Check it out: The reason we know what players get paid
by Jesse Spector from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5TBRW)
Just before Major League Baseball's lockout began, the Mets signed Max Scherzer to a three-year, $130 million contract, a $43.3 million annual average that set a new record and also set a talking point for the labor dispute to come.