MLB's highest-paid starting pitchers for 2024 season: Ranking starters by salary
Who are the highest-paid starting pitchers in Major League Baseball for the 2024 season?
The position continues to be among the highest paid in MLB, with 16 starting pitchers currently set to make at least $20 million in the 2024 baseball season, led by a pitcher/designated hitter who is earning a massive $70 million in salary this season.
There are 59 pitchers under contract to earn at least $10 million in salary in 2024.
Here's a look at the Top 10 starting pitchers in the league, ranked by 2024 payroll salary, per spotrac.com, a site that tracks MLB player contracts (through March 11, 2024).
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Who is the highest-paid starting pitcher in baseball?
The Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is currently the highest-paid pitcher (and player) in MLB, with a salary of $70 million this season.
His current contract has a total value of $700 million over 10 years.
Which MLB starting pitchers will make the most in 2024?
Ohtani has company on the list of the top-paid starting pitchers in baseball.
The Texas Rangers' Max Scherzer and the Houston Astros' Justin Verlander are tied for second among the highest-paid MLB starting pitchers with a salary of $43.3 million each in 2024. They are followed by Rangers pitcher Jacob DeGrom at $40 million.
Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees comes in fifth, with a salary of $36 million this season, and he's followed by Patrick Corbin of the Washington Nationals, who will make $49 million in 2024.
MLB's highest-paid starting pitchers in 2024:
1. Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani: $70 million
2. Texas Rangers RHP Max Scherzer: $43.3 million
2. Houston Astros RHP Justin Verlander: $43.3 million
4. Texas Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom: $40 million
5. New York Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole: $36 million
6. Washington Nationals LHP Patrick Corbin: $35.4 million
7. Washington Nationals RHP Stephen Strasburg: $35 million
8. New York Yankees LHP Carlos Rodon: $27.8 million
9. Philadelphia Phillies RHP Aaron Nola: $24.5 million
10. Seattle Mariners RHP Luis Castillo: $24.2 million
- Source: spotrac.com
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