Yeah, the title is rather obvious. Of course those guys are among the highest paid American athletes this year, they all have contracts worth well into nine-figures. Alex Rodriguez trails only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and LeBron James in earnings this year, taking in a total of $37M between his salary ($33M) and endorsements ($4M). Derek Jeter is three spots behind him after banking $31M ($21M in salary, $10M in endorsements), and CC Sabathia five spots behind him at $26.5M ($26M salary, $0.5K endorsements). Those three are the only baseball players in the top 25.
Mark Teixiera comes in at No. 35 overall with a $20.25M payday ($20M salary, $0.25M endorsements), and A.J. Burnett No. 50 closes the list with $16.775M in the bank ($16.5M salary, $0.25M endorsements). John Lackey, Vernon Wells, Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard, Barry Zito, Torii Hunter, Josh Beckett, and David Ortiz are the only other baseball players to crack the list. They claim it’s American athletes only, and even have a separate list for international athletes, but somehow Ortiz qualifies. Eh, whatever. All this does is confirm what we already know: it’s good to be a Yankee.
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