The Los Angeles Dodgers have built themselves a superteam thanks in part to some creative accounting that's seen the franchise kicking money down the road using deferred payments.
Right now, the Dodgers are flying high as the defending World Series champions, and they'll be competing for the Fall Classic for years to come.
There is a cost for that, of course, and Spotrac's Michael Ginnitti reported Wednesday that the team owes $1.836 billion in cash on every current Dodger multi-year contract.
- DH/SP Shohei Ohtani: $698M through 2043 ($680 million deferred 2034-2043)
- IF/OF Mookie Betts: $297M through 2044 ($115 million deferred 2033-2044)
- SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto: $270M through 2035 (no deferred money)
- SP Blake Snell: $182M through 2046 ($65.