Yankees (and former Red Sox) outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left hip on Monday, guaranteeing that he will not play a single inning in 2018.
Despite his inactivity, Ellsbury will still earn more than $21 million this year. That is more than the Yankees will pay to Didi Gregorius, Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez, Dellin Betances, Aaron Hicks, Austin Romine, Greg Bird, Miguel Andujar, and Gleyber Torres combined.
Ellsbury is also guaranteed almost $70 million over the next three seasons ($21,142,857 per). After 2021, he will get another $5 million when the Yankees buy out his option rather than pay him another $21 million for 2022.