5. Yoenis Cespedes, $28.1 million
Yoenis Cespedes, 31, is an outfielder with the New York Mets, who paid him $27.5 million in 2016.
Cespedes, a two-time All-Star, ended up batting .280 in 479 at bats.
His team won 87 games, placing second in the National League East and earning a wild card playoff spot—a one-game contest in which the Mets lost to the San Francisco Giants. Cespedes's salary averaged out to about $316,000 for each Mets win.