The San Francisco Giants paid Pablo Sandoval the league minimum last season. In addition to the nine home runs the infielder hit in 92 games, Sandoval pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning in a staff-saving appearance on the mound in April.
Of course, Sandoval made far more than the league-mandated $545,000 for his efforts in 2018. He collected an additional $18,445,000 from the Boston Red Sox as part of the five-year, $95 million deal he signed with the club in 2015.
The Red Sox will pay Sandoval, who won three World Series with the Giants before his brutal stint in Boston, another $18,445,000 this season to not play baseball for them.