Where Anthony Rendon ranks among the 9 worst active MLB contracts

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Anthony Rendon said this week that his family and his faith are his top priorities in life. Baseball did not reach such a status.

Sure, baseball may not be a "top priority," but one could ask whether Rendon even cares about baseball at all, given his playing time, or lack thereof, over the last few years.

After finishing in third place in the NL MVP vote and winning a World Series in 2019 with the Washington Nationals, Rendon signed a seven-year, $245 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels. Rendon played in 52 of the 60 games in the truncated 2020 season, but since the start of 2021, he has played in just 148 games.

Rendon's contract is right up there with one of the worst in the game, and his recent comments about baseball not being a "top priority" caught him some flak, mostly due to his inability to stay on the field.

So, with Rendon putting himself in headlines, we wondered where Rendon's deal ranks among some of the worst deals that still have some time on them. So, this will not include Chris Davis, but it sure will include Rendon.

The dollar amount represents the total throughout their deals.

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Anthony Rendon (Katelyn Mulcahy/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

There is a lot of time left in this deal (which arguably should make it higher), but it was less than two years ago when the lefty was a Cy Young Award candidate, so we'll give him and the Yankees the benefit of the doubt here.

But it's so far, so bad. The oft-injured Rodon signed a six-year, $162 million deal last offseason but began his Yankees tenure on the injured list. In just his third start in pinstripes, he was jawing