Padres Payroll: Deconstructing San Diego's expensive roster featuring Manny Machado, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr.

The San Diego Padres payroll continues to get bigger this season. With their recent extension for Manny Machado, the money they owe to star players this season is massive.

Over the offseason, they signed Xander Bogaers to a massive contract, added Matt Carpenter and Michael Wacha and have now extended Machado.

This has all resulted in them being a genuine World Series contender, but the Padres payroll has grown as a result.

Per Spotrac, the 2023 Padres payroll is about $251 million, which is only behind the New York Mets (who spent money with reckless abandon) and the New York Yankees.

In 2023, the Padres will commit a lot of money to their superstars and other players. Will it be enough to get them to the World Series? They're not the favorites, but it's hard to ignore them as a real contender now.

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Padres payroll: How the San Diego Padres are spending $251 million

A large portion of the Padres' payroll will go to Manny Machado after his extension. He signed for 11 years and $350 million, so in 2023, the team will pay him a whopping $31.2 million.

Manny Machado and Juan Soto

Behind him, Xander Bogaerts is the next highest-paid player with $25.45 coming his way this season. Yu Darvish trails slightly at $25 million.

Juan Soto, who's still arbitration eligible, is going to earn $23 million from the Padres this season. Joe Musgrove will get $20 million and Blake Snell will earn $16 million.

Josh Hader is going to get $14.1 million of the Padres total payroll and veteran pitcher Drew Pomeranz is going to get $10 million. Because of his suspension, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s adjusted salary is a little over $6 million for the season.

Various other players will receive similar payments from the team, but that makes up the bulk of the payroll. This could all drastically change once again. Juan Soto might get extended, especially if the Padres truly want to go all in.

If so, he could easily make $40 million or more in a season. His AAV might be higher than Aaron Judge's from his new contract, which is $40 million.

If so, that would put the Padres as having the second-highest payroll in baseball, which also illustrates how absurd the Mets' spending spree is.