LFRandy Arozarena 68 · Rob Refsnyder 2 · Luke Raley 1
CFJulio Rodríguez 69 · Luke Raley 1 · Victor Robles 1
RFLuke Raley 56 · Connor Joe 14 · Rob Refsnyder 13
DHDominic Canzone 50 · Rob Refsnyder 24 · Cal Raleigh 11
SPBryan Woo 2.7 · Logan Gilbert 2.6 · George Kirby 2.5 · Emerson Hancock 1.7 · Luis Castillo 0.8
BP★ Andrés Muñoz 10 · Eduard Bazardo 12 · José A. Ferrer 8 · Gabe Speier 8 · Matt Brash 6 · Cooper Criswell 3 · Alex Hoppe 1 · Cole Wilcox 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
Randy Arozarena
31
arb
96
4.3
15.7
+11.4
Bryan Woo
26
pre-arb
19
4.2
0.8
+25.4
Logan Gilbert
29
arb
20
4.1
10.9
+14.9
George Kirby
28
arb
19
3.9
6.5
+17.9
Julio Rodríguez
25
arb
93
3.0
20.2
-1.2
Emerson Hancock
27
pre-arb
19
2.6
0.8
+15.5
Cole Young
22
pre-arb
104
2.5
0.8
+15.0
Dominic Canzone
28
pre-arb
89
2.3
0.8
+13.5
Bryce Miller
27
pre-arb
12
1.8
2.4
+8.9
J.P. Crawford
31
FA-elig
82
1.6
12.0
-1.7
Luis Castillo
33
FA-elig
19
1.3
24.1
-16.3
Andrés Muñoz
27
FA-elig
39
1.2
7.0
+0.7
Eduard Bazardo
30
pre-arb
48
0.9
0.9
+5.0
Brendan Donovan
29
arb
25
0.9
5.8
-0.0
Josh Naylor
29
FA-elig
97
0.8
11.3
-6.1
Luke Raley
31
arb
89
0.7
2.0
+2.5
Cal Raleigh
29
arb
72
0.7
12.7
-8.3
Colt Emerson
20
–
52
0.7
2.0
+2.3
José A. Ferrer
26
–
47
0.5
–
–
Matt Brash
28
arb
20
0.5
1.6
+1.6
Jhonny Pereda
30
pre-arb
19
0.5
0.6
+2.3
Alex Hoppe
27
–
21
0.4
0.7
+2.0
Mitch Garver
35
FA-elig
46
0.2
2.2
-0.8
Casey Legumina↔ TBR
29
–
8
0.2
0.2
+1.3
Victor Robles
29
FA-elig
46
0.2
5.1
-3.8
Cooper Criswell
29
pre-arb
26
0.2
0.8
+0.5
Will Wilson
27
pre-arb
2
0.2
0.7
+0.4
Michael Rucker
32
–
16
-0.0
0.5
-0.5
José Suarez↔ ATL
28
–
1
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
Weston Wilson↔ BAL
31
–
15
-0.0
0.3
-0.4
Cole Wilcox
26
pre-arb
17
-0.0
0.2
-0.3
Gabe Speier
31
arb
32
-0.0
2.1
-2.4
Domingo Gonzalez
26
–
5
-0.1
0.0
-0.6
Buddy Kennedy↔ SFG
27
–
5
-0.1
0.2
-1.0
Ryan Bliss
26
pre-arb
3
-0.1
0.0
-0.9
Nick Davila
27
–
19
-0.2
0.1
-1.3
Connor Joe
33
arb
21
-0.3
0.2
-1.9
Leo Rivas
28
–
38
-0.3
–
–
Miles Mastrobuoni
30
pre-arb
13
-0.4
0.8
-3.3
Josh Simpson
28
pre-arb
4
-0.5
0.0
-3.1
Patrick Wisdom
34
arb
15
-0.7
0.9
-5.1
Rob Refsnyder
35
FA-elig
49
-1.7
6.2
-16.7
Key additions (new vs 2025)
Player
fWAR
Brendan Donovan
0.6
José A. Ferrer
0.3
Jhonny Pereda
0.3
Alex Hoppe
0.3
Cooper Criswell
0.1
Will Wilson
0.1
Key subtractions (gone from 2025)
Player
2025 fWAR
Jorge Polanco
2.6
Eugenio Suárez
0.7
Ben Williamson
0.4
Collin Snider
0.2
Luke Jackson
0.2
Caleb Ferguson
0.1
Current & Historical Payroll
2026 payroll
$160.3M
luxury tax $164M
2027 guaranteed
$98.4M
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
$107M
$88M
$85M
$53M
$53M
$17M
Proj. arbitration
$45M
$2M
Proj. pre-arbitration
$12M
$18M
Player benefits
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
$18M
Total CBT payroll
$182M
$108M
$103M
$71M
$71M
$53M
Tax space
+$62M
+$139M
+$147M
+$182M
+$185M
+$206M
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 (10)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Luis Castillo
33
8.101
$24.1M
$24.1M
$25.0MVEST
FREE AGENT
Julio Rodríguez
25
4.000
$20.2M
$20.2M
$20.2M
$20.2M
$18.0MCLUB
$18.0M
$18.0M
Cal Raleigh
29
4.085
$12.7M
$13.7M
$24.7M
$24.7M
$24.7M
$20.0MMUTUAL
FREE AGENT
J.P. Crawford
31
7.163
$12.0M
FREE AGENT
Josh Naylor
29
6.127
$11.3M
$17.3M
$19.3M
$21.3M
$23.3M
FREE AGENT
Andrés Muñoz
27
6.080
$7.0MCLUB
$8.0MCLUB
$10.0MCLUB
FREE AGENT
Rob Refsnyder
35
7.048
$6.2M
FREE AGENT
Victor Robles
29
7.033
$5.1M
$9.0MCLUB
FREE AGENT
Bryce Miller
27
2.153
$2.4M
$6.1MCLUB
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Mitch Garver
35
8.045
$2.2M
FREE AGENT
Arbitration-eligible (12)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Randy Arozarena
31
5.129
$15.7M
FREE AGENT
Logan Gilbert
29
4.144
$10.9M
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
George Kirby
28
3.151
$6.5M
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Brendan Donovan
29
4.000
$5.8M
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Gabe Speier
31
4.000
$2.1M
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Luke Raley
31
3.106
$2.0M
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Matt Brash
28
3.121
$1.6M
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Patrick Wisdom
34
4.058
$888k
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Michael Rucker
32
3.156
$450k
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Connor Joe
33
4.068
$200k
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
José Suarez
28
4.064
$19k
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
José A. Ferrer
26
3.000
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ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Pre-arbitration (17)
Player
Age
Svc
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
Eduard Bazardo
30
2.118
$923k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Bryan Woo
26
2.121
$832k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Cooper Criswell
29
1.143
$800k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Dominic Canzone
28
2.014
$797k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Emerson Hancock
27
1.059
$793k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Miles Mastrobuoni
30
2.043
$792k
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Cole Young
22
0.121
$786k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Will Wilson
27
0.074
$667k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Alex Hoppe
27
–
$663k
Jhonny Pereda
30
0.140
$592k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Weston Wilson
31
1.097
$290k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Buddy Kennedy
27
1.131
$205k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Cole Wilcox
26
0.012
$171k
Pre-Arb
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Casey Legumina
29
1.111
$155k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Josh Simpson
28
1.099
$46k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Ryan Bliss
26
1.061
$38k
Pre-Arb
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Leo Rivas
28
2.000
—
ARB 1
ARB 2
ARB 3
FREE AGENT
Graphs
Mariners'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 = Mariners 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