MLB players whose former teams are paying their salaries

Aybar was traded from the Angels to the Braves prior to the last year of his four-year, $40.08 million contract. The Angels are covering $2.5 million of his $8.5 million salary this season.

Cleveland signed Bourn to a four-year, $48 million contract in 2013 that it's still regretting. He was traded to Atlanta in 2015 and has since been released twice. Cleveland and Atlanta are sharing in the contractual obligations as he plays for Arizona.

Crawford signed a ridiculous seven-year, $142 million contract with Boston in 2011. He was recently released by the Dodgers, who will pay him more than $43 million between 2016-17 regardless of whether or not he signs with someone else.

Washington traded Escobar to the Angels during the offseason and agreed to pay $1.5 million of his $7 million contract. He's helping the Angels, hitting above .300 as their leadoff man.

Detroit had enough of Fielder after only two years of his nine-year, $214 million contract. The Tigers traded him to Texas for Ian Kinsler in 2014 and are responsible for $6 million of his salary each season through 2020.

Guerrero hit the lottery when he signed a $28 million contract after defecting from Cuba. He's still owed $15 million over the next two seasons by the Dodgers despite being released in June and will earn that salary regardless of whether or not he signs elsewhere.

Last offseason the Cardinals and Padres swapped Jon Jay and Jedd Gyorko. The Padres included $7.5 million of the $28 million Gyorko is owed over the next three seasons.

Hamilton's contract couldn't be a bigger disaster for the Angels, who signed him for effectively five years, $114.33 million to play 240 games over two seasons. He was traded to the Rangers, and the Angles are paying more than $73 million of his nearly $80 million remaining from 2015-17 so he can play for a division rival.

Hill was shipped from Arizona to Milwaukee for Jean Segura and company in the offseason. He's making $12 million in 2016, and $6.5 million is covered by Arizona.

Infante's struggles caused the Royals to release him this season. He's still owed more than half of his $7.75 million for 2016 and $8 million plus a $2 million buyout next season, for which K.C. is responsible beyond the league minimum that Atlanta or another team could cover.

Not every move the Cubs front office has made turned out great. Jackson signed a four-year, $52 million contract in 2013 but was released last July, with Chicago picking up the tab. Since then Atlanta and Miami have released him.

Johnson agreed to an ill-fated three-year contract extension with the Braves that started in 2015 for $23.5 million. He was traded to Cleveland in 2015, who released him and is responsible for paying him nearly $17 million as he plays for the Marlins this season.

The Dodgers traded Kemp to the Padres in a blockbuster trade before 2015. They paid nearly all of his salary in 2015 and are paying $14 million of his remaining $87 million salary over the last four years of the contract.

Latos could only find a one-year, $3 million contract with the White Sox during the offseason, and apparently even that salary was too much after the team released him in June. 

Atlanta traded Maybin to Detroit during the offseason and also included $2.5 million of the $8 million owed to him.

Morse signed a two-year, $16 million contract with Miami last season and was traded to the Dodgers and then shipped to Pittsburgh almost immediately. The Dodgers paid all of Morse's $8.5 million salary this season, but Pittsburgh still released him in late April.

Olivera signed with the Dodgers for six years, $62.5 million in 2015 out of Cuba and was traded in a massive three-way trade to Atlanta last season. Despite the fact that the Dodgers are paying $28 million of his salary over the six years, the contract is looking like a massive disaster for the Braves with Olivera currently serving a suspension for alleged domestic abuse.

No one wants Reyes, apparently. He signed a six-year, $106 million contract with the Marlins in 2012. However, he was traded to Toronto after one season, then shipped to Colorado for Troy Tulowitzki last year. He served a suspension at the start of this season for alleged domestic abuse, then was released by the Rockies and picked up for the league minimum by the Mets. Colorado is covering the rest of his salary this season and $26 million next year.

Rollins is a possible future Hall of Famer but settled for $2 million with the White Sox during the offseason. Chicago released him in mid-June and is due to pay him the rest of his salary even if he doesn't sign somewhere else.

Shields signed a four-year, $75 million contract with the Padres in 2015. He was traded to the White Sox this year just after being criticized for his poor play by ownership. The Padres will pay $38 million of the $63 million owed to him over the final three years of his deal.

Swisher signed a four-year, $56 million contract with Cleveland in 2013. He was traded to Atlanta last season and released during spring training this year. The Yankees added him on a minor league deal, with the Indians and Braves covering his $15 million salary this year, and he just recently stepped away from baseball to be with his newborn child.