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The next time Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen visits Philadelphia, he will probably check his pockets two or three times, turn around to see whatever is on the floor behind him, and hold his gym bag a little more tightly.
That’s because McCutchen will not be remembered for what he did on the field in a prior series against the Philadelphia Phillies, but what he left on the field — his pay stub — and that stub has now made the rounds of the internet. A Phillies fan found the stub and posted it online:
Here’s Andrew McCutchen’s paystub. Keep in mind, he’s the 109th top paid player in baseball. Start crying now. pic.twitter.com/ZRgVzNLFUR
— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) May 22, 2015
It offered a glimpse into the life of the everyday MLB player; that is, if you considered the 109th-highest paid player in the major leagues an everyday player. Most fans who follow the Pirates know McCutchen signed a six-year, $51.5 million extension three years ago, but until the pay stub fell, most do not know what that means in the kind of real money those fans see when they look at their own paychecks. McCutchen takes home over $400,000 twice a month, and that’s after taxes.
Speaking about taxes, the stub also lists the money athletes have to pay not only in their home states, but in every state they have to play in, so by the end of their career, they probably will have to pay taxes in every state that has an MLB team, but probably not enough to evoke sympathy from any average fan.
Throwing it on the ground, though, is probably something he will not do in the future.
Mike Gibson is a Phillies writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @papreps , “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.
