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I don't know why, but I thought it would be interesting to see who the highest paid players were currently scheduled to be in the years forward. It wasn't that interesting but I thought I'd publish it anyway.
You get a few years into the future and there are only a handful of men already under contract for those years. Asterisks denote guys who have an option for those years, and the salary listed for them is only for the guaranteed buyout if the option isn't exercised.
A few things are clear:
- Latinos, foreign-born and domestic, are scoring the big change
- For a famously aggressive team in an ongoing arms race, the Red Sox aren't staring down the barrel of any guns
- At the end of his career, A-Rod can start his own league. On the moon.
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $27M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $32M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $32M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $31M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $29M | 2 | Jason Giambi, NYY | $21M | T2 | Derek Jeter, NYY | $20M | T2 | Derek Jeter, NYY | $21M | 2 | Vernon Wells, TOR | $23.5M | 3 | Johan Santana, NYM | $24M | T3 | Derek Jeter, NYY | $20M | T2 | Johan Santana, NYM | $20M | T2 | Johan Santana, NYM | $21M | 3 | Johan Santana, NYM | $22.5M | T3 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $21M | T3 | Manny Ramirez, LAD | $20M | T4 | Carlos Beltran, NYM | $18.5M | 4 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $20M | 4 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $20M | T3 | Vernon Wells, TOR | $21M | 5 | Johan Santana, NYM | $19M | T4 | Carlos Lee, HOU | $18.5M | T5 | Carlos Beltran, NYM | $18.5M | 5 | Todd Helton, COL | $19.1M | 5 | Barry Zito, SFG | $19M | 6 | Carlos Beltran, NYM | $18.5M | T4 | Barry Zito, SFG | $18.5M | T5 | Carlos Lee, HOU | $18.5M | T6 | Carlos Beltran, NYM | $18.5M | 6 | Carlos Lee, HOU | $18.5M | 7 | Ichiro Suzuki, SEA | $17M | 7 | Magglio Ordoņez, DET | $18M | T5 | Barry Zito, SFG | $18.5M | T6 | Carlos Lee, HOU | $18.5M | T7 | Torii Hunter, ANA | $18M | 8 | Todd Helton, COL | $16.6M | 8 | Carlos Zambrano, CHC | $17.8M | T8 | Torii Hunter, ANA | $18M | T6 | Barry Zito, SFG | $18.5M | T7 | Alfonso Soriano, CHC | $18M | T9 | Bobby Abreu, NYY | $16M | 9 | Torii Hunter, ANA | $17.5M | T8 | Alfonso Soriano, CHC | $18M | T9 | Torii Hunter, ANA | $18M | T7 | Carlos Zambrano, CHC | $18M | T9 | Torii Hunter, ANA | $16M | 10 | Ichiro Suzuki, SEA | $17M | 10 | Carlos Zambrano, CHC | $17.9M | T9 | Alfonso Soriano, CHC | $18M | T10 | Ichiro Suzuki, SEA | $17M | T9 | Andy Pettitte, NYY | $16M |
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| T9 | Carlos Zambrano, CHC | $18M | T11 | Jake Peavy, SDP | $17M | T9 | Albert Pujols | $16M |
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| T9 | Carlos Delgado, NYM | $16M |
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| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $28M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $25M | 1 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $22M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $20M | 1 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $20M | 2 | Johan Santana, NYM | $25.5M | 2 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $22M | 2 | Alex Rodriguez, NYY | $21M | 2 |
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| | T3 | Miguel Cabrera, DET | $21M | 3 | Vernon Wells, TOR | $21M | 3 | Alex Rios*, TOR | $1M | 3 |
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| | T3 | Vernon Wells, TOR | $21M | 4 | Alfonso Soriano, CHC | $18M | 4 |
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