The Phillies struggled in 2012, largely because of numerous injuries.

They saw players spend more than 1,400 days on the disabled list, at a combined cost of close to $33 million.

In other words, about 19.1 percent of the team's Opening Day payroll ended up as dead money.

Ryan Howard spent 92 days on the disabled list, accounting for about $10.1 million while sidelined.