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The Detroit Tigers stunned the world by upsetting the Houston Astros in the Wild Card series. Perhaps the most stunning bit is not that they sold at the deadline and somehow got hot enough to make the playoffs but how little they paid to get to the American League Division Series.
The Tigers pay everyone they have a total of $24.5 million. That is one of the lowest pay roll in baseball. Unsurprisingly, several players across baseball make more than that by themselves. Among those, 16 players were in the postseason.
If the parameters were extended to all MLB players, there would be 40 total players who are paid more every year than the $24.5 million the Detroit Tigers spent to make the ALDS.
AL postseason stars who make more than the Tigers entire roster
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The Yankees spent a lot of money because they have five players on this list: Aaron Judge at $40 million, Gerrit Cole at $36 million, Giancarlo Stanton at $32 million, Juan Soto at $31 million (arbitration) and Carlos Rodon at $27.8 million.
Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros is paid $31.5 million. Alex Bregman is not far behind at $30.5 million AAV. Those two players were on the team that got swept by Detroit.
NL players who make more than the Tigers
In the NL, there are a lot of high-paid players. While the Los Angeles Dodgers worked some financial magic to reduce the number, the salary for one year of Shohei Ohtani is $70 million.
The Dodgers weren't done with Ohtani, either. They also pay Mookie Betts $30 million, Yoshinobu Yamamoto $27.1 million and Freddie Freeman $27 million.
The Philadelphia Phillies have a few players on this list, too:
- Bryce Harper, $27.5 million
- Trea Turner, $27.3 million
- Aaron Nola, $24.6 million
Another New York star, Francisco Lindor, is also on this list. He makes $34.1 million from the New York Mets. The San Diego Padres pay a yearly salary of $25.5 million to Xander Bogaerts.
Zack Wheeler doesn't make it onto this list, but he's just short of the Tigers at $23.6 million. Dodgers star Teoscar Hernandez also almost made it with $23.5 million.
