10 Highly Paid Rookies
September 13, 2011 at 15:57 PM EDT
Rookie athletes receive paydays with no equal in any other field, based solely on the hope that they'll play as well as they did at college. Some teams pick the wrong rookies and pay dearly, and some get the next great Hall of Famer. Here are some of the rookie athletes who received huge paydays to play for major league teams.