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Who Is the Highest Paid MLB Player?
Do you know who is the highest-paid MLB player? Have a look at the top 30 highest-paid MLB players.
Major League Baseball’s average salary has increased manifolds, breaking the four-year trend of constant decline in player’s salaries. The players saw a rise of 14.8% in their average salaries, hitting as high as $4.2 million.
The New York Mets gave whooping contracts to two of their players- Francisco Lindor and Max Scherzer. While Lindor was given a 10-year contract worth $341 million, Scherzer was signed for 3 years with a record $43.3 million annual value, making him the highest-paid MLB athlete along with Justin Verlander.
Texas Rangers on the other hand joined the highest-paying trend and signed Corey Seager and Marcus Semien to deals worth $325 million and $175 million respectively.
Ever since 2003, the player salaries have increased from $2.37 million to $4.2 million. It hit an all-time high of $4.45 million in 2017. It was in the year 2020, when for the first time a player had received a $25-million-an-year contract. Alex Rodriguez was the first-ever MLB player to achieve this feat. Today, 30 MLB players get $25 million on opening day.
Here’s the list of top 30 highest-paid MLB players:
| Rank | Player | Team | Pos. | Age | Salary |
| 1 | Max Scherzer | Mets | SP | 38 | $43,333,333 |
| tie. | Justin Verlander | Mets | SP | 40 | $43,333,333 |
| 3 | Aaron Judge | Yankees | RF | 31 | $40,000,000 |
| 4 | Anthony Rendon | Angels | 3B | 33 | $38,571,428 |
| 5 | Mike Trout | Angels | CF | 31 | $37,116,666 |
| 6 | Gerrit Cole | Yankees | SP | 32 | $36,000,000 |
| 7 | Corey Seager | Rangers | SS | 29 | $35,500,000 |
| 8 | Stephen Strasburg | Nationals | SP | 34 | $35,000,000 |
| 9 | Nolan Arenado | Cardinals | 3B | 32 | $35,000,000 |
| 10 | Francisco Lindor | Mets | SS | 29 | $34,100,000 |
| 11 | Carlos Correa | Twins | SS | 28 | $33,333,333 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Stanton | Yankees | DH | 33 | $32,000,000 |
| 13 | Miguel Cabrera | Tigers | DH | 40 | $32,000,000 |
| 14 | Alex Bregman | Astros | 3B | 29 | $30,500,000 |
| 15 | Shohei Ohtani | Angels | SP | 28 | $30,000,000 |
| 16 | Jacob deGrom | Rangers | SP | 35 | $30,000,000 |
| 17 | Jose Altuve | Astros | 2B | 33 | $29,000,000 |
| 18 | Kris Bryant | Rockies | OF | 31 | $28,000,000 |
| 19 | Bryce Harper | Phillies | RF | 30 | $27,538,462 |
| 20 | Chris Sale | Red Sox | SP | 34 | $27,500,000 |
| 21 | Trea Turner | Phillies | SS | 30 | $27,272,727 |
| 22 | Freddie Freeman | Dodgers | 1B | 33 | $27,000,000 |
| 23 | Marcus Semien | Rangers | 2B | 32 | $26,000,000 |
| 24 | Christian Yelich | Brewers | LF | 31 | $26,000,000 |
| 25 | Paul Goldschmidt | Cardinals | 1B | 35 | $26,000,000 |
| 26 | Xander Bogaerts | Padres | SS | 30 | $25,454,545 |
| 27 | Yu Darvish | Padres | SP | 36 | $25,000,000 |
| 28 | Mookie Betts | Dodgers | RF | 30 | $25,000,000 |
| 29 | Marcus Stroman | Cubs | SP | 32 | $25,000,000 |
| 30 | Joey Votto | Reds | 1B | 39 | $25,000,000 |
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