2014 Contracts in MIL Annual Average Vakue – AKA AAV (Age) – Running $ Total
1. 1B Mark Teixeira – 23.0 (32) 23.0
2. SP CC Sabathia – 22.8 (32) 45.8
NEW: SP Masahiro Tanaka – 22.1 (25) 67.9
3. CF Jacoby Ellsbury – 21.9 (30) 89.6
4. C Brian McCann – 17.0 (29) 106.6
5. SP Hiroki Kuroda – 16.5 (37) 123.1
6. LF/DH Carlos Beltran – 15.0 (36) 138.6
7. SS Derek Jeter – 12.0 (40) 150.6
8. OF Ichiro Suzuki – 6.5 (40) 157.1
9. ** OF Brett Gardner – $5.6 MIL (29) 162.7
10. ** RP David Robertson – $5.2 (27) 166.9
11. OF/DH Alfonso Soriano – $5 MIL (37) 172.9
12. RP Matt Thornton - $3.5 (37) 176.4
13. INF/OF Kelly Johnson – $2.8 MIL (32) 179.2
14. 2B/UT Brian Roberts – $2.0 MIL + Incentives (36) 181.2
15. OF/DH Vernon Wells – $2.4 MIL (35) (DFA’d But still goes towards AAV), 183.6
16. INF Brendan Ryan – $2.0 MIL (30) 185.6
17. SP Ivan Nova – $3.3 MIL(25) 188.9
18. RP Shawn Kelley – $1.8 MIL (29) 190.7
19. C – Francisco Cervelli - 700K(26) 191.4
Total after these 20 players is $191.4 MIL towards AAV
Entry Level Contracts – 2014 Yankees. $2.5 MIL
20. SP – David Phelps
21. SP – Michael Pineda
22. INF – Eduardo Nunez
23. RP – Cesar Cabral
24. RP – Adam Warren
25. RP – Preston Claiborne
26. SP – Manny Banuelos
Total $193.9
Also A-Rod will still collect 21 days worth of pay, as those are the days off the team doesn’t play but the players are paid, so his salary may be in the $3.1 MIL range for 2014 despite the suspension.
Total payroll is roughly $197.0 MIL. This is before incentives for Roberts, or signing bonuses for any of their draft picks.
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