Here is a list of players on the Yankees 40-man roster and their salaries per Cot’s. Players without salaries next to their names are either in the minors or earning at or near the major league minimum. These are their 2012 salaries.
PITCHERS:
- **David Aardsma……..$500K
- +Dellin Betances
- *Cesar Cabral (Rule 5 draftee)
- **Joba Chamberlain…….$1.675
- Cody Eppley
- **Pedro Feliciano……….$4M
- Freddy Garcia…………..$4M
- Phil Hughes……………$3.2M
- Hiroki Kuroda………..$10M
- Boone Logan……….$1.875M
- *Brad Meyers (Rule 5 draftee)
- +D.J. Mitchell
- Ivan Nova……………..$433K
- Andy Pettitte…………$2.5M
- David Phelps
- **Michael Pineda………$414K
- Clay Rapada
- **Mariano Rivera………$15M
- *David Robertson…….$1.6M
- CC Sabathia……………$23M
- Rafael Soriano………..$11M
- +Justin Thomas
- Cory Wade……………$508K
CATCHERS
- +Francisco Cervelli…..$456K
- Russell Martin……….$7.5M
- **Austin Romine
- Chris Stewart
INFIELDERS
- +David Adams
- Robinson Cano……….$14M
- Eric Chavez………….$900K
- Derek Jeter…………..$16M
- +Corban Joseph
- +Brandon Laird
- Jayson Nix
- +Eduardo Nunez……….$419K
- +Ramiro Pena
- Alex Rodriguez…………$29M
- Mark Teixeira……….$22.5M
OUTFIELDERS
- +Zoilo Almonte
- *Brett Gardner…………..$2.8M
- Curtis Granderson……..$10M
- Raul Ibanez……………….$1.1M
- Andruw Jones……………..$2M
- +Melky Mesa
- Nick Swisher…………$10.25M
- Dewayne Wise
* on the 15-day DL
** on the 60-day DL
+ not on the active roster
As of 5-14-12, the Yankees are paying out $195.760 million in major league salaries not counting rookies. They are also paying A.J. Burnett $11.5 million to play for the Pirates for a total of $207.26 million. This is not the final number that goes toward the luxury tax. All of these numbers were either reported on this site or taken from Cot’s Baseball Contracts.
Notable players not on the 40-man roster
- Manny Banuelos, LHP
- Adam Warren, RHP
- Chris Dickerson, OF
- Manny Delcarmen, RHP
- Russell Branyan, 1B/3B/DH
- Jack Cust, DH
