Coming off a World Series title and an All-MLB First Team selection with the Washington Nationals, Anthony Rendon hit the market at the perfect time. The Angels, responsible for paying two of the highest-paid MLB players, struck a deal with the All-Star third baseman. Rendon’s contract ex...
Highest Paid Players Contract information is unofficial and collected from published reports. Dollar figures may not be adjusted for deferred money. Updated 11/2024. Total Value The most lucrative contracts in baseball history, by total value: 1. Shohei Ohtani, $460,814,765(2024-33) (reduced fo...
Who Is the Highest-Paid MLB Player of 2021? The 2021 season's highest-paid MLB player is right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole, who signed a nine-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $324 million. Cole is followed by his former teammate and fellow right-hander Justin Verlander, who s...
This offseason, Gerrit Cole broke the record for largest total contract value for a pitcher, and the deal's $36 million average annual value is the highest in baseball history regardless of position. But the new Yankees ace doesn’t have the heftiest ind
By the end of 2023, Ohtani will likely sign the largest MLB contract ever, breaking the record of $426.5 million held by his Angels teammate Mike Trout. Ohtani has roughly a dozen endorsement partners in the U.S. and Japan, including BOSS, Fanatics, Kowa and Seiko. In Jan...