As MLB emerges from a three-month lockout, its ten top earners are set to collect $377 million combined this year, an all-time high.
Fortunately for baseball’s elite, the bull market at the top end has some momentum: Of theHere are baseball’s ten highest-paid players for 2022.Max Scherzer’s three-year, $130 million deal with the New York Mets, struck in December, set an MLB mark with its average annual salary, easily eclipsing New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole’s $36 million figure from two off-seasons prior.
The off-field earnings estimates are determined through conversations with industry insiders and reflect annual cash from endorsements, licensing, appearances and memorabilia, as well as any businesses operated by the players. Forbes does not include investment income like interest payments or dividends and does not deduct for taxes or agents’ fees.