View Full Version : Jake Westbrook 3-yr/$33M
plask_stirlac
04-13-2007, 01:55 PM
Jake Westbrook signed a 3-yr, $33M contract extension.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Alg2wUH6udMd_Wp9uW_XpkCFCLcF?slug=ap-indians-westbrook&prov=ap&type=lgns
It's not just that thoroughly average, while valuable, gets $11M, it's the smaller market teams ponying up. Hmm.
Craig S.
04-13-2007, 02:34 PM
It's Gil Meche-Ted Lilly money, which I guess isn't all that outrageous. If the Tribe expects the spending madness continue, and given the lack of quality pitching, it's not a bad signing.
I think a lot of those mid-range guys will end up with similar deals, while the Santanas and Zambranos blow the lid off the bank.
plask_stirlac
04-13-2007, 03:32 PM
It's still nuts, but teams can spend what they want.
What's wrong with $8M for average, durable pitching? I know there are factors and I;m going to be normative, but that SHOULD be plenty, a lot really though perhaps not with the scratch they are paid early on. Why do they get a 40% raise off of that? SPs are making average NBA players look underpaid.
A lot of these deals are going to go bust like 2000's, and young, dirt-cheap pitching is going to become even more sought after, platinum to plutonium.