As a reward for losing the ALDS in four games, the Yankees will split $2,866,130.59 in postseason pool money this year. MLB announced the postseason shares yesterday. The World Series champion Red Sox received a record $31,747,908.06 in pool money.
The Yankees awarded 45 full shares worth $43,081.55 apiece. They also gave out 21.47 partial shares and two cash awards. Last year the Yankees split $10.14M in postseason pool money for losing Game Seven of the ALCS, and they handed out 57 full shares at $138,897.63 a pop. Here’s the postseason pool information:
The players’ pool is formed from 50 percent of the gate receipts from the Wild Card Games; 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first three games of the Division Series; 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first four games of the League Championship Series; and 60 percent of the gate receipts from the first four games of the World Series.