⚽ Sports 2d ago · Ian Casselberry

MLB's average salary increases to $5.34 million for 2026; Mets have baseball's highest payroll at $352 million

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Major League Baseball’s average salary increased to $5.34 million for the 2026 season, according to a study by the Associated Press. That salary represents at 3.4% increase from the $5.16 million that players averaged last year. Despite the uproar over the Los Angeles Dodgers’ offseason spending, the New York Mets actually have baseball’s highest payroll this year at $352 million. (That’s less than the $355.4 million the team spent on salaries in 2023. But the Mets’ 2026 figure is up from last y

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