A List of Pitchers Worse Than Cole Hamels Making More Than Cole Hamels

(Hamels' average salary: $6.83 million)

Barry Zito ($18 million)
A.J. Burnett ($16.5 million)
Jason Schmidt ($15.6 million)
Derek Lowe ($15 million)
Ryan Dempster ($13 million)
Bronson Arroyo ($12.5 million)
Carlos Silva ($12 million)
Kevin Millwood ($12 million)
Hiroki Kuroda ($11.76 million)
Javier Vazquez ($11.5 million)
Vicente Padilla ($11.25 million)
Gil Meche ($11 million)
Jeff Suppan ($10.5 million)
Kyle Lohse ($10.25 million)
Aaron Cook ($10 million)
Ted Lilly ($10 million)
Dontrelle Willis ($9.6 million)
Jose Contreras ($9.6 million)
Jeremy Bonderman ($9.5 million)
Jarrod Washburn ($9.375 million)
Brett Myers ($8.58 million)
Miguel Batista ($8.33 million)
Adam Eaton ($8.17 million)
Kenshin Kawakami (Who?) ($7.6 million)
Doug Davis ($7.33 million)
Nate Robertson ($7.08 million)
Jason Marquis ($7 million)

Look, I get that he was making $500 K last year, but come on. He signs a multi-year deal, and he's still not the highest-paid starter on his own team? Adam fucking Eaton?!? Wow.

This doesn't just make NO sense, it makes NEGATIVE sense. Other things now make a little more sense, to balance this out.