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Alex Gordon is tops on list of Royals salaries


Royals left fielder Alex Gordon will be the highest-paid player on the team this season.
Royals left fielder Alex Gordon will be the highest-paid player on the team this season. The Kansas City Star

Left fielder Alex Gordon will be the highest-paid player for the Royals this season, with a salary of $13.75 million. Below are the 2015 salaries for players on the active roster, disabled list and the restricted list as March 31. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and prorated shares of signing bonuses and other guaranteed income.

2015 Royals salaries

Alex Gordon

$13,750,000

Alex Rios

9,500,000

Jeremy Guthrie

9,000,000

Jason Vargas

8,500,000

Greg Holland

8,250,000

Omar Infante

7,500,000

Edinson Volquez

7,500,000

Wade Davis

7,000,000

Kendrys Morales

6,500,000

Eric Hosmer

5,650,000

Luke Hochevar

4,000,000

Alcides Escobar

3,000,000

Lorenzo Cain

2,725,000

Mike Moustakas

2,640,000

Danny Duffy

2,425,000

Kris Medlen*

2,000,000

Salvador Perez

1,750,000

Kelvin Herrera

1,600,000

Tim Collins

1,475,000

Jason Frasor

1,250,000

Jarrod Dyson

1,225,000

Louis Coleman

725,000

Chris Young

675,000

Yordano Ventura

535,675

Erik Kratz

532,500

Christian Colon

509,525

Brian Flynn

508,450

Paulo Orlando

507,500

* disabled list

This story was originally published March 31, 2015 at 5:33 PM with the headline "Alex Gordon is tops on list of Royals salaries."

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