Financial matters
A look at the Twins' financial obligations for their 40-man roster going forward.
Signed for 2016
Player20152016
1B Joe Mauer $23,000,000$23,000,000
RHP Ervin Santana*$13,500,000$13,500,000
RHP Ricky Nolasco$12,000,000$12,000,000
RHP Phil Hughes$9,200,000$9,200,000
C Kurt Suzuki $6,000,000$6,000,000
LHP Glen Perkins$4,650,000$6,300,000
2B Brian Dozier$2,000,000$3,000,000
Arbitration-eligible
Player 2015
3B Trevor Plouffe $4,800,000
RHP Kevin Jepsen** $3,025,000
LHP Tommy Milone $2,775,000
RHP Casey Fien $1,375,000
IF Eduardo Nunez $1,025,000
OF Shane Robinson $550,000
SS Eduardo Escobar $532,500
Pre-arbitration-eligible
Player 2015
RHP Kyle Gibson $537,500
OF Aaron Hicks $515,000
RHP Ryan Pressly $512,500
C Chris Herrmann $510,000
RHP Trevor May $510,000
RHP J.R. Graham $507,500
RHP Tyler Duffey $507,500
LHP Ryan O'Rourke $507,500
OF Eddie Rosario $507,500
3B Miguel Sano $507,500
OF Byron Buxton $507,500
Opening Day roster (25 players)About $108 million
Committed for 2016 (7 players)$73 million
Others on 40-man roster (minimum-salary players)
RHP A.J. Achter
LHP Logan Darnell
RHP Alex Meyer
LHP Aaron Thompson
RHP Michael Tonkin
C Eric Fryer
C Josmil Pinto
IF Jorge Polanco
SS Danny Santana
1B Kennys Vargas
OF Oswaldo Arcia
OF Max Kepler
Free agents
Player 2015
OF Torii Hunter $10,500,000
RHP Mike Pelfrey $5,500,000
LHP Neal Cotts** $3,000,000
LHP Brian Duensing $2,700,000
RHP Blaine Boyer $750,000
Arbitration-eligible players can have their salary set by an independent arbitrator; most will receive significant raises. Most players not yet eligible for arbitration will sign for MLB minimum salary, which has not been established yet but will be about $515,000 in 2016.
* Santana was paid about $6,861,000, after forfeiting 90 days worth of salary due to his suspension for failing a performance-enhancing drug test.
** Jepsen was acquired from Tampa Bay on July 31, so Twins paid about $1,075,000 of his salary. Cotts was acquired from Milwaukee on Aug. 21, so Twins paid about $722,000 of his salary.