MLB Tampa Bay 25 YE

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2	TAMPA BAY										Projected 40-man Year-End Labor Relations Payrolls					Projected 40-man Competitive Balance Payrolls
3	TAMPA BAY										2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
4	RAYS										$78,962,933	$18.800	$0.500	$0.000	$0.000	$97,512,933	$35.917	$20.167	$20.667	$21.167
5	RAYS															Projected 2025 CB tax:		$0
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7	Player	Pos.	Year	Rd	Pick	Age	MLS	Opts left 1/25	Agent	Length / Total Value	Projected 40-man Year-End Labor Relations Payrolls					Projected 40-man Competitive Balance Payrolls
8	Player	Pos.	Year	Rd	Pick	7/1/25	1/25	Opts left 1/25	Agent	Length / Total Value	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
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10	Lowe, Brandon	2b	2015	3	87	30	6.058	3 / 3	Bledsoe Ageny	6 y/$24M (19-24)+25-26 opts	$10,500,000	FA				$10,500,000
11	Díaz, Yandy	1b	2013		CUB	33	6.122	1 / 3	ACES	3 y/$24M (23-25)+26, 27 opts	$10,000,000	$12.000	opt			$8,000,000	$12.000	opt
12	Fairbanks, Pete	rhp-c	2015	9	258	31	5.057	2 / 3	Republik	3 y/$12M (23-25)+26 cl opt	$3,817,000	$1.000				$4,150,000	opt
13	McClanahan, Shane	lhp-s	2018	1	31	28	3.158	2 / 3	Vayner Spts	2 y/$7.2M (24-25)	$3,600,000	A3	A4	FA		$3,600,000
14	Rasmussen, Drew	rhp-s	2018	6	185	29	4.111	3 / 3	Beverly Hills SC	2 y/$8.5M (25-26)+27 cl opt	$2,250,000	$5.750	$0.500			$4,250,000	$4.250	opt
15	Baz, Shane	rhp-s	2017	1	12	26	2.158	2 / 3	Excel	1 y/$1.45M (25)	$1,450,000	A2	A3	FA		$1,450,000
16	Walls, Taylor	ss	2017	3	79	28	3.092	2 / 3	Vayner Spts	1 y/$1.4M (25)+26 cl opt	$1,350,000	$0.050	A3	FA		$1,400,000	opt
17	Cleavinger, Garrett	lhp	2015	3	102	31	3.060	0 / 3	Beverly Hills SC	1 y/$1.2M (25)	$1,200,000	A2	A3	FA		$1,200,000
18	Uceta, Edwin	rhp	2016		DOM	26	1.150	0 / 3	Nova Sports	1 y/$815,000 (25)	$815,000	A1	A2	A3	A4	$815,000
19	Kelly, Kevin	rhp	2019	19	580	27	1.170	3 / 3	Elite Sports	1 y/$776,100 (25)	$707,459	A1	A2	A3	A4	$707,459
20	Palacios, Richie	of-2b	2018	3	103	28	1.156	1 / 3	Ballengee	1 y/$775,700 (25)	$775,700	A1	A2	A3	A4	$775,700
21	Lowe, Josh	rf-3b	2016	1	13	27	2.093	1 / 3	SportsMeter	1 y/$775,100 (25)	$775,100	A1	A2	A3	FA	$775,100
22	Pepiot, Ryan	rhp-s	2019	3	102	27	2.005	1 / 3	Boras Corp.	1 y/$774,600 (25)	$774,600	A1	A2	A3	FA	$774,600
23	Morel, Christopher	3b	2015		DOM	25	2.117	0 / 3		1 y/$771,800 (25)	$771,800	A1	A2	A3	FA	$771,800
24	DeLuca, Jonny	lf	2019	25	761	26	1.085	2 / 3		1 y/$770,100 (25)	$770,100		A1	A2	A3	$770,100
25	Faedo, Alex	rhp	2017	1	18	29	1.169	1 / 4		1 y/$769,900 (25)	$769,900	A1	A2	A3	A4	$769,900
26	Rodríguez, Manuel	rhp	2016		MEX	28	1.139	0 / 3	Suarez, Gomez	1 y/$769,400 (25)	$769,400	A1	A2	A3	A4	$769,400
27	Aranda, Jonathan	2b	2015		MEX	27	1.030	1 / 4		1 y/$766,500 (25)	$766,500		A1	A2	A3	$766,500
28	Caminero, Junior	3b	2019		DOM	21	0.058	2 / 3		1 y/$764,100 (25)	$764,100					$764,100
29	Englert, Mason	rhp	2018	4	119	25	1.035	2 / 3		1 y/$763,400 (25)	$307,172		A1	A2	A3	$307,172
30	Bigge, Hunter	rhp	2019	12	372	27	0.049	2 / 3	Ballengee	1 y/$762,700 (25)	$762,700					$762,700
31	Montgomery, Mason	lhp	2021	6	191	25	0.025	3 / 3		1 y/$761,800 (25)	$638,335					$638,335
32	Misner, Kameron	of	2019	1cb-a	35	27	0.029	2 / 3		1 y/$760,700 (25)	$760,700					$760,700
33	Lavender, Nate	lhp	2021	14	412	25	0.000	3 / 3		1 y/$760,000 (25)	$760,000					$760,000
34	Acton, Garrett	rhp	2020		USA	27	0.015	2 / 3			$17,659					$17,659
35	Baker, Bryan	rhp	2016	11	320	30	2.049	0 / 3	Warner Spts	1 y/$768,700 (25)	$330,624	A1	A2	A3	FA	$330,624
36	Boushley, Caleb	rhp	2017	33	978	31	0.009	2 / 3			$77,634					$77,634
37	Boyle, Joe	rhp-s	2020	5	143	25	0.115	2 / 3			$335,933					$335,933
38	Curet, Yoniel	rhp	2019		DOM	22	0.000	2 / 3			$123,900					$123,900
39	Fairchild, Stuart	of	2017	2	38	29	2.114	0 / 3	CAA		$285,161	A1	A2	A3	FA	$285,161
40	Feduccia, Hunter	c	2018	12	374	28	0.029	2 / 3			$39,968					$39,968
41	Fortes, Nick	c	2018	4	117	28	2.149	2 / 3	Meister Spts	1 y/$1.86M (25)	$610,000	A2	A3	A4	FA	$610,000
42	Gerber, Joey	rhp	2018	8	238	28	0.153	1 / 3			$69,469		A1	A2	A3	$69,469
43	Gray, Tristan	3b	2017	13	388	28	0.057	2 / 3			$255,499					$255,499
44	Houser, Adrian	rhp	2011	2	69	32	5.136	0 / 4	Players Edge		$428,226	FA				$428,226
45	Jax, Griffin	rhp	2016	3	93	30	3.091	2 / 3	Ballengee	1 y/$2.365M (25)	$750,188		A2	A3	FA	$750,188
46	Mangum, Jake	of	2019	4	118	29	0.000	3 / 3			$69,505					$69,505
47	Orze, Eric	rhp	2020	5	150	27	0.010	2 / 3			$428,270					$428,270
48	Pereira, Everson	cf	2017		VEN	24	0.041	1 / 4			$210,874					$210,874
49	Peters, Tristan	of	2021	7	207	25	0.000	3 / 3			$51,738					$51,738
50	Rock, Joe	lhp	2021	2CBb	68	24	0.000	3 / 3			$140,828					$140,828
51	Scholtens, Jesse	rhp	2016	9	264	31	1.125	2 / 3		1 y/$768,600 (25)	$129,592		A1	A2	A3	$129,592
52	Seymour, Bob	1b	2021	13	401	26	0.000	3 / 3			$183,871					$183,871
53	Seymour, Ian	lhp	2020	2	57	26	0.000	3 / 3			$370,053					$370,053
54	Simpson, Chandler	of	2022	2cb-b	70	24	0.000	3 / 3			$584,610					$584,610					k selected 4/18/25 $750,000 sb ($953,300 slot) Georgia Tech '22 2cbb-70 dob 11/18/2000
55	Sulser, Cole	rhp	2013	25	741	35	4.031	2 / 3	Full Circle Spts	1 y/$900,000 (25)	$607,258	A4	FA			$607,258
56	Van Belle, Brian	rhp	2020		USA	28	0.000	3 / 3	EnterSports		$169,924					$169,924
57	Wilcox, Cole	rhp	2020	3	80	25	0.000	3 / 3			$18,253					$18,253
58	Williams, Carson	ss	2021	1	28	22	0.000	3 / 3			$159,355					$159,355
59	Fairbanks, Pete									2026 buyout, paid 11/6/25	$1,000,000					$1,000,000
60	Kim, Ha-Seong									claimed by Atlanta 9/1/25	$11,112,903					$11,112,903
61	Driscoll, Logan									released 8/18/25	$95,923					$95,923
62	Seabold, Connor									claimed by Atlanta 8/10/25	$139,037					$139,037
63	Thaiss, Matt									outrighted 8/4/25	$672,043					$672,043
64	Mead, Curtis									traded to Chicago-AL 7/31/25	$453,067					$453,067
65	Bradley, Taj									traded to Minnesota 7/31/25	$511,306					$511,306
66	Caballero, Jose									traded to NY Yankees 7/31/25	$530,396					$530,396
67	Littell, Zack									traded to Cincinnati 7/30/25	$3,874,839					$3,874,839
68	Gervase, Paul									traded to LA Dodgers 7/30/25	$88,203					$88,203
69	Rortvedt, Ben									traded to LA Dodgers 7/30/25	$762,097					$762,097
70	Jansen, Danny									traded to Milwaukee 7/28/25	$5,333,333					$5,333,333
71	Jansen, Danny									to Milwaukee, 7/28/25 trade	$500,000					$500,000
72	Montes, Coco									outrighted 7/28/25	$146,912					$146,912
73	Waguespack, Jacob									released 7/28/25	$1,300,000					$1,300,000
74	Whitley, Forrest									outrighted 7/3/25	$81,720					$81,720
75	Jankowski, Travis									outrighted 6/4/25	$268,817					$268,817
76	Díaz, Yandy									restricted list 5/13-15	($161,290)					($161,290)
77	Shenton, Austin									from Seattle, 11/19/24 trade	($50,000)					($50,000)
78	Lowe, Brandon									CBT credit, unpaid 2025 buyout						($1,000,000)
79	Franco, Wander		Restricted list 7/10/24. Not paid. Not counted on CBT payroll.							11 y/$182M (22-32)	$8,454,545	$15.455	$22.455	$25.455	$25.455	$16,545,455	$16.546	$16.546	$16.546	$16.546
80	Pre-arbitration bonus pool															$1,666,667	$1.667	$1.667	$1.667	$1.667
81	Estimated Player Benefits															$17,500,000	$18.000	$18.500	$19.000	$19.500
82											2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
83	Projected 26-man Opening Day Payroll										$78,811,767
84	Projected 40-man Year-End Payroll										$78,962,933	$18.800	$0.500	$0.000	$0.000
85	Projected 40-man CB Tax Payroll															$97,512,933	$35.917	$20.167	$20.667	$21.167
86	Competitive Balance Tax Threshold									$241 / $261 / $281 / $301						$237,000,000	$241.000	$244.000	$244.000	$244.000
87	Amount under threshold															$139,487,067	$205.083	$223.833	$223.333	$222.833
88	Projected CB Tax (first-time payor in 2025)									Rates 20% / 32% / 62.5% / 80%						$0
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90	Rays CBT History
91	The Rays payroll has never exceeded the threshold for MLB's competitive balance tax.
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93	Notes on Salaries
94	Figures for 0- to 3-year players in majors are estimated at an average of $772,000, $12,000 above the Major League minimum salary.
95	Figures for 0- to 3-year players in minors are estimated at an average of $186,000, the minimum minor-league salary for a player with 1 year of Major League service.
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97	Notes on Competitive Balance Tax
98	* Projected payroll for purposes of the Competitive Balance Tax under Article XXIII of MLB collective bargaining agreement. Estimated figures in italics.
99	* Figures include the average annual values of contracts for players on the 40-man roster, plus about $17M for benefits and $1.667M for 0- to 3-year player bonus pool.
100	* Tax Thresholds: 2022: $230M $250/$270/$290. 2023: $233M $253/$273/$293. 2024: $237M $257/$277/$297. 2025: $241M $261/$281/$301. 2026: $244M $264/$284/$304.