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Dominic Diongson

Dodgers players' salaries, including Shohei Ohtani: World Series 2024

Shohei Ohtani Dodgers World Series Yankees Freddie Freeman Mookie Betts Andy Pages Anthony Banda Austin Barnes Blake Treinen

The Los Angeles Dodgers will face the New York Yankees in the World Series for the first time since 1981, when the Dodgers beat the Bronx Bombers.

The two teams have battled each other for the World Series title a total of 11 times, and the Dodgers won two other times, in 1955 and 1963.

Neither the Dodgers nor the Yankees spared any expense to bring some of the best players in Major League Baseball to their teams, and their contracts didn’t come cheap.

Collectively, the Dodgers’ 26-player active roster salary for 2024 amounts to $266 million, compared to $263 million for the Yankees, based on payroll data compiled by Spotrac.

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The highest-paid dodgers players make salaries in the tens of millions, including Shohei Ohtani.
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Shohei Ohtani is the highest-paid Dodgers' player

The highest-paid Dodger on the team's payroll is Shohei Ohtani. In 2023, he signed a 10-year contract valued at $700 million, a record amount for a baseball player. Most of that money will be in deferred payment, but his average salary this year comes out to $70 million.

The second-highest-paid player is shortstop Mookie Betts, who will be paid $30 million this year. In 2020, he signed a 12-year, $365 million contract.

Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers' first baseman, is paid $27 million this year, part of a 6-year, $162 million contract signed in 2022. A World Series win could aid a player set to be in free agency after the season in negotiations for higher pay.

Below is a list of the salaries of active players on the Dodgers roster based on payroll data from Spotrac.

Shohei Ohtani, #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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1. Shohei Ohtani

Salary: $70,000,000
Position: Designated hitter
Age: 30

Mookie Betts, #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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2. Mookie Betts

Salary: $30,000,000
Position: Shortstop/Right fielder
Age: 32

Freddie Freeman, #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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3. Freddie Freeman

Salary: $27,000,000
Position: First baseman
Age: 35

Teoscar Hernández, #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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4. Teoscar Hernández

Salary: $23,500,000
Position: Left fielder/Right fielder
Age: 32

Will Smith, #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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5. Will Smith

Salary: $16,550,000
Position: Catcher
Age: 29

Jack Flaherty, #0 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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6. Jack Flaherty

Salary: $14,500,000
Position: Starting pitcher
Age: 29

Chris Taylor, #3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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7. Chris Taylor

Salary: $13,000,000
Position: Second baseman
Age: 34

Kevin Kiermaier, #93 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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8. Kevin Kiermaier

Salary: $10,500,000
Position: Center fielder
Age: 34

Max Muncy, #13 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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9. Max Muncy

Salary: $9,500,000
Position: Third baseman
Age: 34

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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10. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Salary: $9,166,666
Position: Starting pitcher
Age: 26

Walker Buehler. #21 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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11. Walker Buehler

Salary: $8,025,000
Position: Starting pitcher
Age: 30

Tommy Edman, #25 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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12. Tommy Edman

Salary: $7,000,000
Position: Center fielder
Age: 29

Ryan Brasier, #57 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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13. Ryan Brasier

Salary: $4,500,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 37

Evan Phillips, #59 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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14. Evan Phillips

Salary: $4,000,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 30

Enrique Hernandez, #8 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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15. Enrique Hernández

Salary: $4,000,000
Position: Shortstop
Age: 33

Austin Barnes, #15 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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16. Austin Barnes

Salary: $3,500,000
Position: Catcher
Age: 34

Michael Kopech, #45 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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17. Michael Kopech

Salary: $3,000,000
Position: Starting pitcher/Relief pitcher
Age: 28

Daniel Hudson, #41 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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18. Daniel Hudson

Salary: $2,000,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 37

Brent Honeywell. #40 of the *Los Angeles Dodgers*
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19. Brent Honeywell

Salary: $1,250,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 29

Gavin Lux, #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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20. Gavin Lux

Salary: $1,225,000
Position: Second basemen
Age: 26

Blake Treinen, #49 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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21. Blake Treinen

Salary: $1,000,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 36

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Anthony Banda, #43 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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22. Anthony Banda

Salary: $740,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 31

Ben Casparius, #78 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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23. Ben Casparius

Salary: $740,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 25

Edgardo Henriquez, #60 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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24. Edgardo Henriquez

Salary: $740,000
Position: Relief pitcher
Age: 22

Landon Knack, #96 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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25. Landon Knack

Salary: $740,000
Position: Starting pitcher
Age: 27

Andy Pages, #44 of the Los Angeles Dodgers
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26. Andy Pages

Salary: $740,000
Position: Outfielder
Age: 23

Where and when are the World Series games played?

In the best-of-seven series, the first two games will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, and the following day. After a rest day, the next three games will be played at Yankee Stadium in New York from Monday to Wednesday., If necessary, the final two games, after a rest day, will be played back in Los Angeles.

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