Salary

1 February 2008

The answer, of course, is not as much as they think they’re worth.

From rotoworld.com: “The Royals and Brett Tomko have reportedly agreed to a one-year, $3 million contract.  It's so ridiculous to complain about what Alex Rodriguez is making when baseball is swimming in so much cash that Tomko can disappoint organization after organization and still receive $3 million. The soon-to-be 35-year-old had a 5.55 ERA while pitching in two of the National League's bigger ballparks last season. Once in 10 years -- with the Giants in 2004 -- has he actually met the expectations a team had for him. There's simply way too much money being made by baseball if he's worth $3 million.”

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