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

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

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

19. Masahiro Tanaka

Pitcher, New York Yankees
2016 Salary: $22,000,000
Contract: 7 years, $155 million
Projected 2016 WAR: 2.8
Overpaid/underpaid: The projection implies a value around $18 million to $20 million.

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