MLB - Highest paid players at each position.

Dboneesq

I thought this was an interesting list. The number at the beginning of each line is where the player's salary stands overall.


1
Clayton Kershaw
Starting Pitcher $30,000,000

4
Ryan Howard
1st Base $25,000,000

5
Prince Fielder
Designated Hitter $24,000,000

5
Robinson Cano
2nd Base $24,000,000

15
Jacoby Ellsbury
Center Field $21,142,857

16
Matt Kemp
Right Field $21,000,000

20
Carl Crawford
Left Field $20,500,000

21
David Wright
3rd Base $20,000,000

31
Brian McCann
Catcher $17,000,000

42
Elvis Andrus
Shortstop $15,000,000

Jhonny Peralta
Shortstop $15,000,000

95
David Robertson
Relief Pitcher $10,000,000

Joe Nathan
Relief Pitcher $10,000,000

SidePocket

Wow, just goes to show you baseball should have only partial guaranteed salaries like football. Johnny Peralta $15mm???? Crazy.

PSASAP

Yadier Molina must have a terrible agent.

jackstraw

I see Kershaw as really the only HOFer on that list? Maybe just maybe Wright or Cano but most likely not.

Stingray

Joe Nathan, $10,000,000 for nothing!!

craig44

Carl Crawford. Oh man.......

perkdog

Totally ridiculous

miwlvrn

If you have the time to spend sifting through the salary list, I bet you could assemble a better starting lineup with equivalent number of players where all their salaries together would total the average single player salary in the list in the OP.

slum22

That list is a pretty good argument against paying players to be the highest paid at their position. In most instances, you are paying for past performances vs future return. With the influx of uber talented, very young players it will be interesting how this list plays out in a few years after guys like Trout, Harper, Machado, Goldschmidt and potentially Correia and Bryant sign their mega contracts.