This won’t come as a shock: Major league teams spend a lot of money on bad contracts. In 2017, 50 players made at least $17.5 million, including Carl Crawford, who made $21.9 million to not play baseball. Half of that top 50 made a combined $528 million and were worth a combined minus-10.7 WAR.
With that in mind, let’s check in on all 30 teams and look at some of the potential bad money on each roster for 2018. Your team isn’t spending any money on free agents? Maybe that’s wise, or maybe it’s because they’re already wasting it elsewhere.