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| | Which league is best? Just follow the money |
 | | Furthermore, the AL gets extra points for not being the league that houses the Marlins, whose payroll is less than the average annual salaries of five Yankees. |
 | | Three free agents switched leagues with contracts totaling more than $20 million, and all went from the NL to the AL -- A.J. Burnett (Marlins to Blue Jays, five years, $55 million), Ramon Martinez (Padres to Orioles, four years, $27.5 million) and Esteban Loaiza (Nationals to A's, three years, $21.375 million). |
 | | The biggest contract for a player moving from the AL to the NL was for Tom Gordon, a reliever who left the Yankees for the Phillies for three years and $18 million. |
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