Five things to watch for at Winter Meetings

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8 years, $184 million -Minnesotaâ??s front office made sure that Mauer would be a Twin for life. In 2010 they agreed to an eight-year extension one year removed from a brilliant season in which he hit .365/.444/.587 with 28 home runs. As Mauer has aged, though, the Twins have shifted Mauer out from behind the plate and used him at first and as a DH.

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7 years, $217 million - Price got paid by the Red Sox after the 2015 season, making them immediate AL East contenders. The lefty starter compiled 18 wins between the Tigers and the Blue Jays in 2015, but his Achilles' heel appears to be the playoffs. Price is 2-7 in postseason play with a 5.12 ERA.

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13 years, $325 million - The biggest current contract in the MLB came from the team with the league?s lowest payroll. It more than tripled Miami?s next biggest contract and it included an opt-out clause after six years. Stanton played only 74 games in 2015, the season following his big payday.

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7 years, $210 million - Following in the Dodgers footsteps, the Nationals secured an ace that completed one of the leagueâ??s most formidable rotations. Scherzer had himself quite the 2015 with four complete games and two no-hitters, but the team collectively couldnâ??t match his brilliance.

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8 years, $186 million - A contract that was supposed to bring rings back to New York is now looking foolhardy. Sabathiaâ??s ERA has skyrocketed since 2013 and he is no longer the ace he once was, and he admitted in September that he is an alcoholic.

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7 years, $215 million - Kershawâ??s contract from the Dodgers was the biggest for a pitcher before it was eclipsed by Priceâ??s. Heâ??s a three-time Cy Young winner and also an MVP who has kept LA in playoff contention, but he has not been able to get over the NLCS hump and into the World Series.

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10 years, $240 million - New York parted ways with Cano in 2013 after the All-Star second baseman turned his nose up at the Yankees? seven-year, $175 million offer. Cano has been his usual productive self with the Mariners, but Seattle has yet to make the playoffs with him at the helm of the offense.

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12 years, $225 million - Cincinnati's 2012 contract extension with Votto was the longest in MLB history, with 10 years, $225 million added to his previous contract. The Reds experienced a dismal 2015 campaign and will need to build around their well-compensated slugger if they hope to return to the playoffs.

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9 years, $214 million - Detroit went big in 2012, trying to give Cabrera some protection in the middle of the lineup by signing Fielder. He lasted only two seasons with the Tigers (in which he appeared in every single game), who shipped him to the Rangers.

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10 years, $275 million - When Rodriguez re-signed with the Yankees for 10 years in 2007, it was then the biggest contract in American sports history. He helped the team to one World Series, but the former Gold Glover has now been limited to a DH role and will be 42 when the contract finally expires.

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7 years, $175 million - King Felix knew he wanted to stay a Mariner, and the organization rewarded him with this meaty contract.

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7 years, $175 million - The righthander gets a big raise in 2016, as he'll go from making $7.4 million to earning $25 million annually from 2017-23. The new dealâ??s total dollars match the 2013-19 contract of Seattleâ??s Felix Hernandez for the sixth-highest among big league pitchers. The new contract has an escape clause, though: Strasburg can opt out and become a free agent after the 2019 or 2020 seasons.

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8 years, $167 million - Posey?s impact on the Giants was felt almost immediately. He helped the team to a World Series title in his second season in the league, and has since won two more. The Giants were not letting him walk, so they gave him the most lucrative contract in franchise history in 2013.

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4 years, $110 million - While the total pay isn't in the same ballpark as Giancarlo Stanton or even Miguel Cabrera, the yearly average of $27.5 million puts the outfielder in the same league as those sluggers.

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10 years, $240 million - After 11 dominant years with the Cardinals, 'The Machine' accepted this 2012 contract from the Angels when he was 32 years old. He hasn?t been the same player in LA ? although his power numbers were back up, he hit just .244 in 2015, the lowest mark of his career.

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8 years, $180 million - Teixeira's contract would be the biggest on almost any other team. Not with the Yankees, though, where Teixeira has the third-highest contract on the books.