$1.62 billion

The Dodgers are close to finalizing a 25-year deal with Time Warner Cable worth as much as $8.5 billion. The deal would kick off next season. The Dodgers opening day payroll in 2012 was $105 million, but this year's is over $200 million thanks to a flurry of trades, contract extensions and free agent signings.

Los Angeles Dodgers' Hanley Ramirez breaks his bat as he hits an RBI-single during the fifth inning of the second game of a MLB inter-league baseball game double-header against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York, June 19, 2013. [Photo/Agencies]