Braves Journal · May 12, 2020
Atlanta Braves 2021 Payroll
It’s never too early to look toward next year, especially when the 2020 MLB season is in jeopardy of not even being a thing (my opinion, now, is that we see baseball at some point this year). The Braves signed a lot of free agents this offseason, some to multi-year deals, some to 1-year “prove-it” deals. For this exercise, we will look at committed money for 2021, arb-eligible players, as well as pre-arbitration guys to get a feel of what the Atlanta Braves 2021 payroll currently looks like, and use the 2020 season payroll as a baseline for 2021. That baseline is roughly 150 million.
Leaving via Free Agency
Atlanta Braves 2021 Payroll: Committed Salaries
Freddie Freeman: 22.5MM
Will Smith: 13MM