South Carolina’s Board of Trustees governance committee approved new baseball coach Paul Mainieri’s hiring and contract in a meeting last Tuesday. His deal will run for five years with an annual ...

For the longest time, the salary disparities between baseball and football have made it easy to say that, for a player of equal talent in both sports, baseball made more sense financially. And that ...

It may be easy to look at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ record-setting payroll and back-to-back World Series titles and think that baseball desperately needs a salary cap. After all, the Dodgers’ total ...

Major League Baseball’s average salary increased to $5.34 million for the 2026 season, according to a study by the Associated Press. That salary represents a 3.4% increase from the $5.16 million that ...

In football, hockey and basketball, the issue is how teams deal with the salary cap, luxury tax, etc. But none of the fans in those cities have to deal with teams spending three times as much as other ...

Juan Soto holds the title. In December, he agreed to a 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets, the largest deal in professional sports history. His salary in 2025 will be $61.88 million, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of increase for Major League Baseball’s average salary slowed to 1.4% last year while setting a record average at $4,721,393, according to final figures from the players’ ...

Over the past two offseasons, the Los Angeles Dodgers have committed more than $2 billion in future player salaries, reigniting debate about whether a salary cap would ease the equity woes across the ...

The 2026 salaries for the 942 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and injured lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include ...

As the SEC continues to establish itself as the top conference in college baseball, its coaches continue to reap the benefits in their compensation. Eight public-school coaches will make over $1 ...