The Oakland A’s Have Manny Machado 2.0, And He Makes Less Than $1 Million March 6th, 2019, SIS Featured Baseball’s salary structure privileges some players over others. Consider the 2018 seasons of these two excellent players: (Stats explanation: wRC+ is a holistic measure of offense in which 100 is average, 110 is 10% above average, 95 is 5% below average, etc. DRS stands for “Defensive Runs Saved”) Click here to read the rest of the article at Forbes.com.