A-Rod nearly outearns Kansas City Royals [View All]

[El Supremo]

The Kansas City Royals are barely making more than Alex Rodriguez(notes) this year.

The salaries for Kansas City’s 27 players on its opening-day roster and disabled lists total $36.1 million, according to an analysis of major league contracts by The Associated Press.

A-Rod alone makes $32 million atop the New York Yankees’ $201.7 million payroll. He is baseball’s highest-paid player for the 11th straight year.

Overall, baseball salaries were nearly flat for this season, which started Thursday. The average salary for the 844 players on opening-day rosters and disabled lists was about $3.3 million, up just 0.2 percent from last year. The increase was the lowest since a 2.7 percent drop in 2004.

Kansas City’s payroll was cut in half from $72.3 million at the start of 2010. The Royals traded Zack Greinke, and Gil Meche(notes) retired....

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