2007-04-28 18:06:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
The top five highest paid Major Leaguers in order are:
1. Alex Rodriguez at $21,680,727 a year
2. Derek Jeter at $20,600,000 a year
3. Jason Giambi at $20,428,571 a year
4. Barry Bonds at $20,000,000 this year
5. Mike Mussina at $19,000,000 a year.
However the highest paying contracts are:
1. A-Rod at $252,000,000 for 10 years
2. Jeter at $189,000,000 for 10 years
3. Manny Ramirez at $160,000,000 for 8 years
4. Todd Helton at $141,500,000 for 11 years
5. Alfonso Soriano at $136,000,000 for 8 years
2007-04-28 18:14:23 · answer #1 · answered by Patrick R 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
USA Today provides a salaries database that goes back a few years (to 1988). Good fun.
http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/default.aspx
2007 Top 25: http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/salaries/top25.aspx?year=2007
Matsuzaka gets none of the $51.1M that Boston paid as the posting (rights assignation) fee to his team in Japan. Not that he's barely scraping by, but that's not his munny.
2007-04-29 01:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Orioles Salary-http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/teamSalary?categoryId=71587
Red Sox Salary-http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/teamSalary?categoryId=71588
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/teams
Go to this website.
Click on any team and on the subtitles, click on salary at the top right hand corner.
2007-05-02 19:28:00 · answer #3 · answered by The Nike Kid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In approximate order by average over life of the contract -- A-Rod, Manny, Todd Helton (I swear!), Giambi, Jeter, etc...
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/
2007-04-30 13:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by cubspatssox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daisuke Matsuzaka. $100 million for 10 years with the Bo-Sox.
2007-04-29 01:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by Bon Jovi Rocks Hard 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
alex rodriguez and like 25 million
2007-04-29 01:09:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋