[Kitty]

Top 50 salaries in Major League Baseball for 2008.

1) Alex Rodriguez New York Yankees $28,000,000
2) Jason Giambi New York Yankees $23,428,571
3) Derek Jeter New York Yankees $21,600,000
4) Manny Ramirez Boston Red Sox $18,929,923
5) Carlos Beltran New York Mets $18,622,810
6) Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners $17,102,149
7) Johan Santana New York Mets $16,984,216
8) Todd Helton Colorado Rockies $16,600,000
9) Torii Hunter Los Angeles Angels $16,500,000
10) Carlos Zambrano Chicago Cubs $16,000,000
11) dl-Andy Pettitte New York Yankees $16,000,000
12) Bobby Abreu New York Yankees $16,000,000
13) Carlos Delgado New York Mets $16,000,000
14) Mike Hampton Atlanta Braves $15,975,185
15) Magglio Ordonez Detroit Tigers $15,768,175
16) Rafael Furcal Los Angeles Dodgers $15,730,196
17) Jim Thome Chicago White Sox $15,666,667
18) Tim Hudson Atlanta Braves $15,500,000
19) Richie Sexson Seattle Mariners $15,500,000
20) Vladimir Guerrero Los Angeles Angels $15,500,000
21) Aramis Ramirez Chicago Cubs $15,250,000
22) dl-Jason Schmidt Los Angeles Dodgers $15,217,401
23) Sdl-Randy Johnson Arizona Diamondbacks $15,100,546
24) Mariano Rivera New York Yankees $15,000,000
25) Miguel Tejada Houston Astros $14,811,415
26) Andruw Jones Los Angeles Dodgers $14,726,911
27) Lance Berkman Houston Astros $14,500,000
28) Barry Zito San Francisco Giants $14,500,000
29) Pat Burrell Philadelphia Phillies $14,250,000
30) dl-John Smoltz Atlanta Braves $14,000,000
31) J.D. Drew Boston Red Sox $14,000,000
32) Alfonso Soriano Chicago Cubs $14,000,000
33) Mark Buehrle Chicago White Sox $14,000,000
34) Albert Pujols St. Louis Cardinals $13,870,950
35) Troy Glaus St. Louis Cardinals $13,500,000
36) Adrian Beltre Seattle Mariners $13,400,000
37) Gary Sheffield Detroit Tigers $13,326,306
38) Derrek Lee Chicago Cubs $13,250,000
39) A.J. Burnett Toronto Blue Jays $13,200,000
40) Jorge Posada New York Yankees $13,100,000
41) David Ortiz Boston Red Sox $13,000,000
42) Hideki Matsui New York Yankees $13,000,000
43) Johnny Damon New York Yankees $13,000,000
44) Roy Oswalt Houston Astros $13,000,000
45) Adam Dunn Cincinnati Reds $13,000,000
46) Garret Anderson Los Angeles Angels $12,600,000
47) Frank Thomas Toronto Blue Jays $12,560,000
48) Carlos Lee Houston Astros $12,500,000
49) Mark Teixeira Atlanta Braves $12,500,000
50) Mike Lowell Boston Red Sox $12,500,000

BREAKDOWN: Team-by-team baseball salaries -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

[reallygreatidea]

Lol, that is too funny! Arod makes more in one season than the entire team of the Florida Marlins, hahaha.

[grasshopper_tom]

How can AJ Burnett be getting paied more then Roy Halladay.

[jackmcmanus21]

as a Braves fan...the Hampton thing still gets to me

[Domenic]

At least, in Hampton's case, insurance is paying a great deal of his salary. Most of these subpar players (Giambi, Sexson, Delgado, Zito) are actually huge economic drains on their respective teams.

[BlueBaron]

Originally Posted by jackmcmanus21

as a Braves fan...the Hampton thing still gets to me

You beat me to it... That's alot of dough to ride the ole pine.

[Brian34Cook]

Look at all those getting more than Pujols.. I love it!

[King Joseus]

Jason Giambi...yikes.