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List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players. In 2019, Mike Trout signed a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports at the time. Alex Rodriguez earned the highest salary in MLB in 2013 at $28,000,000. He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history, as well as a ...
Teams that have lost unclassified free agents, or who did not offer arbitration to classified free agents, did not receive any compensation. [ 2 ] The collective bargaining agreement between MLB and its players union , signed on November 22, 2011, and taking effect in the 2012 season , dramatically changed free agent compensation.
For the first time since the start of free agency, the average major league salary declined. The average free-agent salary dropped by 16 percent, while MLB reported revenues increasing by 15 percent. This prompted the MLBPA to file a second grievance (Collusion II) on February 18, 1987.
Zack Greinke (38, RHP, Astros): Greinke is a free agent for the first time since 2015, coming off a year he managed to make 29 starts yet saw significant depreciation in most statistical ...
Juan Soto, OF, New York Yankees. Current deal: 1 year, $31 million (unrestricted free agent) It feels like Juan Soto has been a free agent for the past three years. One of the youngest pending ...
The Major League Baseball Players Association ( MLBPA) is the labor union representing all current Major League Baseball players. [2] All players, managers, coaches, and athletic trainers who hold or have held a signed contract with a Major League club are eligible for membership in the Association. [3] [4]
A look at the top 89 free agents, from the priciest to those reasonably expected to sign a major league contract. Rankings based on projected future performance and perceived market value: Ages on ...
Kenley Geronimo Jansen (born September 30, 1987) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves . Signed by the Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 2004, Jansen converted from a catcher to a relief pitcher in ...