SPMichael King 1.9 · Walker Buehler 1.0 · Randy Vásquez 0.4 · Griffin Canning -0.0 · Lucas Giolito -0.2
BP★ Mason Miller 18 · Jason Adam 14 · Adrian Morejon 11 · Jeremiah Estrada 6 · Bradgley Rodriguez 3 · Wandy Peralta 2 · Ron Marinaccio 1 · Yuki Matsui 0
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
2026 roster — value & surplus
Player
Age
Service
G
fWAR
Salary $M
Surplus $M
Mason Miller
27
pre-arb
41
4.1
4.0
+21.8
Fernando Tatis Jr.
27
–
103
3.8
20.7
+3.3
Ty France
31
FA-elig
78
3.1
1.4
+18.2
Michael King
31
FA-elig
21
2.9
9.0
+9.6
Adrian Morejon
27
arb
48
2.9
3.9
+14.1
Xander Bogaerts
33
FA-elig
99
2.5
25.5
-9.8
Manny Machado
33
FA-elig
101
2.4
25.1
-9.8
Jackson Merrill
23
pre-arb
101
1.8
2.1
+9.5
Bradgley Rodriguez
22
pre-arb
42
1.6
0.8
+9.5
Walker Buehler
31
FA-elig
20
1.6
1.5
+8.3
Luis Campusano
27
arb
32
1.5
0.9
+8.7
Nick Pivetta
33
FA-elig
4
1.4
20.5
-11.7
Samad Taylor
27
–
26
1.1
0.5
+6.7
Sung-Mun Song
29
–
48
0.9
–
–
Luis Rengifo↔ MIL
29
–
7
0.7
0.2
+4.3
Randy Vásquez
27
pre-arb
19
0.6
0.8
+3.2
Gavin Sheets
30
arb
98
0.5
4.5
-1.3
Jeremiah Estrada
27
pre-arb
21
0.4
0.8
+1.8
Kyle Hart
33
pre-arb
27
0.4
1.0
+1.6
Freddy Fermin
31
pre-arb
64
0.3
2.1
-0.0
Ramón Laureano
31
FA-elig
53
0.3
6.5
-4.6
Wandy Peralta
34
FA-elig
45
0.1
4.5
-3.8
David Morgan
26
pre-arb
18
0.1
0.2
+0.3
JP Sears
30
arb
5
0.1
2.8
-2.4
Yuki Matsui
30
pre-arb
28
0.0
5.8
-5.6
Griffin Canning
30
FA-elig
15
-0.0
2.5
-2.6
Rodolfo Durán
28
–
37
-0.0
0.6
-0.7
Alek Jacob
28
pre-arb
3
-0.0
0.0
-0.2
Miguel Andujar
31
FA-elig
74
-0.0
1.5
-1.7
Jhony Brito
28
pre-arb
3
-0.0
0.8
-1.0
Blake Hunt
27
–
2
-0.1
–
–
Nick Solak
31
–
4
-0.1
–
–
Will Wagner
27
pre-arb
16
-0.1
0.6
-1.3
Jason Adam
34
arb
36
-0.2
6.7
-7.6
Matt Waldron
29
pre-arb
9
-0.2
0.8
-1.9
Bryce Johnson
30
pre-arb
32
-0.2
0.8
-2.0
Lucas Giolito
31
FA-elig
7
-0.3
1.5
-3.4
Jake Cronenworth
32
FA-elig
53
-0.4
12.3
-14.7
Ron Marinaccio
30
pre-arb
33
-0.4
0.8
-3.3
Jase Bowen
25
–
35
-0.6
0.5
-4.1
Germán Márquez
31
FA-elig
11
-0.8
1.8
-6.7
Nick Castellanos
34
FA-elig
39
-1.3
0.8
-9.2
Key additions (new vs 2025)
Player
fWAR
Ty France
2.0
Walker Buehler
1.0
Samad Taylor
0.7
Sung-Mun Song
0.6
Luis Rengifo
0.5
Griffin Canning
-0.0
Key subtractions (gone from 2025)
Player
2025 fWAR
Dylan Cease
3.4
Robert Suarez
1.9
Luis Arraez
0.9
Stephen Kolek
0.8
Ryan O'Hearn
0.6
Elias Díaz
0.4
Current & Historical Payroll
2026 payroll
$176.7M
luxury tax $222M
2027 guaranteed
$176.1M
What the front office was committed to as of 2026, 2026–2032.
Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2026; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
current $guaranteed $arbitration (proj)pre-arb (proj)free agentclub optionplayer optionmutual optionvesting option
Summary — luxury-tax (CBT) basis
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Tax threshold
$244M
$247M
$250M
$253M
$256M
$259M
$262M
Guaranteed contracts
$189M
$180M
$146M
$84M
$84M
$72M
Proj. arbitration
$19M
Proj. pre-arbitration
$15M
$1M
Player benefits
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
Total CBT payroll
$240M
$199M
$164M
$102M
$102M
$90M
Tax space
+$4M
+$48M
+$86M
+$151M
+$154M
+$169M
Est. tax bill
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Luxury-tax (CBT) basis: contract AAV + ~$18M benefits/bonus-pool — distinct from the base-salary payroll above. Threshold is the CBA line. Tier-1 payor rates on the overage. Forward years show only guaranteed deals (arb/pre-arb not yet set). Figures are estimates.
Guaranteed / signed (19)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Xander Bogaerts
33
12.042
$25.5M
$25.5M
$25.5M
$25.5M
$25.5M
$25.5M
$25.5M
Manny Machado
33
13.056
$25.1M
$39.1M
$39.1M
$39.1M
$39.1M
$39.1M
$39.1M
Fernando Tatis Jr.
27
7.000
$20.7M
FREE AGENT
Nick Pivetta
33
7.166
$20.5M
$14.0MOPT-OUT
$18.0MPLAYER
FREE AGENT
Jake Cronenworth
32
6.000
$12.3M
$12.3M
$12.3M
$12.3M
$12.3M
FREE AGENT
Michael King
31
6.004
$9.0M
$32.0MOPT-OUT
$34.0MPLAYER
FREE AGENT
Ramón Laureano
31
6.159
$6.5MCLUB
FREE AGENT
Yuki Matsui
30
2.000
$5.8M
$6.5MOPT-OUT
$7.0MPLAYER
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Wandy Peralta
34
8.168
$4.5MOPT-OUT
$4.5MPLAYER
FREE AGENT
Griffin Canning
30
6.075
$2.5M
$5.0MMUTUAL
FREE AGENT
Jackson Merrill
23
2.000
$2.1M
$7.1M
$9.1M
$11.1M
$21.1M
$21.1M
$21.1M
Germán Márquez
31
9.027
$1.8M
$1.8M
FREE AGENT
Walker Buehler
31
7.168
$1.5M
FREE AGENT
Lucas Giolito
31
8.080
$1.5M
$8.0MMUTUAL
FREE AGENT
Miguel Andujar
31
6.053
$1.5M
$8.0MMUTUAL
FREE AGENT
Ty France
31
6.089
$1.4M
FREE AGENT
Kyle Hart
33
1.022
$1.0M
$2.5MCLUB
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Nick Castellanos
34
12.029
$780k
FREE AGENT
Luis Rengifo
29
6.043
$241k
$10.0MMUTUAL
FREE AGENT
Arbitration-eligible (6)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Jason Adam
34
5.132
$6.7M
FREE AGENT
Gavin Sheets
30
4.076
$4.5M
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Adrian Morejon
27
5.140
$3.9M
FREE AGENT
JP Sears
30
3.065
$2.8M
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Luis Campusano
27
3.003
$900k
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Nick Solak
31
5.126
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FREE AGENT
Pre-arbitration (14)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Mason Miller
27
2.166
$4.0M
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Freddy Fermin
31
2.165
$2.1M
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Jeremiah Estrada
27
2.069
$810k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Randy Vásquez
27
1.129
$809k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Ron Marinaccio
30
2.064
$808k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Bryce Johnson
30
1.097
$805k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Matt Waldron
29
1.107
$797k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Jhony Brito
28
2.048
$792k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Bradgley Rodriguez
22
0.020
$783k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Will Wagner
27
0.151
$596k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Samad Taylor
27
1.071
$484k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
David Morgan
26
0.134
$156k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Alek Jacob
28
1.059
$18k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Sung-Mun Song
29
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Graphs
Padres's path through relative payroll × TAB, smoothed; markers grow and the arrow points toward the present. WINDOW cheap&winning · CONTEND expensive&winning · FORCED-SPEND dead zone · REBUILD cheap&losing. Compare franchises →
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Padres 2026; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
What each regime is worth — every settled team-season since 1985