MLB team payrolls for 2025 from highest to lowest
The New York Mets had MLB's largest 2025 payroll on opening day, according to MLB's present-day calculations obtained by USA TODAY Sports.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, thanks largely to Shohei Ohtani's heavily-deferred $700 million contract, had the second-highest. Ohtani is deferring $68 million of his $70 million annual salary, lowering his present-day value.
The figures, compiled by USA TODAY, are calculated by the MLB Labor Relations Department of the present-day value of contracts – including deferrals and signing bonuses – and distributed to all teams are intended to reflect the cash obligations in any given year.
Here's a look at the team-by-team payrolls, based on opening day rosters plus the injured and restricted lists.
2025 MLB payrolls
(On opening day 2025, in present-day value as calculated by MLB)
- New York Mets, $323,099,999
- Los Angeles Dodgers, $321,287,291
- New York Yankees, $293,488,972
- Philadelphia Phillies, $284,210,820
- Toronto Blue Jays, $239,642,532
- Texas Rangers, $220,541,332
- Houston Astros, $220,217,813
- Atlanta Braves, $214,836,398
- San Diego Padres, 208,909,333
- Chicago Cubs, $196,288,250
- Arizona Diamondbacks, $195,294,235
- Boston Red Sox, $193,629,093
- Los Angeles Angels, $190,508,096
- San Francisco Giants, $173,019,524
- Baltimore Orioles, $162,314,278
- Seattle Mariners, $146,793,414
- Detroit Tigers, $143,193,033
- Minnesota Twins, $142,762,022
- St. Louis Cardinals, $141,455,581
- Kansas City Royals, $130,001,503
- Colorado Rockies, $120,693,976
- Cincinnati Reds, $115,466,833
- Milwaukee Brewers, $115,136,227
- Washington Nationals, $107,653,761
- Cleveland Guardians, $100,522,729
- Pittsburgh Pirates, $87,645,246
- Chicago White Sox, $82,279,825
- Tampa Bay Rays, $79,216,312
- Athletics, $73,118,981
- Miami Marlins, $67,412,619
