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Five of the twenty highest-paid players in 2013 were members of the Yankees. Their team payroll for 2013 was $228,835,490, roughly $12 million above the second-largest Los Angeles Dodgers. [12] The Yankees have drawn criticism for their payroll, with some claiming it undermines the parity of MLB.
2015 was the second year of MLB's eight-year contracts for national broadcasts in Canada. Rogers Communications -owned Sportsnet holds English-language rights to the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, almost all postseason games, and various regular season games, all of which are in addition to the channel's Canada-wide "regional" deal for all ...
Additionally, 5.3% (10 of 189) of his career home runs have been walk-offs, the highest percent of HRs via walk-off among 819 players in MLB history with at least 100 career HRs, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. [53] May 23 – The Chicago White Sox retire Paul Konerko's #14 in a pre-game ceremony at U.S. Cellular Field.
The St. Louis Cardinals 2015 season was the 134th for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, the 124th season in the National League, and the 10th at Busch Stadium III. They entered the 2015 season as two-time defending National League Central champions and having made four consecutive NLCS appearances.
For the MLB, data for the current 2020 season was used to determine the highest-paid player on each team in terms of payroll salary (MLB’s version of cap hit).
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
If you haven't seen it already, we've revealed the top 25 free agents in the 2015 class. One interesting note: not a single quarterback cracked the list. As we begin our free agent series notes ...
The Cubs defeated the top-seeded Cardinals in four games to return to the NLCS for the first time since 2003. John Lackey helped the Cardinals prevail in a shutout in Game 1. In Game 2, the Cubs jumped out to an early 6–1 lead and did not relinquish it, as the Cubs bullpen held the Cardinals' offense to just two more runs scored to even the ...