8. Josh Hamilton, $26.2 million
Hamilton, 35, an outfielder and power hitter, is a free agent. He was on the disabled list for the entire 2016 season after stints with the Texas Rangers from 2008 to 2012, the Los Angeles Angels from 2012 to 2015, and with the Rangers again from 2015 until the end of the 2016 season.
The Rangers paid Hamilton $26 million in 2016, though he did not record a single at bat.
In 2015, Hamilton contributed to the Rangers’ run into to an American League West division title, but he was forced to sit out 2016 after undergoing knee surgery, his third surgery in nine months.