Making the playoffs is a big deal for a lot of reasons, but one that isn’t talked about very frequently is the extra payday it means for players -- especially those who aren’t making millions.
The Milwaukee Brewers earned a players’ share pool of $10,582,636.02 for finishing as the runners-up in the National League. According to Mark Feinsand, the Brewers players voted to award 64 full shares, a little more than 21 partial shares and four other cash awards from that pool. That works out to about a $122,957 bonus for the 64 players voted full shares.