The Dodgers 2011 opening day payroll is a shade over $113 million, an increase of 21.3% over last year. This includes actual money paid out this year to the 25 players on the active roster, any players on the disabled list, and any "dead money," which are deferred payments or buyouts to players no longer here.
The Dodgers have $96,871,500 committed to the 25 players on their opening day roster and five on the disabled list. In addition, they have $16,327,596 in dead money, the bulk of that going to the three members of the White Sox Outfield Exchange Program®. Here are the 2011 salary commitments for the Dodgers:
| Dodgers Payroll | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Roster | |||
| Pos | Player | 2011 Salary | Comments |
| C | Rod Barajas | $3,250,000 | |
| 1B | James Loney | $4,875,000 | |
| 2B | Jamey Carroll | $2,500,000 | |
| 3B | Juan Uribe | $5,000,000 | |
| SS | Rafael Furcal | $12,000,000 | |
| LF | Tony Gwynn |
$675,000 | |
| CF | Matt Kemp | $7,100,000 | |
| RF | Andre Ethier | $9,250,000 | will not be non-tendered next winter |
| OF | Marcus Thames | $1,000,000 | |
| OF | Xavier Paul | $419,500 | |
| IF | Ivan DeJesus | $414,000 | |
| IF | Aaron Miles | $500,000 | |
| C/1B | Hector Gimenez | $425,000 | |
| C | A.J. Ellis | $421,000 | |
| SP | Clayton Kershaw | $500,000 | |
| SP | Chad Billingsley | $6,275,000 | |
| SP | Ted Lilly | $7,500,000 | |
| SP | Hiroki Kuroda | $8,000,000 | |
| CL | Jonathan Broxton | $7,000,000 | |
| LHP | Hong-Chih Kuo | $2,725,000 | |
| RHP | Matt Guerrier | $1,500,000 | |
| RHP | Kenley Jansen | $416,000 | |
| RHP | Lance Cormier | $800,000 | |
| RHP | Mike MacDougal | $500,000 | |
| RHP | Blake Hawksworth | $426,000 | |
| Total Active Roster | $83,471,500 | (2010 was $77,899,260; up 7.2%) | |
| Disabled List |
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| Pos | Player | 2011 Salary | Comments |
| 3B | Casey Blake | $5,250,000 | |
| OF | Jay Gibbons | $650,000 | |
| SP | Jon Garland | $3,500,000 | |
| P | Vicente Padilla | $3,000,000 | includes deferred bonus from 2009 |
| C | Dioner Navarro | $1,000,000 | |
|
Total Disabled List |
$13,400,000 | (2010 was $950,000) | |
|
Total Active Roster + DL |
$96,871,500 | (2010 was $78,849,260; up 22.9%) | |
| Dead Money |
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| Player | 2011 Salary | Comments | |
| Manny Ramirez | $7,677,596 | deferred 2009-2010 salary | |
| Andruw Jones | $3,375,000 | deferred 2009 salary | |
| Juan Pierre | $3,500,000 | paying part of salary | |
| Jason Schmidt | $1,500,000 | deferred signing bonus | |
| Brad Ausmus | $150,000 | option buyout | |
| Octavio Dotel | $125,000 | half of option buyout | |
|
Total Dead Money |
$16,327,596 | (2010 was $14,490,000; up 12.7%) | |
|
Total 2011 Dodgers Payroll |
$113,199,096 | (2010 was $93,399,260; up 21.3%) | |
For more details on each specific player, you can use our payroll database.