Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game gathers the best collection of talent every year for one night.
It’s a who’s-who of stars under one roof at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) in Seattle.
Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Nolan Arenado are perennial All-Stars, but this Midsummer Classic also features a gaggle of up-and-coming stars on the American and National League rosters.
As expected, many of the highest-paid players will be participating in the exhibition, but it also includes 33 first-timers, some of which are making close to the league minimum.
There are three starters − Adolis Garcia, Josh Jung and Jonah Heim − on the AL team making less than $1 million, courtesy of the Texas Rangers. Garcia and Austin Hays of the Baltimore Orioles replaced two of baseball’s highest-paid players − Mike Trout and Aaron Judge − who are out because of injury. Conversely, only three starters on the NL team are making less than $5 million.
Follow the money: MLB player salaries and payrolls for every major league team
2023 MLB SALARIES:Database of every player on the opening day roster
So, who’s buying dinner in Seattle?
Here are the 2023 salaries of each starter:
American League starters
- Marcus Semien, 2B, Texas: $26,000,000
- Shohei Ohtani, DH, Angels: $30,000,000
- Randy Arozarena, LF, Tampa Bay: $4,150,000
- Corey Seager, SS, Texas: $35,500,000
- Yandy Díaz, 1B, Tampa Bay: $6,000,000
- Adolis Garcia, RF, Texas: $747,760
- Austin Hays, CF, Baltimore: $3,200,000
- Josh Jung, 3B, Texas: $721,485
- Jonah Heim, C, Texas: $745,660
Starting pitcher: Gerrit Cole, Yankees: $36,000,000
*Trout ($37,116,667) and Judge ($40,000,000) were voted starters but will both be unavailable due to injury.
National League lineup
- Ronald Acuña Jr., RF, Atlanta: $17,000,000
- Freddie Freeman, 1B, Dodgers: $25,290,674
- Mookie Betts, CF, Dodgers: $21,158,692
- J.D. Martinez, DH, Dodgers: $10,000,000
- Nolan Arenado, 3B, St. Louis: 32,822,071
- Luis Arraez, 2B, Miami: $6,100,000
- Sean Murphy, C, Atlanta: $4,000,000
- Corbin Carroll, LF, Arizona: $1,625,000
- Orlando Arcia, SS, Atlanta: $2,300,000
Starting pitcher: Zac Gallen, Arizona: $5,600,000
Highest-paid All-Stars in 2023
- Judge, OF, Yankees: $40,000,000
- Trout, OF, Angles: $37,116,667
- Cole, SP, Yankees: $36,000,000
- Seager, SS, Texas: $35,500,000
- Arenado, 3B, St. Louis: $32,822,071
- Ohtani, DH/SP, Angels: $30,000,000
- Semien, 2B, Texas: $26,000,000
- Freeman, 1B, Dodgers: $25,290,674
- Marcus Stroman, SP, Cubs: $25,000,000
