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

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

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

25. James Shields

Pitcher, San Diego Padres
2016 Salary: $21,000,000
Contract: 4 years, $75 million
Projected 2016 WAR: 3.1
Overpaid/underpaid: If Shields does a bit better than last year, as implied by his projected WAR, he’ll be overpaid, but only slightly.

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