document: Dodgers ' opening-day payroll increases The team will pay their opening-day roster , including five players who are on the disabled list , more than $ 95 million , a significant increase from the $ 83-million payroll in 2010 . The absence of big-name players on the roster would seem to indicate otherwise , but the Dodgers ' opening-day payroll was higher this year than it was in 2009 , when the team made its last playoff appearance . Counting the five players who are on the disabled list , the Dodgers will pay the players on their opening-day roster more than $ 95 million , according to salary figures filed with the union . They are on the hook for an additional $ 15 million-plus in salary deferments from previous seasons . The 2009 Dodgers , who had Manny Ramirez , started the season with a payroll of approximately $ 90 million , plus another $ 11 million or so in deferments . The 2009 team had a couple of major bargains turn into key performers -- Randy Wolf -LRB- $ 5 million -RRB- and Orlando Hudson -LRB- $ 3 million -RRB- . The $ 95-million figure marks a significant increase from last season , when the Dodgers opened the season with an $ 83-million payroll . The Dodgers ' highest-paid player this year is Rafael Furcal , who will earn $ 12 million in the final year of a three-year , $ 30-million contract . The five players on the disabled list -- Casey Blake , Jon Garland , Vicente Padilla , Jay Gibbons and Dioner Navarro -- will make a combined $ 12.5 million . The Dodgers have seven players with zero to three years of major league experience , including opening-day starter Clayton Kershaw , whom they can essentially pay whatever they like . These players will earn anywhere from $ 414,000 -LRB- Ivan DeJesus Jr. -RRB- to $ 500,000 -LRB- Kershaw -RRB- . The roster also includes three players who were invited to spring training on minor league contracts -- Lance Cormier -LRB- $ 800,000 -RRB- , Mike MacDougal -LRB- $ 500,000 -RRB- and Aaron Miles -LRB- $ 500,000 -RRB- . Uribe sits out Juan Uribe was out of the lineup , as the area above his left elbow was swollen as a result of a pitch by Tim Lincecum that struck him the previous night . '' `` It hurts , '' '' Uribe said . Miles took his place in the lineup . Uribe said he did n't think he would be out for more than a couple of days -- a prediction that seemed to be supported by the results of an X-ray exam , which were negative . DeJesus makes debut DeJesus said the game on Friday was '' `` another game , '' '' but his stoicism was betrayed by the smile on his face . After 562 games in the minor leagues , the 23-year-old was about to make his major league debut . DeJesus , who started at second base and batted in the No. 2 spot , is the son of Ivan DeJesus , a longtime major league infielder . The elder DeJesus played for the Dodgers from 1974-76 . '' `` I 've been waiting my whole life for this , '' '' DeJesus Jr. said . DeJesus said his mother and wife were in the stands at Dodger Stadium . His father could n't be there because he is the third-base coach for the Chicago Cubs , who hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates . Short hops For every home run Andre Ethier hits this season , Farmer John will donate 1,000 pounds of meat to the Union Rescue Mission . Ethier is n't the only Dodger involved in a performance-based charitable effort . Kershaw will donate $ 1,000 for every batter he strikes out toward the construction of an orphanage in Zambia , where he and his wife visited in the off-season on a religious mission . Kershaw struck out nine batters on opening day . '' `` It got off to a good start , '' '' he said . Fans can pledge money to Kershaw 's cause by visiting ariseafrica.org/kershawschallenge.htm . Etc. . San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito , who was involved in a car accident Wednesday night , threw on flat ground and is expected to make his scheduled start in the series finale against the Dodgers on Sunday . dylan.hernandez@latimes.com
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