Texas Rangers SS Corey Seager, Shohei Ohtani Among MLB's Highest Paid
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is among the 10 highest-paid players in Major League Baseball, according to Forbes. The list considers all income, including salary and off-field endorsements.
Seager is estimated to make $36 million, with $1 million coming from endorsements, in 2023. Entering the second year of a 10-year, $325 million contract, Seager is part of a massive $800 million spending spree over the last two offseasons that the Rangers hope leads to playoff contention again.
He racked up a career-best 33 home runs last season, while hitting a career-low .245. Seager should benefit greatly from the new shift rules.
Seager and the Rangers open the season Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies at Globe Life Field.
Leading the Forbes list is no surprise, as Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is expected to bank $65 million. That number may double in the next year, as Ohtani is set to be a free agent after this season and a historic contract should follow.
Forbes estimates Ohtani will collect $65 million in total earnings for the 2023 season before taxes and agents’ fees, an MLB record. Nearly half of that comes from the record-breaking one-year, $30 million contract extension he signed in October to avoid arbitration. Off the field, baseball’s most prolific pitchman continues his ascent to global superstardom, with at least $35 million in endorsement earnings annually, by our count. The next-highest off-the-field total of recent memory was Bryce Harper’s $6.5 million in 2022. Aaron Judge’s endorsement earnings ranked second highest on this year’s list at $4.5 million.
The rest of the top 10: New York Mets’ Max Scherzer ($59.3M), New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge ($44.5M), Mets’ Justin Verlander ($44.3M), Angels’ Mike Trout ($39.5), Angels’ Anthony Rendon ($38.2), Yankees’ Gerrit Cole ($36.5), Minnesota Twins’ Carlos Correa ($37M), Seager and St. Louis Cardinals’ Nolan Arenado ($35.2M).
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