Here’s a list of the 2014 salaries for the Major League Baseball teams. You can get a look at the individual player salaries from USA Today’s website. Individual rankings are interesting because you have to look past 65 players to get to the Royal’s top paid player, James Shields at #66. To find the highest paid “active” player on the Giants roster you’ll go to #29 for Tim Lineceum and further down to #89 for Buster Posey. But the real surprise was Madison Bumgarner who’s way down the list at #271. I’ll bet that’s going to change in the near future huh? Of course, you have to look at the total number of years in the individual contracts to see what the actual value is.
So the question is “Did they get what they paid for?” I’d say the Kansas City Royals management is feeling pretty good about themselves right now, ranking #18 out of 30 for highest salaries and still producing the top American League team in the nation.
| RANK | TEAM | CURRENT | DIFF | AVG SALARY | |
| 1 | Dodgers | $241,128,402 | $ – | $7,778,335 | |
| 2 | Yankees | $208,830,659 | $ – | $8,031,948 | |
| 3 | Phillies | $179,521,056 | $ – | $5,791,001 | |
| 4 | Tigers | $163,078,526 | $ – | $5,824,233 | |
| 5 | Red Sox | $154,380,395 | $ – | $5,717,792 | |
| 6 | Giants | $148,239,158 | $ – | $5,490,339 | |
| 7 | Nationals | $134,366,735 | $ – | $4,798,811 | |
| 8 | Rangers | $132,491,596 | $ – | $4,140,362 | |
| 9 | Blue Jays | $129,427,700 | $ – | $4,793,618 | |
| 10 | Angels | $128,046,500 | $ – | $4,415,396 | |
| 11 | Reds | $112,378,771 | $ – | $3,405,417 | |
| 12 | Diamondbacks | $111,798,833 | $ – | $3,726,627 | |
| 13 | Cardinals | $108,020,360 | $ – | $3,857,870 | |
| 14 | Orioles | $105,084,121 | $ – | $3,389,810 | |
| 15 | Brewers | $102,724,338 | $ – | $3,804,605 | |
| 16 | Rockies | $99,579,071 | $ – | $3,688,113 | |
| 17 | Braves | $97,855,673 | $ – | $3,156,634 | |
| 18 | Royals | $90,481,500 | $ – | $3,351,166 | |
| 19 | Padres | $89,881,695 | $ – | $2,899,409 | |
| 20 | White Sox | $89,551,982 | $ – | $3,316,740 | |
| 21 | Mariners | $89,539,642 | $ – | $3,087,573 | |
| 22 | Twins | $84,912,500 | $ – | $3,396,500 | |
| 23 | Mets | $84,281,011 | $ – | $3,121,518 | |
| 24 | Indians | $82,500,800 | $ – | $3,055,585 | |
| 25 | Rays | $82,035,490 | $ – | $2,828,810 | |
| 26 | Pirates | $77,845,999 | $ – | $2,883,185 | |
| 27 | Athletics | $77,220,900 | $ – | $2,490,996 | |
| 28 | Cubs | $74,546,356 | $ – | $2,662,369 | |
| 29 | Astros | $44,985,800 | $ – | $1,606,635 | |
| 30 | Marlins | $41,836,900 | $ – | $1,549,514 |
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