Baltimore is 29th at $60 million, with Pittsburgh ($71 million) and Tampa Bay ($75 million) just above.Īngels third baseman Anthony Rendon was fourth at $36.8 million, followed by Angels outfielder Mike Trout ($37.1 million), Cole ($36 million), Texas shortstop Corey Seager ($35 million), Correa ($33.3 million), St. World Series champion Houston is 11th at $193 million. The Yankees are second at $275 million followed by San Diego ($258 million), NL champion Philadelphia ($236 million), the Dodgers ($222 million), the Angels ($212 million) and Toronto ($210 million). Their spending rose to $186 million in 2021 and $266 million last year, when they started second to the Dodgers but wound up first after Los Angeles pitcher Trevor Bauer was suspended for most of the season without pay. Steve Cohen has boosted payroll steadily since buying the Mets, who were at $154 million in 2019, the last full season under the Wilpon and Katz families. Oakland was last at $58 million - less than the combined salaries of Mets pitchers Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, who tied for the major league high of $43.3 million. The New York Mets led the way with a $355 million payroll, $70 million more than the previous high for a season’s start. “It’s a step in the right direction,” said Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien, part of the union’s eight-member executive subcommittee who helped negotiate the CBA. The surge follows a spending spree in the first offseason since players and owners agreed to a five-year collective bargaining agreement last March. The average Major League Baseball salary was up 11.1% to a record $4.9 million to start this season, the largest jump for the sport since 2001, according to a study by The Associated Press. NEW YORK (AP) - A year removed from a labor lockout that postponed opening day, major league players are enjoying their biggest salary spike in more than two decades.
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