The Los Angeles Dodgers don't structure their contracts the same way that some other teams do.
And that can create some serious quirks, like when it comes to a Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Tucker salary stat shared by USA Today's Bob Nightengale on Wednesday.
The stat: The Dodgers will pay Ohtani and Tucker a combined $3 million total in actual salaries this season.
Of course, they're actually going to make more, in different ways.
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Almost all of Ohtani's contract is deferred money.
He's set to get $2 million in salary and eventually earn $68 million for the 2026 season at a later date via deferral.
Tucker has a signing bonus. He'll be paid $64 million before spring training.
Then, in the season itself, Tucker will get just a $1 million salary.
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It's all about asset and cap management for the Dodgers, who obviously don't mind going well into the luxury tax but also want to put together the deals that are both best for their players and best for their team.
The back-to-back World Series champions have the best roster in baseball, in large part because they shell out the big bucks.
Tucker and Ohtani are just two examples of a remarkable payroll that makes the Dodgers unlike any other club in baseball.
And even then, you can come up with oddball salary stats like the one Nightengale shared to show that the Dodgers are different even in their extreme payments, too.
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