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Re: these guys make way too much money
Thu, July 17, 2008 - 7:40 PMtoo damn crazy! Ichiro is worth more than jeter and rodriguez together in my book! But i am no talent scout.
Top 50 salaries in Major League Baseball for 2008.
1) Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees, $28,000,000
2) Jason Giambi, New York Yankees, $23,428,571
3) Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, $21,600,000
4) Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox, $18,929,923
5) Carlos Beltran, New York Mets, $18,622,810
6) Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners, $17,102,149
7) Johan Santana, New York Mets, $16,984,216
8) Todd Helton, Colorado Rockies, $16,600,000
9) Torii Hunter, Los Angeles Angels, $16,500,000
10) Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, $16,000,000
11) dl-Andy Pettitte, New York Yankees, $16,000,000
12) Bobby Abreu, New York Yankees, $16,000,000
13) Carlos Delgado, New York Mets, $16,000,000
14) Mike Hampton, Atlanta Braves, $15,975,185
15) Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers, $15,768,175
16) Rafael Furcal, Los Angeles Dodgers, $15,730,196
17) Jim Thome, Chicago White Sox, $15,666,667
18) Tim Hudson, Atlanta Braves, $15,500,000
19) Richie Sexson, Seattle Mariners, $15,500,000
20) Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles Angels, $15,500,000
21) Aramis Ramirez, Chicago Cubs, $15,250,000
22) dl-Jason Schmidt, Los Angeles Dodgers, $15,217,401
23) Sdl-Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks, $15,100,546
24) Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, $15,000,000
25) Miguel Tejada, Houston Astros, $14,811,415
26) Andruw Jones, Los Angeles Dodgers, $14,726,911
27) Lance Berkman, Houston Astros, $14,500,000
28) Barry Zito, San Francisco Giants, $14,500,000
29) Pat Burrell, Philadelphia Phillies, $14,250,000
30) dl-John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves, $14,000,000
31) J.D. Drew, Boston Red Sox, $14,000,000
32) Alfonso Soriano, Chicago Cubs, $14,000,000
33) Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox, $14,000,000
34) Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals, $13,870,950
35) Troy Glaus, St. Louis Cardinals, $13,500,000
36) Adrian Beltre, Seattle Mariners, $13,400,000
37) Gary Sheffield, Detroit Tigers, $13,326,306
38) Derrek Lee, Chicago Cubs, $13,250,000
39) A.J. Burnett, Toronto Blue Jays, $13,200,000
40) Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, $13,100,000
41) David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, $13,000,000
42) Hideki Matsui, New York Yankees, $13,000,000
43) Johnny Damon, New York Yankees, $13,000,000
44) Roy Oswalt, Houston Astros, $13,000,000
45) Adam Dunn, Cincinnati Reds, $13,000,000
46) Garret Anderson, Los Angeles Angels, $12,600,000
47) Frank Thomas, Toronto Blue Jays, $12,560,000
48) Carlos Lee, Houston Astros, $12,500,000
49) Mark Teixeira, Atlanta Braves, $12,500,000
50) Mike Lowell, Boston Red Sox, $12,500,000 -
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Re: these guys make way too much money
Fri, July 18, 2008 - 2:01 AMI suppose it is a disgusting amount of money.... but every time i hear about this topic, i defend the players... people pay to watch baseball. The players should get the money before the owners, and the organizations themselves. Without the talent, no one would be in the seats.
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Re: these guys make way too much money
Fri, July 18, 2008 - 5:50 AMYou do have a point..... people pay and most of the time there are medical risks in the sport so i guess if you looked at things from that perspective it is very popular...heck it's a religion for me so well you got me! God bless Basebal! -
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Re: these guys make way too much money
Fri, July 18, 2008 - 9:31 AMHaha... its a religion to me as well!
And you could argue that the ticket prices are too high... and there's too much money in the game itself with tv time, advertising on the field, so on and so forth... but if there's revenue coming in the door - its due to the talent on the field. And if anyone deserves to bring home the bucks, its the players. So I say - pay 'em...
OR lower ticket prices... but I'm not holding my breath for that!
Here's to a great 2nd half!!
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Re: these guys make way too much money
Tue, November 17, 2009 - 12:22 AMits just those damn Yankees running the price for good players up by trying to buy them all up, all the time. -
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Re: these guys make way too much money
Fri, November 27, 2009 - 6:40 AMThis would lead us to the question of whether Baseball should have a cap. I am for it.
The teams fate is essentially determined in the off-season. Sure, you have your occasional Tampa Bay or Minn Twins story, who manage to be competitive in a small market - but clearly the Yankees and the Boston's of the league are buying their way in to the playoffs every year. Which is bullshit.
If Selig wasn't such a sally, he'd have at least tried to address it, but he hardly even acknowledges it as a problem.
Free agency creates a market - and sometimes for a player, you have to over-pay. But its wrong that these marquis guys always end up going to one of about 4 teams.
The Yankees from last year to this year are a perfect example. Tex, AJ and CC- they were the big tickets, they went to the big spender, and the Yanks bought themselves another championship.
Will this ever change?
Somebody get out the 'crystal ball'
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