MLB payrolls 2025: Full list of every baseball team from highest to lowest.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, the defending World Series champions, have become the Evil Empire on the West Coast.
The Dodgers, thanks to heavily deferred contracts to Shohei Ohtani and most of their biggest stars, have an opening-day payroll of $321.3 million, second to the Mets’ payroll of $323.1.
The Dodgers’ secret is the deferred payments that dramatically lower the present-day value of the contracts, led by Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million contact, which also lowers their luxury-tax commitment and penalties.
Ohtani is deferring $68 million of his $70 million annual salary, lowering his present-day value.
The wave of deferred contracts throughout baseball leaves Juan Soto of the New York Mets as baseball’s highest-paid player. He signed a record 15-year, $765 million contract in December with no deferrals. His salary is calculated at $61.875 this year by MLB, easily the highest in baseball history
There are 30 club teams by state of MLB . They have different avg. payrolls, team salaries according to their performance.
Here are the MLB 2025 team payrolls:
Finally, the team-by-team payrolls, according to the AP's research:
(In present-day value calculated by MLB)
1. New York Mets, $323,099,999
2. Los Angeles Dodgers, $321,287,291
3. New York Yankees, $293,488,972
4. Philadelphia Phillies, $284,210,820
5. Toronto Blue Jays, $239,642,532
6. Texas Rangers, $220,541,332
7. Houston Astros, $220,217,813
8. Atlanta Braves, $214,836,398
9. San Diego Padres, 208,909,333
10. Chicago Cubs, $196,288,250
Arizona Diamondbacks, $195,294,235
12. Boston Red Sox, $193,629,093
Los Angeles Angels, $190,508,096
14. San Francisco Giants, $173,019,524
15. Baltimore Orioles, $162,314,278
Seattle Mariners, $146,793,414
17. Detroit Tigers, $143,193,033
Minnesota Twins, $142,762,022
19. St. Louis Cardinals, $141,455,581
20. Kansas City Royals, $130,001,503
21. Colorado Rockies, $120,693,976
Cincinnati Reds, $115,466,833
23. Milwaukee Brewers, $115,136,227
Washington Nationals, $107,653,761
25. Cleveland Guardians, $100,522,729
26. Pittsburgh Pirates, $87,645,246
Chicago White Sox, $82,279,825
28. Tampa Bay Rays, $79,216,312
Athletics, $73,118,981
30. Miami Marlins, $67,412,619
Source : http://apnews.com/
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