PLAYER SALARIES BY TEAM Top 7 1. New York Yankees $201,449,189 2. New York Mets $149,373,987 ONEY BA 3. Chicago Cubs $134,809,000 IG-M LL 4. Boston Red Sox $121,745,999 B LLIES’ PAYROLL IS HIGH, 5. Detroit Tigers $115,085,145 $13 million PHI 6. Los Angeles Angels $113,709,000 AY BEHIND YANKEES’ 7. Phillies $113,004,046 BUT W Bottom 3 $8.5 million $21.6 million 28. Pittsburgh Pirates $48,693,000 29. San Diego Padres $43,734,200 $3.1 million 30. Florida Marlins $36,834,000 $1.4 million *Player Salaries listed are for the 25 players on the League Championship Series rosters for each team. Teams can change the rosters for the World Series. Total salary figure reflects players on the payroll beyond the 25. Johnny Raul Melky Shane Damon Ibanez Cabrera Victorino $5.4 million LEFTFIELD $8.5 million CENTERFIELD $33 million $3 million $11.3 million $6 million $20.6 million Nick Jayson Swisher Werth Derek Jimmy Jeter Rollins RIGHTFIELD SHORTSTOP $15 million Robinson Chase Cano Utley SECOND BASE $5 million Cliff Lee Mark Ryan A.J. Burnett $5.75 million Teixeira Howard Alex Pedro $16.5 million Rodriguez Feliz Joe Blanton FIRST BASE CC Sabathia $5.5 million THIRD BASE $15.3 million $13.1 million Cole Hamels Andy Pettitte $4.4 million $5.5 million Pedro Martinez TOTAL STARTERS $2 million TOTAL Yankees’ (prorated) STARTERS Phillies’ PAYROLL PAYROLL $475,000 $201,449,189 $113,004,046 Jorge Carlos TM Posada Ruiz YANKEES BULLPEN CATCHER Mariano $15 million Rivera Damaso Marte $3.8 million PHILLIES BULLPEN Joba $432,575 Brad Lidge $11.5 million Chamberlain YANKEES BENCH PHILLIES BENCH Ryan Madson $3 million Phil Hughes $407,650 Hideki Matsui $13 million Matt Stairs $1 million Chan Ho Park $2.5 million David $406,825 Jose Molina $2.1 million Greg Dobbs $1.15 million Robertson Scott Eyre $2 million Jerry Hairston Jr. $2 million Eric Bruntlett $800,000 Alfredo $406,750 Chad Durbin $1.6 million Francisco Cervelli $400,000 Ben Francisco $421,400 Aceves J.A. Happ $405,000 Brett Gardner $414,000 Paul Bako $600,000 Phil Coke $403,300 Antonio $400,000 Freddy Guzman $400,000 Chad Gaudin $2 million Miguel Cairo $500,000 Bastardo JON SNYDER / Staff Artist.