The 27 Highest Paid Baseball Players — Are They Worth It?

15. Mark Teixeira

First Base, New York Yankees
2016 Salary: $22,500,000
Contract: 8 years, $180 million
Projected 2016 WAR: 1.5
Overpaid/underpaid: If he plays like he did when healthy last year, Tex may be a bargain. The projections don’t forecast that happening.