Jacoby Ellsbury never lived up to the $153 million contract he received from the Yankees, and will end up having not played more than half the potential games in his seven-year deal after being released Wednesday night.
By the numbers
$294,230: Money per game played (520)
$299,412: Money per hit (511)
$3,923,076: Money per home run (39)
$772,727: Money per RBI (198)
2014: 149 Games – 156 hits – 16 home runs – 70 RBIs – .271 – $21 M
2015: 111 Games – 116 hits – 7 home runs – 33 RBIs – .257 – $21M
2016:148 Games – 145 hits – 9 home runs – 56 RBIs – .263 – $21M
2017:112 Games – 94 hits – 7 home runs – 39 RBIs – .264 – $21M
2018: 0-0-0-0-0- $21M
2019: 0-0-0-0-0- $21M
2020: — — — — — $21M*
Total: 520 games – 511 hits – 39 home runs – 198 RBIs – .264 (Plus $5M buyout in 2021)