The Dodgers began the season with a payroll that was roughly $80 million below the luxury tax threshold.

Following their additions over the last six weeks, Los Angeles now has about $181.3 million in salary commitments to just 17 players for 2013. That total will obviously increase when they fill out the roster and add in benefit payments.

"I don't know. It's not something we've focused on yet," president Stan Kasten said when asked if he felt the team could get below the tax line. "To us, that's a secondary issue. First, we want to put the best team on the field now and worry about other things later. We're not focusing on that yet."