Thanks to my 600-word bitchfest two days ago about how boring the Hot Stove season is, I've administered the classic blogger "reverse jinx," causing teams to finally wise up and start to spend...and, as everyone knows, "spend" in Yankee-speak means "screw yourself over backwards for a 290-pound starting pitcher coming off a two-year stretch where he combined to throw 494 regular-season innings." Will CC be a good pitcher for at least like three years of his contract? Almost definitely, which is why I think the Yankees adding an opt-out clause makes sense. But will he be lights-out throughout the entire seven-year stretch of his deal? I guess I'd have to see him actually eat a salad before I could say yes to that.
And just like that, the Hot Stove is in full swing again. AJ Burnett (three healthy major-league seasons, 4.07 ERA last year) is going to get $100 million, Derek Lowe (age 35) is going to get a five-year deal, and Jake Peavy (undersized pitcher with violent pitching motion coming off an injury-plagued year that was preceded by a 223-IP season) is going to cost the Cubs their entire minor league system plus Wrigley Field and the Harry Caray statue. Ahhhhh...thank you Yankees. As usual, you've wrecked baseball while also making the winter so enjoyable for non-AL fans.
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