Apr
01
Pay-Rod indeed
BySalaries continue to skyrocket in baseball, with the average player due to earn $3.15M this year. A-Rod’s $28M salary is tops in the game, and in fact he’ll make more than the 25 guys on the Marlins’ roster PLUS the 8 guys they currently have on the 15-day DL. That’s just all sorts of crazy. Be an engineer they all said … you’ll make good money they all said … my high school guidance counselor was full of shit.
At least A-Rod’s salary is more defensible than, say, Giambi’s or Jeter’s…who also both individually make more than the Marlins roster. (Jeter not the guys on the DL, by a mere 200k)
Checking out the Yankee salaries…they lose $90M after this year from the books. That’s a huge chunk of change.
Unless I’m missing something, the following players are at the end of their contracts:
Jason Giambi $23,428,571
Bobby Abreu $16,000,000
Andy Pettitte $16,000,000
Mike Mussina $11,071,030
Carl Pavano $11,000,000
Kyle Farnsworth $5,916,667
LaTroy Hawkins $3,750,000
Morgan Ensberg $1,750,000
They may not be the team with the highest payroll at the start of next season unless they break the bank for both Teixeira and Sabathia.
If he has a good year, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Abreu back.
Not sure, Ajax or Gardner could be ready and they could go for Tex or C.C. He would have to take a cut from the $16 mil and the yanks wouldnt want a long term contract with those two above ready soon. I’d expect Abreu to move on.
Rab,
Didn’t you hear? There is no crying in engineering