World Series Winner New York Yankees Top MLB Payroll

World Series 2009 champions New York Yankees have quite the payroll expense. According to ESPN, the Yankees 2009 payroll is $208,097,414 and the average player salary of $7,748,050. In second place are the New York Mets, whose payroll is $145,367,987. The bottom of the MLB salary list in 2009 goes to the Pittsburgh Pirates who have a small payroll: $25,197,000.

The NY Yankees are paying big money and apparently it paid off with a big World Series 2009 win.

Bringing in the most in 2009 for the New York Yankees is Alex Rodrigues who has a salary of $33,000,000. World Series 2009 MVP, Hideki Matsui, has a $13,000,000 salary and is soon to be a free agent.

What about the other players? Here's the list, according to the stats at ESPN.com.

1. Alex Rodriguez 33,000,000
2. Derek Jeter 21,600,000
3. Mark Teixeira 20,625,000
4. A.J. Burnett 16,500,000
5. CC Sabathia 15,285,714
6. Mariano Rivera 15,000,000
7. Jorge Posada 13,100,000
8 a. Johnny Damon 13,000,000
8 b. Hideki Matsui 13,000,000
10. Robinson Cano 6,000,000
11. Andy Pettitte 5,500,000
12. Nick Swisher 5,400,000
13. Damaso Marte 3,750,000
14. Jose Molina 2,125,000
15. Jerry Hairston Jr. 2,000,000
16. Melky Cabrera 1,400,000
17. Joba Chamberlain 432,575
18. Brett Gardner 414,000
19. Phil Hughes 407,650
20. David Robertson 406,825
21. Alfredo Aceves 406,750
22. Phil Coke 403,300
23. Francisco Cervelli 400,000

Even if a player is not one of the million dollar salary earners on the New York Yankees, they are still making a respectable almost half-million dollars to play for the 2009 World Series winners.

Cheryl Phillips
HULIQ.com