In 2019 and 2020 the Diamondbacks entered spring training with payrolls in excess of $123 million. However following the Pandemic shortened season of 2020 the team reduced opening day payroll to an estimated $90-95 million for each of 2021 and 2022. Heading into 2023 the D-backs now project to have an opening day payroll between $114-115 million, or an increase of 20%-25% from the previous two seasons.
“I think the majority of the growth of our team is going to come internally,” General Manager Mike Hazen said. “And that’s a little difficult to predict.