So the Mets signed K-Rod (3 years, $37 million) to fill the role of closer for next season in the massive sucking sound that is their bullpen. I was all ready to go off about how they overpaid for him, but I am personally shocked that the deal is as reasonable as it is - I thought the vaunted "saves record" would earn a bigger premium. Perhaps GMs are wising up to the fact that saves aren't a very reliable metric for measuring performance.
And it is being reported that the Yankees have landed CC Sabathia for a great big 6 year, $140 million contract to go with his great big gut. They probably technically overpaid, but it's the Yankees - they can afford it and he is one of the top couple of pitchers in baseball (but my god, what is a beer going to cost in the new stadium!?!). They certainly want to avoid the so-called catastrophe of missing the playoffs again, and they definitely have holes to fill in the rotation with Mussina retiring and Pettitte unlikely to return. A rotation of Sabathia, Wang, Joba, Hughes + ________ (Pettitte? Burnett? Lowe?) is pretty strong. Watch out, Rays.
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