Signing of the Off season

So its about 45 games into the season and the season is about 25% over. There have been a few plays who performed very well so far into the season, but they are all getting paid a lot. Which player is getting underpaid for their performance? A team wants to pay players the minimum amount of money for the maximum efficacy .

The player that is doing the most for the least amount of money in 2012 is Raul Ibanez. Ibanez is 39 years old is going to be 40 later in the year. He is an established veteran and that shows when he comes through in the clutch. Ibanez gets paid 1.1 million dollars for the 2012 season and has great stats for such a little amount of money (compared to other salaries.) In 33 games and 118 plate appearances Ibanez has a .336 on base percentage and a .473 slugging percentage. He has 9 home runs for the season. It may not seem outstanding, but a while ago someone told me "Its not how hard you hit it; its where you hit it." I think for Ibanez its when you hit it. Ibanez seems to always get home runs and rbis when the Yankees are down by a few runs or to add insurance runs.

If you divide it out the Yankees are paying Ibanez $6790 a game and 42 games into the season he earned $285185. That means the Yankees are paying $9199 for a run produced by Raul Ibanez.