Yankees Win With Sabathia, Lose With Burnett
By Howard Megdal ~ December 15th, 2008. Filed under: Digest Contributors, Howard Megdal.
The Yankees made a huge investment in their starting rotation this week, reaching agreements with pitcher C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett on a pair of lucrative, long-term contracts.
But while the acquisition for Sabathia for seven years, $161 million dollars includes all of the necessary upside such an expensive deal should provide while addressing a clear need, the five years and $82 million New York handed to Burnett does neither of these things. Meanwhile, the reasons to believe that Sabathia is a good bet for a long-term contract are missing from Burnett’s profile.
In short, this week the Yankees failed to differ between a good pitching contract and a bad one—and the misused resources could well come back to haunt them
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