The Los Angeles Dodgers owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028-46 following Tanner Scott's $72 million, four-year contract and Teoscar Hernández's $66 million, three-year deal.

The Dodgers have gone out and done everything possible . . . to put the best possible team on the field,” baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said last week.

The Dodgers boast one of the league's best payrolls. But there's a reason $1 billion is attached to the franchise.

Here is a look at the Los Angeles Dodgers’ deferred compensation obligations from 2028-46, as obtained by The Associated Press

Following deals with Tanner Scott and Teoscar Hernandez, the Dodgers now owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028 to '46.