MLB 2024 Team Payrolls

[Auggie]

As of March 24, 2024 ... and subject to change.


Team / 26-Man Payroll / Injured / Retained* / Buried** / Suspended*** / Total
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N.Y. Mets / $213,430,000 / $18,690,00 / $64,433,333 / $7,100,000 / xxxx / $301,513,333
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N.Y. Yankees / $232,031,666 / $45,560,000 / $14,760,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $290,041,666
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Houston / $182,433,333 / $56,179,808 / $1,000,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $237,303,141
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Philadelphia / $215,332,617 / $20,390,000 / $1,000,000 / $1,000,000 / xxxx / $236,182,617
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Atlanta / $195,720,000 / $770,000 / $26,370,000 / $6,825,000 / xxxx / $224,315,000
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Texas / $143,510,000 / $77,515,000 / xxxx / xxxx / xxxx / $220,255,000
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Toronto / $198,076,784 / $20,070,000 / $2,500,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $219,876,784
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L.A. Dodgers / $185,591,666 / $25,030,000 / $7,100,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $217,691,666
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Chi. Cubs / $170,885,000 / $23,305,000 / $19,216,667 / $5,510,000 / xxxx / $215,480,000
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San Francisco / $138,799,999 / $39,295,000 / $11,362,91 / xxxx / xxxx / $187,917,909
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St. Louis / $138,296,667 / $23,540,000 / $3,000,000 / $1,005,000 / xxxx / $164,301,667
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Boston / $113,434,847 / $24,160,000 / $24,940,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $160,224,847
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L.A. Angels / $139,078,094 / $13,380,000 / $2,500,000 / $4,400,000 / xxxx / $157,818,094
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San Diego / $137,405,453 / $2,310,000 / $16,093,333 / $1,750,000 / xxxx / $152,915,453
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Colorado / $93,875,000 / $32,260,000 / $5,000,000 / $1,250,000 / xxxx / $132,385,000
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Arizona / $99,271,716 / $16,270,000 / $16,000,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $130,771,716
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Seattle / $114,758,333 / $2,310,000 / $19,500,000 / $900,000 / xxxx / $129,158,333
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Minnesota / $107,924,390 / $8,742,200 / xxxx / $2,250,000 / xxxx / $118,146,590
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White Sox / $104,123,333 / $3,830,000 / $10,600,000 / $1,300,000 / xxxx / $116,773,333
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Kansas City / $87,807,070 / $8,082,500 / $10,100,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $105,219,570
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Detroit / $85,523,933 / $770,000 / $8,933,333 / $1,550,000 / xxxx / $95,073,933
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Milwaukee / $72,534,960 / $17,750,000 / $1,750,000 / $2,450,000 / xxxx / $94,484,960
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Baltimore / $81,503,500 / $5,095,000 / $7,666,668 / xxxx / xxxx / $93,495,168
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Washington / $68,100,000 / $26,651,429 / xxxx / xxxx / xxxx / $91,671,429
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Cincinnati / $78,463,33 / $5,780,000 / $9,250,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $88,873,333
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Tampa Bay / $71,291,667 / $15,319,800 / $11,825,000 / $2,454,545 / xxxx / $87,216,012
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Miami / $70,700,000 / $13,665,000 / $8,250,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $86,535,000
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Cleveland / $65,621,428 / $6,182,500 / $10,500,000 / $4,900,000 / xxxx / $86,433,928
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Pittsburgh / $67,239,000 / $7,855,000 / xxxx / xxxx / xxxx / $72,014,000
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Oakland / $29,805,000 / $16,760,000 / $2,000,000 / xxxx / xxxx / $46,255,000
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*Retained: Players released, bought out, or traded.
**Buried: Any player buried in the minor leagues with major league contract earnings.
***Suspended: Players currently on the reserved/suspended list.
xxxx: Not applicable, not reported, unknown, whatever.

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I include retained and buried salaries since they can represent (IMO) the advantage of speculative and/or reckless decisions that larger market teams (and teams with favorable media contracts), operating without a true spending cap, are able to take with near impunity.

Surprised to see the Dodgers ranked at 8th. Expected higher.

Source: https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/

Comments?

[True Dough]

1. How do I

make a donation? Those poor Oakland A's need a few bucks!




The Dodgers would rate much higher if they hadn't been allowed to defer almost all of Shoehei Ohtani's salary for 10 years. He's making $2 million per season until 2034, then he starts getting paid $68 million annually until 2043. It shouldn't be allowed, IMO.

[Auggie]

3. Ahh, yes -- the deferred payment

Forgot about that. Thanks True Dough.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. See My Post #10

Also references the A's.

[JT45242]

2. Thanks for the proof that baseball is broken...

The dodgers deferred a ton of the money they are paying to Shohei and others.

Without nba or NFL style revenue sharing, MLB will have the same 10 ish teams winning with 10 being basically glorified farm teams.

As a reds fan, it is disappointing to know that we have zero chance of sustainable success with that payroll.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Tell me about it. I'm a Cleveland fan.

[Auggie]

5. As a long-time Guardians fan I'll be complete with a Central Division title

That'll be my championship -- probably more obtainable than an A.L. Wild Card.

It was tough enough to win against big markets like Houston, Texas, N.Y. Yankees, Boston, Toronto on a yearly basis, but now Cleveland must face L.A. Dodgers, N.Y. Mets, Phillies, Braves, San Diego and San Francisco as well.

[WestMichRad]

7. I hear ya!

I’m a Brewers fan, and have adjusted my hopes similarly… it’s all about winning the division. Anything beyond that would be gravy (but there hasn’t been any gravy in several years, despite making the playoffs in most years recently).

[WestMichRad]

6. It would be interesting...

… to compare last year’s team payroll to the number of regular season wins they achieved. Pretty sure the Mets had the highest $/win ratio, given that they were one of the teams with the highest payroll… and they basically sucked on the field.

[TxGuitar]

8. "Surprised to see the Dodgers ranked at 8th. Expected higher."

Ohtani lost a lot of it on the Super Bowl.

[Brother Buzz]

9. Surprised to see the Giants ranked at 10th. Expected lower.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Same Surprise

I know the Ohtani contract pushes tons of money into the distant future, but with him, Betts, Freeman, et al, I sure didn't expect their load to be only $2.5 million higher than the Cubs.
Naturally, Oakland is leading the league in steals. Per Statista, their revenues (lowest in MLB) was $212 million!

[True Dough]

12. No wonder the franchise wants out of Oakland!

Then again, I cannot blame the fans for not supporting that horrid product on the field.

It's a vicious circle!

At least they can go back and watch the movie "Moneyball" to make themselves feel better.

[Auggie]

13. I wont spend a dime on the A's

Used to, a long time ago … in galaxy far, far away.

[True Dough]

14. The Dodgers are still dishing out the dough...

Catcher Will Smith and the Dodgers agreed to a 10-year, $140 million contract extension, it was announced Wednesday, the latest deal in an offseason of massive spending by a Los Angeles team that is locking up its core members.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39821532/sources-dodgers-smith-close-10-year-140m-deal

[Auggie]

17. Dodgers moved to #7 at $220,691,666

[True Dough]

15. The A's are going for broke...

Link to tweet

[Auggie]

16. LOL