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The 25 Most Overpaid Players In Major League Baseball

Cork GainesJun 29, 2013, 22:14 IST

Getty ImagesThere are 251 players in Major League Baseball making at least $4.0 million this season and 98 of them are making at least $10 million.

Many of those players are severely overpaid and on the next few pages we will take a look at the most overpaid in baseball.

To do this, we will look at a player's overall production based on Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and translate that to a dollar value. We will then compare that value to what the player is actually making.

In many cases, teams would be better off not playing these guys at all.