The Venezuelan second baseman and undisputed star of the Houston AstrosJosé Altuve is the only Latin player who appears in the famous list of the Top 10 highest-paid players for what will be the 2024 Major League Baseball season, according to information from Forbes magazine.
In the aforementioned list there are baseball players born in the United States, as well as Japan, who have become owners of this Top 10, and the Venezuelan José Altuve appears as the only one born in Latin America among the 10 highest paid in the Major Leagues, which is a quite important fact for the Latin market and especially for Altuve who has earned this status through a lot of work and effort, proving to continue being the spearhead of the Texan team’s offense.
How is the list composed?
The 33-year-old second baseman with 13 seasons of experience in the Big Top, all with the Houston Astros, he is in position number six with $43 million, behind the Japanese players Shohei Ohtani (#1 and $62 million), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (#2 and $59 million), the Americans Max Scherzer (#3 and $53 million), Aaron Judge (#4 and $45 million) and Justin Verlander (#5 and $44.1 million).
The rest of the list is completed by the Americans Jacob deGrom (#7 and $40.3 million), Mike Trout (#8 and $40 million), Anthony Rendon (#9 and $38.1 million) and Corey Seager (#10 and $37.5 million).
How was this list created?
In order to create this distinguished list, we took into account how much they earn the players for their work on the field, and in addition all the money that each of them receives outside of activity as a Major League player was added.
Altuve, who has won two World Series with Houston and was the Most Valuable Player in 2017will earn $41 million dollars this season as part of the $125 million dollar contract extension he received at the beginning of the year and will keep him the undisputed leader of the Houston Astros until the 2029 season. The six-time winner of the Silver Bat adds another $2 million dollars for its agreements with brands such as New Balance, Franklin, 2 Hoots Hard Tea and HEB
Ohtani, current star player of the Los Angeles Dodgersis widely number 1, earns just $2 million dollars for what he does on the field and makes $60 million for what he does off the diamond.
By team, the Texas Rangers have three players in the top 10, while the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels and Astros have two per capita. The last spot belongs to the New York Yankees.
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2024-04-01 14:48:58
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