What a Waste!

 
Twenty-three million dollars wasted.  Well, to be exact, $23, 428,571 millionwasted.  That was the salary last year for 14 home runs and 39 runsbatted in. That was the salary for Jason Giambi.  What a waste you say?  You’d be exactly right. Every season scores of players annihilate theirteams’ payroll by sucking millions and millions of dollars away.  Take for instance Giambi, who at now 37 is way past hisprime.  But that was the going ratefor a less than mediocre Designated Hitter. There are a bunch like him, too.  So many guys that are making way beyond what they are worthin the major leagues, and not blinking an eye when receiving that massivepaycheck. Adam Eaton, at three years and $24.5 million, won 10 gameslast year.  So at just under $1million per win, Eaton was raking it in.  He did have an ERA somewhere north of six, but what does itmatter, he is locked into this atrocious contract for another two seasons. Former Cy Young winner Bartolo Colon rode in the same ... [link]

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