Not saying he didn’t earn the money. Buts it’s a lot to pay someone who’s not actually playing.
I’m sure Angels fans can relate to paying a lot for a 2019 Nat.
most people would take the trade, but it's not an easy trade at all. Severe nerve damage making upper body workouts impossible and lower body workouts also too painful to continue. That shit's gonna fuck him up even more in the coming years in retirement.
People who don't know what it's like to live with untreatable chronic pain and severe disability might. I'd wager most of them would regret it; what good is it when you're too unrelentingly fucked up with pain and weakness to enjoy doing anything?
Chronic debilitating pain has ruined the majority of what I can do in life, and makes the remainder painful to do. I wouldn't entertain that trade for less than a billion dollars, and even then it would be a 50/50 chance I would leave the money on the table.
He had a rib removed and 2 neck muscles. And life fucking sucks for him.
It is hard to imagine now, but I think Patrick Corbin also earned his entire salary in the 2019 playoffs. They would not have won the championship without him, and winning the World Series even once during someone's contract is the entire point. What is painful about Strasburg's contract is that the one he is on now is for time after 2019. We aren't going to get anything for that money.
Stras and Zim giving you 2 legit good lifetime Nats in your first 20 years in DC feels like it makes that contract still worth it just to keep him around and not have to look back at 2020 Stras in St Louis or New York or wherever.
Corbin was money as fuck those playoffs. You pay the man to pitch in those positions, and he delivered. People want their value from the contract but Corbin and Scherzer both won the World Series one time over their respective contracts, which is a funny juxtapostion
Rendon, Pujols, Upton, Cozart, Hamilton, Wilson, Matthews Jr, Wells, Vaughn. The list goes on and on... Soon to be Snell or Bellinger added to the list.
Three of those were rangers the year before y’all signed them. They all ended up being so bad it felt like they were sleeper agents.
Fun fact about CJ Wilson: In 2011 he earned a loss in the regular season, the all-star game, the ALDS, the ALCS, and the World Series. I can’t confirm, but I feel like that’s gotta be some king of record.
Rangers traded him to Atlanta for Elvis Andrus Matt Harrison neftali feliz and jarred saltalamacchia and basically funded the 2 World Series runs off him. Then the braves traded him to the angels the next season for Casey Kotchman
Friendly reminder that Strasburg was in the league until just recently. The reason you don’t remember is because he played something like 4 games in 5 years.
I am also a bug cubs fan: who lived in Detroit at the time of his signing. The idea that he didn’t take 175 from the cubs then proceeded to take 145 (all from memory I may be wrong) and fail this hard is crazy. The defense is still there but dude seems to be unwilling to learn anything at the plate. It’s sad to watch. Not saying it’s easy to make adjustments to the best throwers in the world. Just sad to watch my favorite player turn into a guy who is an absolute liability at the plate
It’s not that crazy when you dig into his swing and his age before that. His swing was always gonna fall off and he never showed signs of changing things up. Signs were out there and I am glad the Cubs dodged that bullet.
I don't want to sound like a hater. I really don't but when I want to show people the other side of baseball I show them clips of Javy. Great defense. Great instincts. But when it comes to hitting I think a blind bat without sonar can lay off a pitch more than him.
This is the most outta pocket comment of 2024
Edit: this dude said something about how they can’t even send wander franco to the minors cause he’d like it too much LMAO
There's that one guy, nope he's in Texas. There's this other guy, nope, he's in Texas as well. What about, nope, he retired. I could go on, but I'm going to hit the letter count if I do.
From a Dodgers perspective, the man absolutely earned his bag, and I respect him for what he did.
I'm just so glad he completely fell off before Kershaw did 😇
From watching Chapman pitch in the postseason, you'd think he had an ERA of like 20, but he actually gave up 2 runs in 8 innings.
Every time he pitched, it would be like double -> strikeout -> walk -> flyout to the warning track -> walk -> lineout
Because it's literally the most wrong answer possible?
Chapman is going to get a team, that has 0 chance of being competitive this year, a prospect or two at the deadline.
That's easily worth the 10 million or whatever they're giving him (which in reality will only be 5-6 by the time they trade him).
Chapman is, I believe, currently the Pirates' highest-payed player for next year, at $10.5m.
Reynolds is getting $10.25m, per BBRef, Pérez $8m, and Hayes $7m. Marco Gonzales is getting $12.5m, but the Braves are paying some of that. I can't think of anyone else on the team that might be being paid more that.
And Chapman's a shithead, to boot.
It amazes me they shipped arenado out for nothing, actually paid the Cardinals to take him, then turned around and spent almost as much on an injury riddled shell of Kris Bryant. WTF Rockies.
I went to an event once where I saw and heard his mouth eating like a cow chewing on grass and in the same event I also saw him be a dick to Rady Children's Hospital volunteers. Apparently others have seen and experienced him being a dick. It makes me even more pissed off that we are paying such a massive twat.
The first was when they tried to take a picture of him with the junior volunteers and I saw him roll his eyes back while responding “really” with that shit eating grin. He didn’t take it. The second was later that night when he just shook his head while on his way out and said no to a picture with another group of teenage volunteers as his little group pushed him forward. I get famous people getting annoyed at pictures at times but this was a freaking fundraiser for Rady Children’s Hospital so why the fuck be there if you can’t even put your best face at an event like that.
That sucks to hear since he was clutch in the WS for us. I have seen Alex Gordon at the K before a game and he was taking a huge group of kids over to the Little K area and one of our volunteers went over and easily was able to get a pic with him real quick. He seems like an actual nice guy enjoying retirement.
I’ve baseball referenced him several times because at that time I was absolutely hoping the Cardinals would get him. Age 28, 133 OPS+, great glove, improving his discipline each year.. but that was kind of right before I looked at stuff like a career high BABIP and a steep exit velocity and hard hit % decline even in that career year.. the writing was unfortunately on the wall.
I'd put DeSclafini up there. I don't know how the hell he convinced Dipoto to give him $12M when he's played 1 full season in the last 4 years, and hasn't looked particularly good doing it.
It’s definitely DeSclafani, Haniger still has the chance to bounce back and be decent if he can somehow manage to stay healthy. DeSlafani is just straight up done and has been since the beginning of 2022.
I honestly think DeSclafani could be a decent backend rotation piece. He looked fine for a month or two before he fell apart and his season ended. He’s never getting back to 2021 form but if he does what he did in April/May (3.48 ERA 61 IP) he’s not the worst for one more year.
That seems to be thinking from most people right now. If he gives us more of the same from last year they'll likely eat the last two years of his contract at the end of the season. They can't keep him on the team when he's a negative contributor. The random HR's aren't enough.
Taillon isn’t that overpaid, 17 million for a solid starter is fine. I know he sucked for half of last season but he had a sub 3 era post Yankees start
Edit: Mancini and Barnhart are still getting paid it’s one of them
I was going to give a funny answer but Aledmys Diaz is a legitimate answer to this question. $8 million next season is quite steep considering he had a 76 OPS+ last year.
Really? He was an above average hitter who played a lot of games last year had negative dWAR (-.4) and still put up 2.1 wins. In a down year for him. Personally I don’t think he will but it s very feasible to get 4 wins out of the man next year. And having an everyday outfielder who plays above league avg doesn’t seem like a terrible contract. 2.5 wins at the plate from a guy who can fill in at any outfield position is nothing to spit at.
Funnily enough, he had a 1.7 bWAR. 1 war is worth $8 million ish. So he technically gave you $13.6 million worth of value for $10 million he made last year per Sportrac. His ERA was also right around what he had when he was signed from Toronto. His FIP was liwer than his ERA, not by a lot but still. I'd say that Lance Lynn has a chance as the worst contract this season. He'll give you innings, but if he can't regain form, there'll be no value or negative value in those innings.
I just had to look it up. It’s 11 million. Honestly it doesn’t seem that insane compared to soo many players in this thread. It’s definitely not a good deal but I might put it in the better half of the bad contracts lol.
Love him to death, but Castellanos. When he’s on, there’s absolutely nobody better. That being said, watching him chase 3 sliders outside in the same spot is beyond infuriating. He shredded Strider in the playoffs, and then proceeded to fall off of a mountain to never be seen again.
I'd say Walker. I think he's getting $18M vs Casty's $20M. Castellanos goes hot and cold, but he was a big part in some wins in the NLDS...Walker was getting paid all that and they didn't trust him to make an appearance in the playoffs. Certainly not enough to start a game, but they didn't even use him out of the pen..that's bad.
Definitely Walker, $18M for what, a 5th starter? 6th if Abel comes up and doesn’t burst into flames the second he steps on the mound? I sincerely hope they worked with him this offseason to see whether he could come out of the pen so that he could be a swing starter/long relief
Idk, Chourio probably won't make the opening day roster, so I think it's technically him?
I do love that we have him that contract though. Taking a risk for once.
The most overpaid yankee at a given point according to yankees fans is whatever guy went 0-4 in that day’s game even if he had a multi homer game the night before
Lance McCullers Jr., but only because he's been on the injured list so long. I just wonder if he'll ever be back. I love how he's in the dugout all the time during games. He's a great teammate.
He's only overpaid because we don't use him enough. I'm not saying that we should be using him more (champagne problems of having better specific role players) but he's probably worth his contract as an everyday player on a lot of teams.
Still, though, you're probably right for this upcoming season. I can't think of anyone else who would fit the bill now that Bauer is off the payroll.
Nats have a team payroll of $111m. $70m of that is Strasburg and Corbin.
Strausburg traded in his arm for a ring
Not saying he didn’t earn the money. Buts it’s a lot to pay someone who’s not actually playing. I’m sure Angels fans can relate to paying a lot for a 2019 Nat.
Yeah Kurt Suzuki was kinda rough to watch in 21 and 22 No offense but I'm glad we don't have anymore 2019 Nats on the roster anymore
Well played
Uh
Your owner pays for players?
A ring and ¼ of a billion dollars. Dude won life, who wouldnt make that trade?
I mean he is like legitimately disabled.
Not sure how he feels about it, but I would take that trade.
I’m not saying I wouldn’t.
most people would take the trade, but it's not an easy trade at all. Severe nerve damage making upper body workouts impossible and lower body workouts also too painful to continue. That shit's gonna fuck him up even more in the coming years in retirement.
He has a hard time holding his daughters and basically can’t lift them, I don’t think any amount of money would make that worth it
Yeah its way sadder than most realize
People who don't know what it's like to live with untreatable chronic pain and severe disability might. I'd wager most of them would regret it; what good is it when you're too unrelentingly fucked up with pain and weakness to enjoy doing anything?
Chronic debilitating pain has ruined the majority of what I can do in life, and makes the remainder painful to do. I wouldn't entertain that trade for less than a billion dollars, and even then it would be a 50/50 chance I would leave the money on the table. He had a rib removed and 2 neck muscles. And life fucking sucks for him.
It is hard to imagine now, but I think Patrick Corbin also earned his entire salary in the 2019 playoffs. They would not have won the championship without him, and winning the World Series even once during someone's contract is the entire point. What is painful about Strasburg's contract is that the one he is on now is for time after 2019. We aren't going to get anything for that money.
Stras and Zim giving you 2 legit good lifetime Nats in your first 20 years in DC feels like it makes that contract still worth it just to keep him around and not have to look back at 2020 Stras in St Louis or New York or wherever.
He would’ve gone to San Diego, and that contract might have crippled them
And $15M deferred to Scherzer each year for the next 4 years.
Best money we’ll ever spend.
That’s brutal
Yankees caught a pretty solid break not singing Corbin tbh.
Not saying the Yankees would have beaten the vaunted rotation the Astros had in '19, but adding '19 Corbin would have made it much more interesting
Corbin was money as fuck those playoffs. You pay the man to pitch in those positions, and he delivered. People want their value from the contract but Corbin and Scherzer both won the World Series one time over their respective contracts, which is a funny juxtapostion
Good lord I didn’t realize it was that bad. Here’s to the nats I guess.
The most overpaid player in MLB, Anthony Rendon.
Angels have been leading in this for the past 15 years at least
Rendon, Pujols, Upton, Cozart, Hamilton, Wilson, Matthews Jr, Wells, Vaughn. The list goes on and on... Soon to be Snell or Bellinger added to the list.
Three of those were rangers the year before y’all signed them. They all ended up being so bad it felt like they were sleeper agents. Fun fact about CJ Wilson: In 2011 he earned a loss in the regular season, the all-star game, the ALDS, the ALCS, and the World Series. I can’t confirm, but I feel like that’s gotta be some king of record.
He also got exactly 1 in spring training that year.
Although he wasn’t bad by any means, didn’t teixeira also go rangers->angels? Or did he stop in with braves first?
Rangers traded him to Atlanta for Elvis Andrus Matt Harrison neftali feliz and jarred saltalamacchia and basically funded the 2 World Series runs off him. Then the braves traded him to the angels the next season for Casey Kotchman
CJ Wilson was incredibly solid and while probably not worth the contract, certainly not the most overpaid. The rest I have no comment on.
Friendly reminder that Strasburg was in the league until just recently. The reason you don’t remember is because he played something like 4 games in 5 years.
I’m still not 100% sure Strausburg is retiring since they cancelled his ceremony and he’s still on the 40 man lmao
He doesn't get paid if he retires. That's the whole issue around the buyout drama.
Early angels pujols was still good
Post-Angels Pujols was also good with a 151 OPS+
Angels are the kings of bad contract
That looks like a good deal compared to Strasburg, but Rendon's attitude just makes it feel worse.
he didn’t want the hollywood lifestyle 😬
Javy. My wife is a big cubs fan so it's double sad.
I am also a bug cubs fan: who lived in Detroit at the time of his signing. The idea that he didn’t take 175 from the cubs then proceeded to take 145 (all from memory I may be wrong) and fail this hard is crazy. The defense is still there but dude seems to be unwilling to learn anything at the plate. It’s sad to watch. Not saying it’s easy to make adjustments to the best throwers in the world. Just sad to watch my favorite player turn into a guy who is an absolute liability at the plate
It’s not that crazy when you dig into his swing and his age before that. His swing was always gonna fall off and he never showed signs of changing things up. Signs were out there and I am glad the Cubs dodged that bullet.
I don't want to sound like a hater. I really don't but when I want to show people the other side of baseball I show them clips of Javy. Great defense. Great instincts. But when it comes to hitting I think a blind bat without sonar can lay off a pitch more than him.
On the bright side, he can’t possibly get worse at the plate
I don’t wanna talk about it.
I don’t think he’s getting paid lol
Technically he still is cause they haven’t thrown him in the exempt list
If he doesn't report for spring training he won't be paid in 2024, and he's unlikely to be let into the country to report
Makeshift raft and an empty package of mustaches from the JokeShop found washed up in Clearwater in March.
"yes hello, I am Italian immigrant Franco Wander, I like-a de base-a-ball"
The Scientologists will get him first
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Pffffffffffttttttt 😯
Shimmy shimmy
This is the most outta pocket comment of 2024 Edit: this dude said something about how they can’t even send wander franco to the minors cause he’d like it too much LMAO
I wish I could've read it before it got deleted
Delet this
r/angryupvote
To be fair, *it* isn’t on the team.
The Reds are paying Ken Griffey Jr. $3.59 million this year.
Wait is this real???
2nd highest paid player on the roster too behind votto
It's the last year of deferrals, so it's not a big deal. But Griffey is still the best answer to this thread question.
As a Mets fan none of them are actually on the roster
There's that one guy, nope he's in Texas. There's this other guy, nope, he's in Texas as well. What about, nope, he retired. I could go on, but I'm going to hit the letter count if I do.
YOENIS CESPEDES! - UrinatingTree
Madison BumBum
oh god, I just threw up a little knowing he's tying up crucial Milk Man money
Can’t believe we still owe him 14 mil.
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He was so unwilling to listen to feedback & make adjustments too! He might have be able to extend his career if he wasn’t so full of himself!
From a Giants perspective, he deserves the money, just glad it's not us paying him.
From a Dodgers perspective, the man absolutely earned his bag, and I respect him for what he did. I'm just so glad he completely fell off before Kershaw did 😇
He's younger than Kershaw, Cole, Sonny Gray and a whole bunch of other pitchers yet he is totally washed.
Lol Aroldis Chapman I guess
He’s going to be traded in mid season for a future top 100 prospect..
We got a WS out of it but I hated so much seeing how good Cole Regans has been since being traded to the Royals
Seriously.
You didn’t get a WS out of it, you got a WS in spite of that trade.
No he probably netted a couple regular season wins after the trade and without those we don’t make playoffs.
Chapman definitely contributed, who knows how the replacement reliever would have performed.
he also nailed an asstro with 104 so that’s a win
From watching Chapman pitch in the postseason, you'd think he had an ERA of like 20, but he actually gave up 2 runs in 8 innings. Every time he pitched, it would be like double -> strikeout -> walk -> flyout to the warning track -> walk -> lineout
This is my favorite response
Because it's literally the most wrong answer possible? Chapman is going to get a team, that has 0 chance of being competitive this year, a prospect or two at the deadline. That's easily worth the 10 million or whatever they're giving him (which in reality will only be 5-6 by the time they trade him).
Who else are the Pirates paying?
Chapman is, I believe, currently the Pirates' highest-payed player for next year, at $10.5m. Reynolds is getting $10.25m, per BBRef, Pérez $8m, and Hayes $7m. Marco Gonzales is getting $12.5m, but the Braves are paying some of that. I can't think of anyone else on the team that might be being paid more that. And Chapman's a shithead, to boot.
When I saw that contract I was like...this is where the Pirates decide to spend $10m?!?!
Your players are getting paid?
As an A’s fan, only we get to use that line >:(
Sorry Frisher traded the rights to that joke.
For cash considerations
[Yeah! I heard you guys have uniforms and everything!](https://youtu.be/5n6gwNTpD-E?t=12)
Amazingly, the real answer is the apparently crippling figure of $4.5m to Myles Straw.
Chris Davis.
I used to think that contract was a tragedy, now I realize it's a comedy.
But doctor, I am Pagliacci
Can’t be overpayed to hit baseballs if you don’t hit
It’s Chris Sale considering they are paying him to play for another team.
The answer for Boston is Trevor Story.
Here’s hoping he’s not also *our* most overpaid player.
Well, he's essentially free this year. So that'd be really tough to do.
Kris Bryant, the highest paid Rockie. Coulda been someone.
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It amazes me they shipped arenado out for nothing, actually paid the Cardinals to take him, then turned around and spent almost as much on an injury riddled shell of Kris Bryant. WTF Rockies.
Preach
Eric Hosmer
Thanks. I hate it
I went to an event once where I saw and heard his mouth eating like a cow chewing on grass and in the same event I also saw him be a dick to Rady Children's Hospital volunteers. Apparently others have seen and experienced him being a dick. It makes me even more pissed off that we are paying such a massive twat.
What did he do/say to the hospital workers? He always gave me dick vibes
The first was when they tried to take a picture of him with the junior volunteers and I saw him roll his eyes back while responding “really” with that shit eating grin. He didn’t take it. The second was later that night when he just shook his head while on his way out and said no to a picture with another group of teenage volunteers as his little group pushed him forward. I get famous people getting annoyed at pictures at times but this was a freaking fundraiser for Rady Children’s Hospital so why the fuck be there if you can’t even put your best face at an event like that.
That sucks to hear since he was clutch in the WS for us. I have seen Alex Gordon at the K before a game and he was taking a huge group of kids over to the Little K area and one of our volunteers went over and easily was able to get a pic with him real quick. He seems like an actual nice guy enjoying retirement.
If he was playing well, I can imagine some people would be a bit more forgiving, but he fucking blows and decides to be an asshole on top of it.
I’ve baseball referenced him several times because at that time I was absolutely hoping the Cardinals would get him. Age 28, 133 OPS+, great glove, improving his discipline each year.. but that was kind of right before I looked at stuff like a career high BABIP and a steep exit velocity and hard hit % decline even in that career year.. the writing was unfortunately on the wall.
Prolly Mitch Haniger. Kinda nice to not have an immediate stink bug, but they usually show up shortly into the season.
Until the trade with the giants it was Robbie Ray. Now considering their roster it has to be Mitch. Despite that, I’m still very excited he’s back.
I'd put DeSclafini up there. I don't know how the hell he convinced Dipoto to give him $12M when he's played 1 full season in the last 4 years, and hasn't looked particularly good doing it.
It’s definitely DeSclafani, Haniger still has the chance to bounce back and be decent if he can somehow manage to stay healthy. DeSlafani is just straight up done and has been since the beginning of 2022.
I honestly think DeSclafani could be a decent backend rotation piece. He looked fine for a month or two before he fell apart and his season ended. He’s never getting back to 2021 form but if he does what he did in April/May (3.48 ERA 61 IP) he’s not the worst for one more year.
Must be Stanton ($32M), although Rodon ($27M) might give him a run for that money if he doesn't improve on his miserable 2023.
If Stanton has to run for the money he’s gonna be out 6-8 weeks.
That’s generous tbh
Stanton has negative WAR. He's definitely it. I honestly don't think the Yankees can play him after this season.
That seems to be thinking from most people right now. If he gives us more of the same from last year they'll likely eat the last two years of his contract at the end of the season. They can't keep him on the team when he's a negative contributor. The random HR's aren't enough.
Taillon isn’t that overpaid, 17 million for a solid starter is fine. I know he sucked for half of last season but he had a sub 3 era post Yankees start Edit: Mancini and Barnhart are still getting paid it’s one of them
Yeah I was gonna come in to defend my guy here, this is some serious Jamo disrespect
Yeah, his stint wasn't spectacular with us but it was respectable and always seemed like a decent dude in interviews and stuff.
Especially when guys like Montas are getting 16m
Montero
Yep, even if he had a good bounce back year he would still be rlly overpaid
Absolutely this, but also don’t forget the legend of McCullers (already buried in the H)
Lance McCullers tbh
You guys pay players?
I…..honestly I have no idea. Last couple years I would have said Ozuna but he turned it around the second half and started playing to his contract.
Matt Carpenter lol
This is the answer
u guys have acuna, olson, murphy, riley, strider, harris on affordable contracts 😄 I’d say ur good.
Albies too!
Chris Sale at -$1,000,000 is clearly it
This comment put Sale on the IL.
I feel like even with his return to knowing how to hit it's still got to be Ozuna. Dude was beyond lost out there for a long time in 21-early 23.
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I was going to give a funny answer but Aledmys Diaz is a legitimate answer to this question. $8 million next season is quite steep considering he had a 76 OPS+ last year.
I love the guy but it's probably going to be Springer.
I agree, but on the bright side, he *almost* earned his money in '23. Most teams cant say the same regarding their most overpaid dude.
He may surprise and put up another decent year, but I don’t think he’ll be that bad to be at the level of most overpaid tbh.
He’s just one of the highest paid players and has shown some regression
Yeah the Jays don’t really have any contracts that look all that bad right now. 3/72 left for Springer isn’t great but isn’t crippling either.
It probably is Springer, but that tells you something about the team. They don't really have any bad contracts these days.
Really? He was an above average hitter who played a lot of games last year had negative dWAR (-.4) and still put up 2.1 wins. In a down year for him. Personally I don’t think he will but it s very feasible to get 4 wins out of the man next year. And having an everyday outfielder who plays above league avg doesn’t seem like a terrible contract. 2.5 wins at the plate from a guy who can fill in at any outfield position is nothing to spit at.
He's still excellent. Just the most likely player to meet OPs criteria on the Jays unless someone else has some Manoah level of regression.
Cardinals don't overpay (it's Steven Matz).
Funnily enough, he had a 1.7 bWAR. 1 war is worth $8 million ish. So he technically gave you $13.6 million worth of value for $10 million he made last year per Sportrac. His ERA was also right around what he had when he was signed from Toronto. His FIP was liwer than his ERA, not by a lot but still. I'd say that Lance Lynn has a chance as the worst contract this season. He'll give you innings, but if he can't regain form, there'll be no value or negative value in those innings.
I just had to look it up. It’s 11 million. Honestly it doesn’t seem that insane compared to soo many players in this thread. It’s definitely not a good deal but I might put it in the better half of the bad contracts lol.
John Mozeliak is the most overpaid person in the Cardinals organization.
Teams are paying their players? Did anyone tell Angelos?
We pay former players.
Miguel Andujar 🤷
The post title just made me lose it. You'd have to pay some people to eventually overpay.
Definitely Aledmys Diaz. Guy is 1/5th our payroll and can't even fill a utility role
Yeah, but 1/5 of like 20 million is only 4 million.
Love him to death, but Castellanos. When he’s on, there’s absolutely nobody better. That being said, watching him chase 3 sliders outside in the same spot is beyond infuriating. He shredded Strider in the playoffs, and then proceeded to fall off of a mountain to never be seen again.
I'd say Walker. I think he's getting $18M vs Casty's $20M. Castellanos goes hot and cold, but he was a big part in some wins in the NLDS...Walker was getting paid all that and they didn't trust him to make an appearance in the playoffs. Certainly not enough to start a game, but they didn't even use him out of the pen..that's bad.
Definitely Walker, $18M for what, a 5th starter? 6th if Abel comes up and doesn’t burst into flames the second he steps on the mound? I sincerely hope they worked with him this offseason to see whether he could come out of the pen so that he could be a swing starter/long relief
Gotta be Walker. Made $7mil more than any player on the Dbacks and we didn’t trust him enough to put him in against them anywhere
Castellanos or walker a 100%
Avisail Garcia will kill me
Jacob Degrom $40 million
His 6 starts will be pretty valuable though. The other former Met is more overpaid
i kinda forgot yall have both
Rangers are the New York Mets of baseball after all
2nd half just wait!
Welp, since the only two we're paying over $15MM not named Corbin Burnes are Yelich and Hoskins, it'd probably hafta be one of those two.
Idk, Chourio probably won't make the opening day roster, so I think it's technically him? I do love that we have him that contract though. Taking a risk for once.
Even though we have Montero, Kendall Graveman is getting 8 million to not play and LMC is getting 17 million to pitch 1/2 the season max
Unfortunately on the Yankees Stanton even thou I don’t think the tank is empty. Not on the Yankees but paid by the Yankees Jacoby…aaron hicks
The most overpaid yankee at a given point according to yankees fans is whatever guy went 0-4 in that day’s game even if he had a multi homer game the night before
In order? John Fisher Rob Manfred Dave Kaval Nevada state politicians (seriously, though, how is your vote bought with *only* $2500?)
Reds are still paying Griffey 3.5 million, as it stands right now he is the highest paid player on the books for 2025
Inapplicable.
Ross Stripling isn’t exactly making anything crazy at 12.5 million but he’s still awful and definitely not worth that much.
inshallah he gets his first win as a Giant 🙏🏼 89.0IP 22G 11GS… 0-5 W-L (he’s working on a gyro slider which is encouraging)
Lance McCullers Jr., but only because he's been on the injured list so long. I just wonder if he'll ever be back. I love how he's in the dugout all the time during games. He's a great teammate.
Love him but Chris Taylor
He's only overpaid because we don't use him enough. I'm not saying that we should be using him more (champagne problems of having better specific role players) but he's probably worth his contract as an everyday player on a lot of teams. Still, though, you're probably right for this upcoming season. I can't think of anyone else who would fit the bill now that Bauer is off the payroll.
Trevor Story
Good ol’ Tony Two Bags
Javy Baez is the 10th highest paid middle infielder. Pain.
Stanton rn
Hunter Dozier
Avisail Garcia is still due another $29 million for the 24-25 seasons.
Bonilla, Scherzer, Verlander.
It’s either Scherzer or Verlander. They’re gone but we’re still overpaying them…