I was killing time this Xmas day and went to Cot's. I found a list of salaries from opening day 2017. There are some very interesting ones. Here are about 100 that are way over-paid or under-paid IMO.
Number
(highest is 1) Name Amount
1 Kershaw, Clayton$35,571,429
2 Greinke, Zack $34,000,000
3 Price, David $30,000,000
4 Hamilton, Josh $28,410,000
5 Heyward, Jason $28,166,667
13 Hamels, Cole $23,500,000
15 Mauer, Joe $23,000,000
16 Ramirez, Hanley $22,750,000
17 Cespedes, Yoenis$22,500,000
18 Gonzalez, Adrian$22,357,143
22 Reyes, Jose $22,000,000
25 Crawford, Carl $21,857,143
26 Kemp, Matt $21,750,000
27 Werth, Jayson $21,571,429
28 Reyes, Jose $21,465,000
29 Ellsbury, Jacoby$21,142,857
30 Davis, Chris $21,118,782
31 Shields, James $21,000,000
32 Rodriguez, Alex $21,000,000
34 Cain, Matt $20,833,333
35 Gonzalez, Carlos$20,428,571
36 Porcello, Rick $20,125,000
38 Wright, David $20,000,000
39 Martin, Russell $20,000,000
40 Tulowitzki, Troy$20,000,000
41 Braun, Ryan $20,000,000
42 Choo, Shin-Soo $20,000,000
43 Samardzija, Jeff$19,800,000
44 Wainwright, Adam$19,500,000
45 Bailey, Homer $19,000,000
46 Pence, Hunter $18,500,000
49 Martinez, Victor$18,000,000
50 Bautista, Jose $18,000,000
51 Zimmermann, Jordan$18,000,000
52 Kazmir, Scott $17,666,667
53 Sandoval, Pablo $17,600,000
54 Ethier, Andre $17,500,000
55 Walker, Neil $17,200,000
56 Hellickson, Jeremy$17,200,000
58 McCann, Brian $17,000,000
60 Sanchez, Anibal $16,800,000
61 Zobrist, Ben $16,500,000
62 Fowler, Dexter $16,500,000
63 Jones, Adam $16,333,333
64 Upton, Melvin Jr.$16,050,000
65 Beltran, Carlos $16,000,000
66 Lackey, John $16,000,000
67 Gordon, Alex $16,000,000
68 Arrieta, Jake $15,637,500
69 Chen, Wei-Yin $15,500,000
70 Andrus, Elvis $15,250,000
72 Granderson, Curtis$15,000,000
75 Encarnacion, Edwin$14,666,666
77 Stanton, Giancarlo$14,500,000
82 Phillips, Brandon$14,000,000
83 Hardy, J.J. $14,000,000
85 Montero, Miguel $14,000,000
88 Liriano, Francisco$13,666,666
90 Santana, Ervin $13,500,000
91 Jimenez, Ubaldo $13,500,000
92 Buchholz, Clay $13,500,000
94 Hughes, Phil $13,200,000
95 Harrison, Matt $13,200,000
97 Holliday, Matt $13,000,000
102 Reddick, Josh $13,000,000
105 Colon, Bartolo $12,500,000
117 Martinez, J.D. $11,750,000
118 Arenado, Nolan $11,750,000
119 Bumgarner, Madison$11,700,000
125 Machado, Manny $11,500,000
128 Castillo, Rusney$11,271,429
129 Markakis, Nick $11,000,000
136 Craig, Allen $11,000,000
138 Wieters, Matt $10,500,000
149 Keuchel, Dallas $9,150,000
156 Goldschmidt, Paul$8,850,000
179 Kluber, Corey $7,700,000
183 Dickey, R.A. $7,500,000
185 Guerrero, Alexander$7,500,000
190 Blackmon, Charlie$7,300,000
191 Rizzo, Anthony $7,285,714
212 Carrasco, Carlos$6,500,000
213 Teheran, Julio $6,466,667
230 Dozier, Brian $6,000,000
232 Calhoun, Kole $6,000,000
236 Rendon, Anthony $5,800,000
275 Archer, Chris $4,916,667
306 deGrom, Jacob $4,050,000
320 Springer, George$3,900,000
517 Betts, Mookie $950,000
549 Syndergaard, Noah$605,500
561 Lindor, Francisco$579,300
572 Ray, Robbie $570,400
585 Realmuto, J.T. $562,500
595 Sanchez, Gary $557,900
615 Turner, Trea $554,900
698 Judge, Aaron $544,500
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