Top 10 Highest Paid MLB Baseball Players 2012

Top 10 Highest Paid MLB Baseball Players 2012 Season! With the season just getting started, we take a gander at the top 10 highest paid baseball players with the biggest salaries for the 2012 season! With perennial All-Stars taking up most of the list, most of these players have had MVP or Cy Young caliber years, if not won these awards. Also, find out who the highest paid mlb player of 2012 is! Furthermore, see which big money makers did not make the list year! For example, Albert Pujols who signed a $250,000,000 contract, will only be making $12,000,000 this year, since he makes much more in the later years of his contract! Now Numeroten presents, Top 10 Highest Paid MLB Baseball Players 2012 Season!

10. Miguel Cabrera – 2012 Salary $21,000,000 – Contract 8 years / $152,300,000 – Average Yearly Salary $19,037,500 – Last Year of Contract 2015 – Age 28 – Detroit Tigers – Position Third Base

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9. Vernon Wells – 2012 Salary $21,100,000 – Contract 7 years / $126,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $18,000,000 – Last Year of Contract 2014 – Age 33 – Los Angeles Angels – Position Center Field

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8. Cliff Lee – 2012 Salary $21,500,000 – Contract 5 years / $120,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $24,000,000 – Last Year of Contract 2016 – Age 33 – Boston Red Sox – Position Starting Pitcher

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7. Adrian Gonzalez – 2012 Salary $21,857,142 – Contract 7 years / $154,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $22,000,000 – Last Year of Contract 2018 – Age 29 – Boston Red Sox – Position First Base

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6. Mark Teixeira – 2012 Salary $22,500,000 – Contract 8 years / $180,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $22,500,000 – Last Year of Contract 2016 – Age 31 – New York Yankees – Position First Base

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5. Prince Fielder – 2012 Salary $23,000,000 – Contract 9 years / $214,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $23,777,778 – Last Year of Contract 2020 – Age 27 – Detroit Tigers – Position First Base

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4. Joe Mauer – 2012 Salary $23,100,000 – Contract 8 years / $184,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $23,000,000 – Last Year of Contract 2018 – Age 28 – Minnesota Twins – Position Catcher

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3. C.C. Sabathia – 2012 Salary $23,250,000 – Contract 8 years / $186,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $23,250,000 – Last Year of Contract 2017 – Age 31 – New York Yankees – Position Starting Pitcher

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2. Johan Santana – 2012 Salary $24,000,000 – Contract 6 years / $137,500,000 – Average Yearly Salary $22,916,667 – Last Year of Contract 2014 – Age 33 – New York Mets – Position Starting Pitcher

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1. Alex Rodriguez – 2012 Salary $30,000,000 – Contract 10 years / $275,000,000 – Average Yearly Salary $27,500,000 – Last Year of Contract 2017 – Age 36 – New York Yankees – Position Third Base

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