Earn What You Get: Why I’m Glad (Insert Giants Pitcher) Is Getting Paid

The San Francisco Giants pitching staff is widely regarded as one of the best in baseball. At the same time, the San Francisco Giants pitching staff is not the highest-paid pitching staffs in baseball. For now.

Take a look at these numbers from 2011 (numbers c/o Cot's Baseball Contracts):

1) Philadelphia Phillies

Halladay ($20 million) + Lee ($11 million) + Hamels ($9.5 million) + Oswalt ($16 million) + Blanton ($8.5 million) + Kendrick ($2.45 million) = ~$58 million

2) Boston Red Sox

Beckett ($15.75 million) + Lackey ...

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