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The Major League Baseball Players Association announced, via a press release , on Tuesday that the average MLB player's salary for the 2010 season will be a remarkable $3.3 million. The announcement was prompted by an inaccurate report on Monday, by USA Today, that stated that the average MLB salary was down by 17% over the opening day payrolls of just a year ago. In an obvious effort to get their brag on and put their members' big time income on blast, the MLBPA wanted to quickly let the world know that there was no way the average salary went down and that, in fact, the average salary had increased for the sixth straight season. The 2010 figure is based on the salaries of 828 players, including those who are currently on teams' disabled lists, and does not include players' bonuses. The press release also stated that the full combined payrolls of all 30 MLB teams is over 2.7 BILLION dollars, more than $55 million over opening day 2009. Looking for a moral to this story...

Adam Eaton is still owed $9 million by the Phillies. Yeah, NINE MILLION DOLLARS. His salary for 2009 is $8.5 million, and there is a buy-out option for 2010 at $500,000. GM Ruben Amaro Jr. has made it clear that Eaton is not in the running for the 5th spot in the Phillies' pitching rotation. Eaton has accepted his own current status, as he's aware of the terribleness that is himself. Eaton, a former first round draft pick of the Phillies, is 14-18 with an ERA of 6.10 over the past two season for the Phillies. Just to provide a quick example of how significant $9 million is on the Phillies' payroll, Jayson Werth, Carlos Ruiz, Chris Coste, Eric Bruntlett, Matt Stairs, Scott Eyre and Chad Durbin combined will not make $9 million this season. When asked about the possibility of accepting another minor league assignment, Eaton had this to say, "If we get to that point, I'll be released. And I don't think that's the end of the world by any means. It would be ki...