MLB team salaries

[Jake]

It's always nice to have accurate info at your fingertips when you want to call a guy an overpaid bum.

Notables:

Travis Hafner, 13 million
Albert Pujols, 14.5 million
Vernon Wells, 26.6 million
Alex Rodriguez, 32 million
Milton Bradley, 13 million
Jose Bautista, 8 million
Barry Zito, 18.5 million (excluded from Giants post season roster last year)


http://www.bradenton.com/2011/04/01/3079363/major-league-baseball-salaries.html

 

[ScriptOhio]

It's always nice to have accurate info at your fingertips when you want to call a guy an overaid bum.

Notables:

Travis Hafner, 13 million
Albert Pujols, 14.5 million
Vernon Wells, 26.6 million
Alex Rodriguez, 32 million
Milton Bradley, 13 million
Jose Bautista, 8 million
Barry Zito, 18.5 million (excluded from Giants post season roster last year)


http://www.bradenton.com/2011/04/01/3079363/major-league-baseball-salaries.html

Average salaries top $4M for 1st time

Even before the first pitch of the 2015 season is thrown, an eye-popping baseball record will be set.

The average salary when Opening-Day rosters are finalized Sunday will break the $4 million barrier for the first time, according to a study of all major league contracts by The Associated Press. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw tops players at $31 million and Los Angeles projects to open the season with a payroll at about $270 million, easily a record.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12594216/study-projects-average-mlb-salary-tops-4m-first

 

[ScriptOhio]

Updated: Johnny Cueto turned down a six-year, $120 million offer from the Diamondbacks

http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2015/11/29/the-diamondbacks-met-with-johnny-cuetos-agent/

I can actually remember when (on 3 January 1973) George Steinbrenner bought the entire New York Yankee team for just $10M.

 

[Jake]

Part of it is our insatiable demand for sports and willingness to pay inflated prices for it. Part of it is just the watered-down dollar of the 21st century. It's crazy, regardless.

 

[Jake]

David Price to Boston for $217 million over 7 years.

 

[Mike80]

David Price to Boston for $217 million over 7 years.

I'm not going to bash a player who finds a team dumb enough to pay him $85K per day for the next 7 years. But the Red Sox throwing that kind of money to ANYONE is ridiculous.

 

[Jake]

I'm not going to bash a player who finds a team dumb enough to pay him $85K per day for the next 7 years. But the Red Sox throwing that kind of money to ANYONE is ridiculous.

Especially when he's only going to play on about 30 of those days.

 

[Mike80]

Especially when he's only going to play on about 30 of those days.

Yup - million bucks a start every other 5th day...not a bad gig....

 

[Mike80]

The best part is he will know exactly when to plan his vacation every year in October too

 

[ScriptOhio]

I'm not going to bash a player who finds a team dumb enough to pay him $85K per day for the next 7 years. But the Red Sox throwing that kind of money to ANYONE is ridiculous.

Re: The Boston Red Sox finalized their contract with free agent Pablo Sandoval, inking the third baseman for five years and $95 million, plus a club option for 2010. Sandoval's contract includes a $3 million signing bonus and salaries of $17 million in 2015, $17 million in 2016, $17 million in 2017, $18 million in 2018 and $18 million in 2019. The club option for 2020 is worth $17 million, with a $5 million buyout.

Based on Sandoval's performance this year, I think it is safe to say they're grossly overpaying him.

I think the "Steinbrenner torch" of free spending and/or paying fee agents too much has passed from the Yankees, to the Dodgers, and now to the Red Sox.