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Juan Soto becomes the highest paid player in MLB history with a 15-year, $765 million deal. ... $700 million deal with the Dodgers one year ago. Soto's $51 million average annual value is a record ...
The 26-year-old now becomes baseball’s reported highest-paid player, beating out Shohei Ohtani’s 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, signed in December 2023.
Who is the highest-paid MLB player, by total value? 1. Juan Soto, $765,000,000 (2025-39) 2. Shohei Ohtani, $700,000,000 (2024-33) 3. Mike Trout, $426,500,000 (2019-30) *includes total commitment
Five of the twenty highest-paid players in 2013 were members of the Yankees. Their team payroll for 2013 was $228,835,490, roughly $12 million above the second-largest Los Angeles Dodgers. [12] The Yankees have drawn criticism for their payroll, with some claiming it undermines the parity of MLB.
It also made Fielder the highest-paid player in Brewers history. [130] Boras and his firm negotiated roughly $444.5 million in contracts during the 2010–2011 offseason, over $120 million more than any other firm. [132] On March 7, 2011, former University of Kentucky baseball player James Paxton signed with the Seattle Mariners for $942,500. [133]
Is Shohei Ohtani the highest-paid player in the game? Yes – kind of. His 10-year, $700 million contract easily sets records for both total value and average annual value. Yet the contract is so ...
The relationship between Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers' ace and future Hall of Famer, and the Dodgers' GM soured considerably after his salary negotiations in 1964.After his MVP- and Cy Young Award-winning performance in the 1963 season, followed by his World Series performance against the New York Yankees, Koufax asked for a $75,000 salary, writing in his autobiography:
Robinson more than doubled his salary from $17,000 to $35,000 after winning the National League Most Valuable Player award in 1949. ... the Dodgers' top farm club. The deal called for a $3,500 ...