The Kansas City Royals are barely making more than Alex Rodriguez this year.

The salaries for Kansas City's 27 players on its opening-day roster and disabled list total $36.1 million, according to an analysis of major league contracts by The Associated Press.

A-Rod alone makes $32 million atop the New York Yankees' $201.7 million payroll. He is baseball's highest-paid player for the 11th straight year.

Overall, baseball salaries were nearly flat this year. The average of the 844 players on opening-day rosters and disabled lists was about $3.3 million, up just 0.2 percent from last year.

The increase was the lowest since a 2.7 percent drop in 2004.