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

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

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

24. Jacoby Ellsbury

Outfielder, New York Yankees
2016 Salary: $21,607,000
Contract: 7 years, $153 million
Projected 2016 WAR: 2.0
Overpaid/underpaid: The Yankees will need Ellsbury to have a big bounce-back season to make this contract look less than foolish.

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