Seattle Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said Thursday that he anticipates the club’s 2026 season-opening payroll to be roughly on par with their 2025 end-of-season payroll.

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According to Spotrac.com , the Mariners finished the 2025 season with a payroll of roughly $164 million, which ranked 15th in the major leagues. That was an increase from their 2024 season-ending payroll of $149 million, which ranked 16th.

The Mariners took on nearly $10 million of additional payroll with their aggressive moves at the trade deadline to acquire third baseman Eugenio Suárez, first baseman Josh Naylor and reliver Caleb Ferguson.

“I would say similar to where we ended the year as a starting point,” Dip

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