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Biggest Contracts in Baseball History

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Biggest Contracts in Baseball History
A list of the biggest contracts in baseball history. Baseball players have always been well-compensated with regards with to their peers in other sports. Since 1998, superstar players have been rewarded as such, receiving the astronomical contracts totaling over $100 million. The players at the top of this list are in rare company: they're in the super exclusive $200 million club. Many of the game's top players are well-compensated, especially those who are veterans. Some of the guys on this list are considered some of the greatest baseball players of all time.

At the top of this list is the only man to receive two contracts over $250 million: Alex Rodriguez. Signing an unprecedented $252 million deal with the Texas Rangers before the 2001 season, and re-upping with the Yankees in 2007 for a whopping $275 million, A-Rod is easily the highest paid player in baseball history. Other members of the $200 million club include Robinson Cano, Albert Pujols, Clayton Kershaw, Joey Votto and Prince Fielder. These guys are the cream of the crop at their respective positions and some are waiting for their day to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. 

The many All Stars on this list deserve to have the richest contracts in MLB history. If you consider the timing of their deals, along with their statistical production and age, you'd be hard to argue with many of the contracts on this list. Of course, there are some guys who are overpaid and some that shouldn't have been so well-compensated, but that's life. 
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Albert Pujols
10 yr/$240 million with the Angels in 2011
6 yr/$100 million with the Cardinals in 2004
Alex Rodriguez
10 yr/$275 million with the Yankees in 2007
10 yr/$252 million with the Rangers in 2001
Clayton Kershaw
7 yrs/$210 million with the Dodgers
Joey Votto
10 yr/$225 million with the Reds
Joe Mauer
8 yr/$184 million with the Twins
Justin Verlander
7 yrs/$180 million with the Tigers
Prince Fielder
9 yrs/$214 million with the Tigers 
Derek Jeter
10 yr/$189 million with the Yankees
Robinson Cano
10 yrs/$240 million with the Mariners
Mark Teixeira
8 yrs/$180 million with the Yankees


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