AP study: MLB average salary hits a record $5.34M as the Mets lead spending again
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average salary rose 3. 4% on opening day to a record $5. 34 million, according to a study by The Associated Press, and the New York Mets topped spending at the season's start for the fourth straight year.
Mets outfielder Juan Soto is the highest-paid player for the second consecutive season at $61. 9 million and was followed by New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger at $42. 5 million.
Philadelphia pitcher Zack Wheeler and Mets third baseman Bo Bichette tied for third at $42 million. Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was fifth at $40.
2 million, just ahead of Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge at $40 million. The Mets' payroll of $352. 2 million was just below the record $355.
4 million they set in 2023 and up from $322. 6 million last year . The Mets' total is more than five times that of Cleveland, the lowest-spending team at $62.
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