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- ZH2009, on 12/13/2008, -2/+53this is another disaster in-the-making ... grossly overpaid for one season of above-average performance after years of mediocrity ....
- Jeffler, on 12/13/2008, -2/+25Thanks AJ for what you've done in your time here.
Signed,
A Jays Fan.
PS - WTF is that thumbnail? - alanocu, on 12/13/2008, -2/+23I hope he's able to survive in this faltering economy on that little.
- beachsouthpaw, on 12/13/2008, -0/+19As a Jays fan, I'm happy to see him go and very glad we didn't blow this kind of money going after him. He was an extremely overrated player at best.
Yanks fans, as much as you think you're getting a premiere pitcher, he will be injured on again off again for his first three seasons and will produce pretty half-assed numbers. And you will question why the hell you spent so much money on the guy. We've lived through that story already.
A pitcher like Doc Halladay, on the other hand, should be paid whatever amount he wants. I've got my fingers crossed he stays a lifer with the Jays, but I would completely understand if he wants to go to a contender. Class act. - Dorkside, on 12/13/2008, -0/+15Ridiculous. All this money following one good year?
- casbboy, on 12/12/2008, -5/+20it's nice to be a club with a lot of money
- littlegraydude, on 12/13/2008, -0/+12Agreed... Halladay for Prime Minister, he's got the potential for the Cy Young EVERY season.
- 3tcp, on 12/13/2008, -1/+12The Yankees have spent more than $240 million to sign picthers CC Sabathia and Burnett. As a point of reference, owner Mark Attanasio paid $223 million for the entire Brewers franchise in 2005. Good to see that the declining economy isn't worrying the Yankees
Kind of makes me think of how, in the decade after the NFL put it's hard salary cap and revenue sharing system in place, the value of every franchise is worth over $500 million. Every team in the NFL is now worth more than every team in the MLB, except for the Yankees who are worth more than about half the teams in the NFL. Baseball would be a lot more fun and popular if every sports fan wasn't jaded by the fact that half the playoff spots every year are bought by teams from LA, Chicago, NYC and Boston. - ngmcs8203, on 12/13/2008, -0/+10On the West Coast we call that "Zito syndrome".
- S7aind, on 12/13/2008, -0/+9You mean the Rays?
- mrcoldcow, on 12/13/2008, -4/+13Burnett will be a bust.
CC will have a few good years, but his weight will increasingly be an issue. He's soon to be a perennial DLer.
The Yankees have almost no concept of home grown talent. Joba is nice, but we still need to see more of him.
Don't worry...the Yanks ain't winning a World Series anytime soon. - NecroSexy, on 12/13/2008, -0/+9Blanton.
- littlegraydude, on 12/13/2008, -2/+10Toronto is glad to be rid of him. He is way too expensive for such inconsistency.
- brooklynmutt, on 12/13/2008, -3/+10Just glad he's not a Brave.
- irfanmp, on 12/13/2008, -7/+14The Yankees can spend all the money they want but they're no match for the Marlins and their limited payroll.
- brownsound00, on 12/13/2008, -0/+7***** AJ. WE stick up with his ***** and injuries for 2 years, and then the one good year he KINDA plays up to his contract... he's gone. Well, now he's getting even more overpaid and will be even less consistent in new york. He has to be the highest paid .500 pitcher in baseball
- brownsound00, on 12/13/2008, -0/+6Agreed. It used to be the same deal with hockey too... and now look at it. Teams that make smart picks and work well with their money are winning. Teams like the leafs, who just bought players, are failing.
- StigNordas, on 12/12/2008, -3/+9My God it's good to be a pro!
- ZH2009, on 12/13/2008, -0/+6... and for someone who has been on the DL nine times since 2000 ...
- shootinputin187, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5Dugg for how incredibly factual this comment is. Everything in baseball has turned into a game of can and cannot. The Yankees only signed the one-hit-wonder Burnett because of 2 reasons: (1) he had one good season; (2) because they can. Every time he took the mound for the Jays I face palms hoping the game would just end, or the game would just delay because I always had this feeling of another 4 run, 7 hit 1st or 2nd inning, give or take. The thing I don't get about Burnett is that when he pitches well (which is not often) he is a stud. He is a machine, unstoppable. But consistency is key, and Burnett does not offer consistency in that ridiculous contract. The Yankees are on another road to fail.
- MeccaOfManhood, on 12/13/2008, -2/+7Vegas has them as 4-1 odds, currently the favorite to win the Series. And just think, they're not done spending.
- form3hide, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5Why wouldn't it count?
Every team signs free agents. The Yankees just over pay for free agents. - pervy_the_clown, on 12/13/2008, -3/+8The next Carl Pavano
- inactive, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5They'd probably put Hughes in at the 5 spot in the rotation with Kennedy going to the bullpen. If they can all perform up to their ability, while staying healthy, that staff is absurd. Of course, that's a big if.
- Anubis2051, on 12/13/2008, -2/+7hey bud, in the last decade (10 years), the yanks have 3 World Championships, and 5 AL Championships. If thats you're idea of a fail, I don't want to know what your idea of success is.
- brownsound00, on 12/13/2008, -0/+5As my friend says all the time... Burnett has the best stuff in baseball. That's why teams are so interested in him, because when he's on... he's ON.
The problem is... he's rarely on. He gets injured a lot (and that is not genetic, that is a lack of sport specific training and poor throwing mechanics). Injuries in baseball are not "bad luck", with the exception of getting hit by a ball. If you have tight muscles, you will feel it. If you aren't strengthening all the muscles in your rotator cuff, there will be imbalances and you will tear one. It's simple. He didn't put the work in for that, and now he's paying the price. - S7aind, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4Zito was consistently good for awhile though, his collapse was strange.
- form3hide, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4It's going down this year as they should be under 200mil.
- kevingarnett, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4If the players didn't get that much, it would all go to the owners who would get richer off the sweat of the players. While the amounts of money the players are getting are astronomical, I fully admit. I'd much rather see it go to the people that the fans actually pay to see then the owners who sit in a box and watch.
- DiggityCarl, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4*the evil empire stirs again* Bring it on, Bitches....Go Red Sox!
- inactive, on 12/13/2008, -2/+6I know, I'm sick of the Yankees making the post-season every year and teams like the Rays and Phillies have NO shot to get to the World Series. Hell, the Patriots won 3 World Series championships in just a few years! It's pathetic.
... wait. - Ftown13, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4Hamels.
- form3hide, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4O's fan? Even worse.
- retop56, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4For the first time in a while I'm actually scared of the Yankees and what they can do. Their rotation is going to be crazy.
- brownsound00, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4what?
- 3tcp, on 12/13/2008, -0/+4A sports team shouldn't have to engage in other business activities in order to subsidize their team's payroll. It doesn't matter what other business a team is engaged in if the salary is capped anyway except that it leads these rich teams to vote against things that are best for the league in order to protect their other business interests.
- 3tcp, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3The Brewers had a $90 million payroll last season and can't raise payroll because the team will begin losing money. They had the highest market saturation of any team in baseball. What other profits are there? How are smaller market teams supposed to increase profits just by making a more competitive team? Meanwhile, teams with double the payroll don't worry about losing money,
Yeah, without the current luxury tax and revenue sharing, many franchises wouldn't exist. If only those who were able to compete and field a profitable franchise without the luxury tax were allowed to exist then the MLB would be 2 teams from NYC, 2 teams form Chicago and 2 teams from LA.
Yeah, that's a recipe for success. Without 22 other teams to play against those 6 teams wouldn't be worth half of what they are now.
A league where a team wins because its players are better payed than the other team's is uninteresting, unsportsmanlike and bad business. The consumers want competitiveness and the current salary cap structure of the MLB does not provide it. Therefore, it's lost out to the relative parity of the NBA and NFL. - 3tcp, on 12/13/2008, -1/+4Baseball is fun to watch at a bar, drink beer and throw your dart when nothings happening. It would be more fun to watch if it were more competitive too.
- Ftown13, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3You did not just say socks
- inactive, on 12/13/2008, -0/+3the next Barry Zito
- aarongzmn, on 12/13/2008, -1/+427
- cheezwhip, on 12/13/2008, -3/+6The problem with baseball isn't the fact that the Yankees outspend every team, its the fact that the owners of underperforming teams are willing to suck up the money that comes their way from the luxury taxes on the Yankees, Boston, and the Mets and other higher payroll teams instead of attempting to field a competitive team and earning their profits that way. Without the current luxury tax in place, some MLB franchises wouldn't exist.
- AmyVernon, on 12/13/2008, -2/+5Pitching!
- aarongzmn, on 12/13/2008, -1/+4have fun dreaming
- jspegele, on 12/14/2008, -0/+3and in NY we call that "Carl Pavano". Here we go again...
- 3tcp, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3Yeah, of the 7 teams from LA, NYC, Chicago and Boston, 5 of them made it to the playoffs. 3 of the 21 smaller market teams made it to the playoffs while 5 of the 7 big teams did.
If the olympics were like that the US and China would pay all those kenyan marathoners to move so that those countries could get more medals (even if they're only silver & bronze). You think the olympics would be anywhere near as popular as they are around the world if this were the case? - Anubis2051, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2You clearly know nothing about baseball. Right now, the Yankees have 4 solid starters, with joba as one of them. Andy will probably be number five, but even on the off chance that the Yanks also sign another pitcher, Joba would be moved to the bullpen, where he has been nothing but lights out. Joba will be a staple of the Yankees for years to come.
- MNorton17, on 12/13/2008, -0/+2I predict Sabathia barely makes it through this contract. When you factor in his size and the number of innings hes pitched the past couple of seasons compared to the number of innings he pitched in all the seasons before that, I foresee the last couple of years in his contract being a disaster.
- brsteve88, on 12/13/2008, -1/+3I don't know why you're getting buried. Baseball is just ridiculous without a salary cap.
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