The following players got a combined $54 million from the Red Sox this year.
Hanley Ramirez- $22.75 million
Pablo Sandoval- $17.4 million
Manny Ramirez- $2 million
Rusney Castillo- $11.8 million
Pablo Sandoval- $17.4 million
Manny Ramirez- $2 million
Rusney Castillo- $11.8 million
That $54 million represents 24% of the Red Sox salaries for the year. If we throw in the $16 million Dustin Pedroia was paid, now we are up to 31% of the salary.
Top 10 MLB payrolls according to Spotrac
While I know they can’t, if we could just take those salaries off the books for the year, the Red Sox would move from the highest salary to the 10th highest. No, I didn’t go through the rest of the teams’ rosters to see what wasted money they have on their dockets.
As food for thought, here are some salary facts for some other teams and leagues.
- Boston Bruins- $74 million
- Celtics- $127 million
- NFL salary cap- $172.2 million
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