As the Milwaukee Brewers open their 2025 home schedule at American Family Field, here's a look at the club's payroll allocations.
Brewers active payroll
- Christian Yelich: $22 million ($4 million additional deferred)
- Rhys Hoskins: $18 million
- Freddy Peralta: $8 million
- Aaron Civale: $8 million
- Nestor Cortes: $7.6 million
- William Contreras: $6 million
- Brandon Woodruff: $5 million
- Jackson Chourio: $4.25 million
- Aaron Ashby: 3.45 million
- Joel Payamps: $2.995 million
- José Quintana: $2.25 million (plus incentives)
- Trevor Megill: $1.94 million
- Eric Haase: $1.35 million
- Tyler Alexander: $1 million
- Jake Bauers: $1 million
- Nick Mears: $963,000
- Elvin Rodríguez: $900,000
- Garrett Mitchell: $760,000*
- Blake Perkins: $760,000*
- Brice Turang: $760,000*
- Sal Frelick: $760,000*
- DL Hall: $760,000*
- Bryan Hudson: $760,000*
- Joey Ortiz: $760,000*
- Jared Koenig: $760,000*
- Tobias Myers: $760,000*
- Vinny Capra: $760,000*
- Isaac Collins: $760,000*
- Chad Patrick: $760,000*
- Oliver Dunn: $760,000*
- Elvis Peguero: $760,000*
- Abner Uribe: $760,000*
- Connor Thomas: $760,000*
- Robert Gasser: $760,000*
* Denotes league minimum salary, however clubs typically tender contracts slightly above that number for players with big-league experience.
Buyouts and deferred payments
While not part of the active payroll, the Brewers are still on the hook for payments to past players whose contracts
- Gary Sánchez: $4 million
- Frankie Montas: $2 million
- Ryan Braun: $2 million
- Wade Miley: $1.5 million
- Colin Rea: $1 million
- Lorenzo Cain: $1 million
- Devin Williams: $250,000
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee Brewers player payroll for 2025 Major League Baseball season
