{"id":249185,"date":"2026-03-26T07:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=249185"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:48:49","slug":"dominicans-cash-in-playing-mlb-ball-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/dominicans-cash-in-playing-mlb-ball-in-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominicans cash in playing MLB ball in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Juan-Soto-Mets-El-Dia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Juan-Soto-Mets-El-Dia.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Juan-Soto-Mets-El-Dia-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the 2026 Major League Baseball season officially opens today, 25 March 2026, the financial footprint of Dominican talent remains a dominant storyline. While rosters are still being finalized for the full 14-game slate tomorrow, current projections and contract data indicate a massive year for Dominican players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overview of Dominican earnings (2026)<br>The total projected earnings for Dominican players on MLB rosters for the 2026 season are estimated to exceed US$550 million, driven by record-breaking contracts for the league&#8217;s top stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top Dominican earners for the 2026 season:<br>Juan Soto. NY Mets. US$51 million.<br>Vladimir Guerrero. Toronto Blue Jays. US$40.2 million.<br>Manny Machado. San Diego Padres. US$31.8 million.<br>Fernando Tatis Jr. San Diego Padres. US$24.2 million.<br>Rafael Devers. Boston Red Sox. US$20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;minimum wage&#8221; impact<br>A significant portion of the Dominican contingent consists of young talent and &#8220;pre-arbitration&#8221; players. For the 2026 season, the MLB minimum salary has risen to US$780,000. It is estimated that over 100 Dominican players will start the season earning this baseline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/98-dominicanos-cobraran-675-millones-de-dolares\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>26 March 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2026 Major League Baseball season officially opens today, 25 March 2026, the financial footprint of Dominican talent remains a dominant storyline. While rosters are still being finalized for the full 14-game slate tomorrow, current projections and contract data indicate a massive year for Dominican players. Overview of Dominican earnings (2026)The total projected earnings &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/dominicans-cash-in-playing-mlb-ball-in-usa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249247,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249185\/revisions\/249247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}