
The average salary when opening-day rosters are finalized Sunday will break the $4 million benchmark for the first time, according to a study of all major league contracts by The Associated Press. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw tops players at $31 million and Los Angeles projects to open the season with a payroll at about $270 million, easily a record. ''We're enjoying a tremendously bountiful season in baseball,'' said Toronto pitcher R.A. Dickey, the 2012 NL Cy Young Award winner with the New York Mets.
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