Scrape Team Active Payroll Breakdown from Spotrac

This function allows you to scrape a team's active payroll from Spotrac.

Usage

sptrc_team_active_payroll(team_abbr, year = most_recent_mlb_season())

Arguments

team_abbr

Team abbreviation

year

Year to load

Value

A data frame of contract data.

col_name	types	description
year	numeric	Payroll season.
team	character	Team abbreviation supplied to the function.
player_name	character	Player name.
roster_status	character	Payroll table the row came from: Active, IL, or Retained Salary.
pos	character	Player position.
exp	character	Years of MLB service experience.
options_minor	character	Remaining minor-league option years.
status	character	Contract status (e.g. signed, arbitration, pre-arbitration).
payroll_salary	numeric	Salary counted against the team payroll (USD).
payroll_salary_adjusted	numeric	Payroll salary adjusted for prorated and retained amounts (USD).
base_salary	numeric	Player base salary for the season (USD).
signing_bonus	numeric	Signing bonus allocated to the season (USD).
waiver_options	character	Waiver and option flags reported by Spotrac.

Columns after roster_status mirror Spotrac's current payroll table and may change as Spotrac updates its layout.

Examples

# \donttest{
 try(sptrc_team_active_payroll(team_abbr = "BAL", year = most_recent_mlb_season()))
#> ✖ 2026-09-10 00:50:35.389782: Invalid arguments or no contract data available!
#> data frame with 0 columns and 0 rows
# }