The Los Angeles Dodgers will face the New York Yankees in the World Series for the first time since 1981, when the Dodgers beat the Bronx Bombers. The two teams have battled each other for the World Series title a total of 11 times, and the Dodgers won two other times, in 1955 and 1963.

Neither the Dodgers nor the Yankees spared any expense to bring some of the best players in Major League Baseball to their teams, and their contracts didn’t come cheap. Collectively, the Dodgers’ 26-player active roster salary for 2024 amounts to $266 million, compared to $263 million for the Yankees, based on data compiled by Spotrac.

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Who are the highest-paid Dodgers players?

The highest-paid Dodger is Shohei Ohtani. In 2023, he signed a 10-year contract valued at $700 million, a record amount for a baseball player. Most of that money will be in deferred payment, but his average salary this year comes out to $70 million.

The second-highest-paid player is shortstop Mookie Betts, who will be paid $30 million this year. In 2020, he signed a 12-year, $365 million contract. Freddie Freeman, the first baseman, is paid $27 million this year, part of a 6-year, $162 million contract signed in 2022.

Below is a list of the salaries of active players on the Dodgers roster, based on payroll data from Spotrac. 

1. Shohei Ohtani

• Salary: $70,000,000
• Position: Designated hitter
• Age: 30

2. Mookie Betts

• Salary: $30,000,000 
• Position: Shortstop/Right fielder
• Age: 32

3. Freddie Freeman

• Salary: $27,000,000
• Position: First baseman
• Age: 35

4. Teoscar Hernández

• Salary: $23,500,000
• Position: Left fielder/Right fielder
• Age: 32

5. Will Smith

• Salary: $16,550,000
• Position: Catcher
• Age: 29

6. Jack Flaherty

• Salary: $14,500,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 29

7. Chris Taylor

• Salary: $13,000,000
• Position: Second baseman
• Age: 34

8. Kevin Kiermaier

• Salary: $10,500,000
• Position: Center fielder
• Age: 34

9. Max Muncy

• Salary: $9,500,000
• Position: Third baseman
• Age: 34

10. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

• Salary: $9,166,666
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 26

11. Walker Buehler

• Salary: $8,025,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 30

12. Tommy Edman

• Salary: $7,000,000
• Position: Center fielder
• Age: 29

13. Ryan Brasier

• Salary: $4,500,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 37

14. Evan Phillips

• Salary: $4,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 30

15. Enrique Hernández

• Salary: $4,000,000
• Position: Shortstop
• Age: 33

16. Austin Barnes

• Salary: $3,500,000
• Position: Catcher
• Age: 34

17. Michael Kopech

• Salary: $3,000,000
• Position: Starting pitcher/Relief pitcher
• Age: 28

18. Daniel Hudson

• Salary: $2,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 37

19. Brent Honeywell

• Salary: $1,250,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 29

20. Gavin Lux

• Salary: $1,225,000
• Position: Second basemen
• Age: 26

21. Blake Treinen

• Salary: $1,000,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 36

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22. Anthony Banda

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 31

23. Ben Casparius

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 25

24. Edgardo Henriquez

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Relief pitcher
• Age: 22

25. Landon Knack

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Starting pitcher
• Age: 27

26. Andy Pages

• Salary: $740,000
• Position: Outfielder
• Age: 23

Where and when are the World Series games played?

In the best-of-seven series, the first two games will be played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, and the following day. After a rest day, the next three games will be played at Yankee Stadium in New York from Monday to Wednesday., If necessary, the final two games, after a rest day, will be played back in Los Angeles.

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