop	-	Pre-Arbitration	$741,485	$780,000
Chris Murphy	$797,250	Relief pitcher	2 yr 71 d	Pre-Arbitration	$722,979	$797,250
Listed total	$10,536,150$10.5m					$10,536,150$10.5m

Additional contracts · 17 players

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Additional contracts · 17 players - Chicago White Sox
NAME	PAYROLL SALARY	POSITION	ADJUSTED PAYROLL
Seranthony Dominguez	$6,403,743$6.4m	Relief pitcher	$6,403,743$6.4m
Austin Hays	$5,000,000$5.0m	Left fielder	$5,000,000$5.0m
Reese McGuire	$1,200,000	Catcher	$1,200,000
Austin Hays	$1,000,000	Left fielder	$1,000,000
Nolan Jones	$556,140	Right fielder	$556,140
Derek Hill	$380,196	Center fielder	$380,196
Brandon Eisert	$360,600	Relief pitcher	$360,600
Wikelman Gonzalez	$254,300	Relief pitcher	$254,300
Jacob Gonzalez	$217,719	Shortstop	$217,719
Jarred Kelenic	$172,043	Right fielder	$172,043
Lucas Sims	$168,011	Relief pitcher	$168,011
Duncan Davitt	$147,470	Starting pitcher	$147,470
Lenyn Sosa	$82,083	Second baseman	$82,083
Dustin Harris	$50,323	Third baseman	$50,323
Jedixon Paez	$41,936	Relief pitcher	$41,936
Doug Nikhazy	$30,254	Relief pitcher	$30,254
Curtis Mead	$12,742	Third baseman	$12,742
Listed total	$16,077,560$16.1m

Payroll summary

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Payroll summary - Chicago White Sox
ALLOCATION	AMOUNT	MLB RANK
Active Roster	$73,882,779$73.9m	20th
Injured List	$8,444,138$8.4m	26th
Dead Money	$16,077,560$16.1m	15th
Minor	$2,684,689$2.7m	26th
Deferred	$0	10th
Signing Bonus	$0	10th
Total Adjusted Payroll Allocations	$101,089,166$101.1m	25th

Additional contracts · 13 players

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Additional contracts · 13 players - Chicago White Sox
NAME	PAYROLL SALARY	POSITION	EXPERIENCE	STATUS	ADJUSTED PAYROLL	BASE SALARY
Everson Pereira	$783,300	Right fielder	0 yr 90 d	Pre-Arbitration	$552,948	$783,300
José Urquidy	$1,500,000$1.5m	Relief pitcher	6 yr 49 d	Veteran	$505,348	$1,500,000$1.5m
Noah Schultz	$780,000	Starting pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$483,836	$780,000
Joe Rock	$780,000	Starting pitcher	0 yr 33 d	Pre-Arbitration	$479,151	$780,000
Tyler Davis	$780,000	Relief pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$306,252	$780,000
Junior Perez	$780,000	Outfielder	-	Pre-Arbitration	$265,362	$780,000
Tyler Schweitzer	$780,000	Relief pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$166,840	$780,000
Jonathan Cannon	$780,000	Starting pitcher	1 yr 114 d	Pre-Arbitration	$105,240	$780,000
Rikuu Nishida	$780,000	Second baseman	-	Pre-Arbitration	$100,858	$780,000
Osvaldo Bido	$807,925	Relief pitcher	1 yr 161 d	Pre-Arbitration	$91,217	$807,925
David Sandlin	$780,000	Starting pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	$66,736	$780,000
Shane Smith	$825,900	Starting pitcher	1 yr	Pre-Arbitration	$66,249	$825,900
Peyton Pallette	-	Relief pitcher	-	Pre-Arbitration	-	-
Listed total	$10,157,125$10.2m					$10,157,125$10.2m

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Chicago White Sox's yearly total is $101,089,166.

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26 players on the Chicago White Sox active roster. We list a further 41 carried beyond it.

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