Top salaries for Dodgers, Blue Jays players in 2025 World Series

Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Series preview: Who Has the Edge?

USA TODAY Sports’ Gabe Lacques breaks down both sides of the upcoming World Series between the Dodgers and Blue Jays.

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• The Dodgers have the second-highest payroll in MLB, while the Blue Jays rank fifth.
• Starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow is the highest-paid player for the Dodgers, and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero is the highest-paid for the Blue Jays.

Can money buy a World Series championship?

Critics of Major League Baseball might feel that way, especially with the Los Angeles Dodgers looking to defend a title they won last year after signing superstar Shohei Ohtani to a then-record $700 million free-agent contract.

But flexing financial muscle is only part of the equation. Drafting, scouting, player development, leadership and team chemistry all play significant roles as well. Otherwise, the top-spending teams would always make it to the World Series. (Just ask the Mets how their spending has worked out.)

But above everything else, the players are still the biggest factor. Here are the highest-paid players on each team in this year’s World Series.

The salary figures below represent the present-day value of contracts – including deferrals and signing bonuses – as of opening day 2025.

Total 2025 team payrolls

Los Angeles Dodgers: $321,287,291 (2nd-highest in MLB)

Toronto Blue Jays: $239,642,532 (5th-highest in MLB)

Dodgers’ highest-paid players

1. SP Tyler Glasnow: $30 million
2. SP/DH Shohei Ohtani: $28.2 million
3. SP Blake Snell: $26.8 million
4. SS Mookie Betts: $26.2 million
5. 1B Freddie Freeman: $23.4 million
6. OF Michael Conforto: $17 million
7. 3B Max Muncy: $14.3 million
8. SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto: $14.2 million
9. OF Teoscar Hernandez: $13.5 million
10. OF Chris Taylor: $13 million

Blue Jays’ highest-paid players

1. 1B Vladimir Guerrero: $28.5 million
2. OF George Springer: $24.2 million
3. SP Kevin Gausman: $23 million
4. SP Chris Bassitt: $22 million
5. SP Jose Berrios: $19 million
6. SS Bo Bichette: $17.6 million
7. SP Max Scherzer: $15.5 million
8. 2B Andres Gimenez: $11 million
9. RP Chad Green: $10.5 million
10. DH Anthony Santander: $$10.5 million