Salaries can be a sensitive subject for some, but the players included in this photo gallery probably wouldn’t shy away from sharing some details of their yearly earnings.
Major League Baseball produces some of the largest player-contracts of all professional sports, and this fact was further exemplified when Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera agreed to an eight-year contract extension that will — pending a physical — make him the wealthiest player in the MLB.
While Cabrera clearly holds the number one spot on this list, there are other contracts that will also suddenly make your wallet feel very thin.
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