The word quetzal was originally used for just the resplendent quetzal, the long-tailed quetzal of southern Mexico and Central America, which is the national bird and the name of the currency of Guatemala.
He also has the highest career earnings in MLB history. The highest paid player in Major League Baseball (MLB) from the 2013 season is New York Yankees' third baseman Alex Rodriguez with an annual salary of $29,000,000, $4 million higher than the second-highest paid player, Cliff Lee.
2017 Baseball Managers Salaries: Highest Paid MLB Coach on Average. MLB doesnât officially disclose managersâ salaries. We gathered information from various online sources to come up with the numbers below. Also, most managers also have a lot of incentives built into their contracts. This means the numbers below may not represent their actual compensation. From what we could find, Joe Maddon, Mike Scioscia and Bruce Bochy are the highest paid managers in Major League Baseball. But, there isnât a lot of data available. So, we donât really know how many of these numbers are correct and how much some of the others are making.