MLB players get paid well, but that doesn’t mean they are helping their team win games. The 20 highest-paid MLB players will make at least $27 million in 2022. Needless to say, that is a lot of money!
Up to this point, Scherzer has delivered on his contract for the first-place Mets despite missing several starts with an oblique injury.Salary: $43.3 million
Between 2012 and 2019, Trout had a WAR of at least 6.9, leading his teams to approximately seven wins per year or more than an average player.Salary: $37.1 million