AP: Dodgers’ payroll is $272.8 million, still highest in the majors. Posted on March 31, 2015 by J.P. Hoornstra The Dodgers’ Opening Day payroll projects to approximately $272.8 million, easily the highest in baseball, according to the Associated Press. The New York Yankees rank second at $219.2 million. The Dodgers have two of baseball’s three highest-paid players. Clayton Kershaw is making $31 million in the first year of his new contract extension. Zack Greinke is third at $27 million.