Sentence examples for day payrolls from inspiring English sources

No surprise that the Dodgers ($235 million) and Yankees ($204 million) have by far the biggest 2014 opening day payrolls.

Overall, nine clubs see Opening Day payrolls lower than last season at this time (Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, White Sox, DBacks, Athletics, and Padres).

Based on Opening Day payrolls, the Red Sox lead the led the league heading into the season with a player payroll of $224,084,829.

With the 2017 Major League Baseball season getting underway with three games on Sunday, clubs turned in their 25-man rosters, and with it, their Opening Day payrolls.

Recently, Dan Halem, MLB's deputy commissioner and chief labor negotiator, said that even with Opening Day payrolls down 3% from 2017, the percentage that goes to players in baseball remain largely the same.

Their $33.8 million Opening Day payroll was the second-lowest in the majors, behind even the notoriously skinflint Montreal Expos, and the players save a few bucks by getting haircuts from right fielder Jermaine Dye.

Give Giles credit for increasing his opening day payroll from $104 million to $132 million despite the recession.

The drop sees them slip out of second to the Detroit Tigers who have an Opening Day payroll of $199,750,600, up +2% from $195,901,481 last season.

On the down side, for the second straight year, the Milwaukee Brewers claim the lowest Opening Day payroll at $60,810,090, up +1.6% from $59,843,436 last season.

But it is the Brewers that continue to be the team that gets the most from the league with an Opening Day payroll of just $89,767,516 ranking them 25th out of the 30 clubs.

Based on figures from The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Dodgers, once again, top the league with an Opening Day payroll of $225,553,087, that was down -3.9% from 2016 when it was $234,648,955.