Manny Ramirez, Max Scherzer and Each MLB Team's Contract Deferral Payments Due in '25

There's been a lot of discussion this offseason about deferred money.

A year ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers deferred $680 million of Shohei Ohtani's 10-year, $700 million contract to be paid out in $68 million installments every July 1 from 2034-2043.

This offseason—much to the chagrin of fans of other teams—the Dodgers have deferred significant portions of contracts with Blake Snell, Tommy Edman, Michael Conforto and Tanner Scott into the future.

Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts also each have deferred money set to be paid out after their current contracts expire. Whether or not this should be allowed for the purposes of manipulating the luxury-tax threshold, it is for now, and the Dodgers are taking full advantage of it.

The Dodgers are hardly the only team that has deferred money into the future, but no one has come close to this extent.

But in terms of deferred money set to be paid out in 2025, the Dodgers actually don't stand out. Here's a look at the deferred money that each team has to pay out this season, if any, along with how much it counts toward the luxury tax threshold. It should be noted that retained dollars—such as declined options or money being paid out to released players—is not categorized as deferred.

*All salary information is courtesy of Spotrac

Baltimore Orioles

- Chris Davis: $9.17 million salary/ $2.18 million luxury tax threshold number

- Alex Cobb: $4.75 million salary/$5.06 million luxury tax threshold number

- Bobby Bonilla: $500,000 salary/$2.5 million luxury tax threshold number

Boston Red Sox

- Dustin Pedroia: $2.5 million salary/$2.25 million luxury tax threshold number

- Manny Ramirez: $2.04 million salary/$2.01 million luxury tax threshold number

Fun Facts

- The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are not paying any deferrals in 2025.

- Davis is set to be paid $9.16 million in deferred money from the Orioles for the final time in 2025 before the rate goes to $3.5 million from 2026 to 2032. He'll then be paid $1.4 million from 2033 until 2037.

- Bonilla is 61 years old and hasn't played for the Orioles since 1996. But the Orioles agreed to pay him half a million dollars every year from 2004-2028 in deferrals. This isn't the final time the six-time All-Star will appear on this list.

The Chicago White Sox are the only team in the AL Central paying any deferred money in 2025.

Former closer Liam Hendriks—now employed by the Red Sox—will be paid $1.5 million by the White Sox in deferrals in 2025. He'll count that same number against the luxury tax threshold.

Meanwhile, former AL MVP José Abreu, whose playing career may be over, is still making $1 million in deferred money from the Chi Sox this year. He also will count that same number against the luxury tax threshold.

Currently, none of the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins or Cleveland Guardians have deferred money on the books for 2025.

The Houston Astros are the only team in the AL West that has any deferred money on the books this year. And even they only are paying deferred money to one player.

Granted, the $12.5 million deferred salary—which has a matching luxury tax number—being paid to Zack Greinke is quite a large sum.

Likely a future Hall of Famer, Greinke went 22-10 with a 3.89 ERA over 300 2/3 innings pitched for the Astros between 2019 and 2021. The Astros acquired him from the Arizona Diamondbacks in July 2019, with Houston taking on the deferred money from Greinke's original six-year, $206.5 million deal with the Snakes.

The Los Angeles Angels, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers and Athletics don't have any deferred money set to be paid in 2025.

Philadelphia Phillies

- Didi Gregorius: $2 million salary/$2 million luxury tax threshold number

New York Mets

- Bobby Bonilla: $1.19 million salary/$0 luxury tax threshold number

- Adam Ottavino: $500,000 salary/$1.33 million luxury tax threshold number

- Bret Saberhagen: $250,000 salary/$0 luxury tax threshold number

Washington Nationals

- Max Scherzer: $15 million salary/$15 million luxury tax threshold number

- Patrick Corbin: $10 million salary/$10 million luxury tax threshold number

Neither the Atlanta Braves nor Miami Marlins have any deferred money on the books for 2025.

Milwaukee Brewers

- Ryan Braun: $1.8 million salary/$1.8 million luxury tax threshold number

- Lorenzo Cain: $1 million salary/$1 million luxury tax threshold number

St. Louis Cardinals

- Nolan Arenado: $2 million salary/$2 million luxury tax threshold number

- Matt Holliday: $1.5 million salary/$1.5 million luxury tax threshold number

- Adam Wainwright: $1 million salary/$1 million luxury tax threshold number

Chicago Cubs

- Jason Heyward: $5 million salary/$5 million luxury tax threshold number

Fun Facts

- The Cincinnati Reds are finally finished paying Ken Griffey Jr. the $3.59 million salary he made every year from 2009 to 2024 as part of the deferrals on his nine-year, $112.5 million extension he signed in 2000.

- Neither the Reds nor Pittsburgh Pirates have any deferred money set to be paid in 2025.

Los Angeles Dodgers

- Justin Turner: $2 million salary/$2 million luxury tax threshold number

Arizona Diamondbacks

- Madison Bumgarner: $5 million salary/$5 million luxury tax threshold number

San Francisco Giants

- Mark Melancon: $1 million salary/$10 million luxury tax threshold number

Colorado Rockies

- Vinny Castilla: $106,666 salary/$106,667 luxury tax threshold number

Fun Facts

- If you expected this slide to be longer, you aren't alone. The Dodgers have deferred significant money to the likes of Shohei Ohtani, Blake Snell and Teoscar Hernández into the future. But Turner is the only player being paid deferred money in 2025 from the Dodgers.

- Meanwhile, for as much as the San Diego Padres have spent in recent years, they don't have any deferred money set to be paid this season.