NEW YORK – Major League Baseball payrolls plunged to $1.75 billion during the pandemic-shortened season from $4.22 billion, and the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers led with $98.6 million — the smallest for the top spender in 20 years.Base wages for 40-man rosters tumbled to $1.54 billion, according to information sent from Major League Baseball to teams on Friday night and obtained by The Associated Press.
That was down from $3.99 billion in 2019.Prorated portions of signing bonuses totaled $120.6 million, down slightly from $122.8 million.