Vernon Wells: $126 million
Justin Upton: $106 million
Albert Pujols: $240 million
Josh Hamilton: $125 million
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They signed several other ordinary players to bloated contracts after rogue-wave All-Star appearances (Matthews Jr, Cozart).
Also, they seemed incapable of signing anyone who was in their prime and actually performed. You could argue Wells and Upton were bad luck, but it's as if a guy wasn't even on their radar unless he was 30+ and his best was obviously behind him. As if Artie Moreno thought everyone aged like Barry Bonds, lol.
And who could've predicted a former addict would do poorly after getting paid 100 millon bucks?!?
AND none of the above are pitchers, lol. That's the position you fear most with injury risk, but oh well.