Nils (if he is still alive-- questionable at this point) and I are naturally excited for baseball season to finally start, and in that spirit I am passing along (courtesy of The Guy Who Knows Things) a link to George Will's most recent Newsweek piece that includes 50 baseball trivia questions that are actually pretty fun to skim through.
And I also share TGWKT's hope that Will, this Sunday morning on ABC, "responds to a question about the banking crisis by talking about Placido Polanco's musical sounding name."
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Some classic Pettitte-Love
Wallace Matthews of Newsday thinks that Andy Pettitte would be perfect for the Mets.
The Yankees can find nearly a half-billion dollars to pay three players who, as brilliant as they've performed elsewhere, have yet to do a thing for this franchise. And yet they can't scrape up a nickel more than $10 million for Andy Pettitte, who played an instrumental role in bringing them four world championships?
[A few things:
(1) BrilliantLY.
(2) When did "what have you done for me lately" give way to "what did you do for me a decade ago?" Also, Pettitte's post-season prowess is often overstated. In 35 career-postseason starts (31 of which were made as a Yankee): 218.1 IP, 3.96 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 5.73 K/9, 2.32 K:BB. Decent (especially the nearly 6.1 IP per start), but we're not talking about Schilling or Smoltz post-season career numbers here by any stretch.
(3) Other than providing bulk innings, Pettitte was pretty bad last season, and objectively awful in the second half (79 IP, 5.35 ERA, 1.52 WHIP after the AS break). $10 million? No thanks.]
Pettitte has just as much right to be insulted over the Yankees' contract offer as the Yankees have the right to insult him.
[Where is it written that a player's salary has to go *up* with each new contract, regardless of his performance?]
Last time I checked, the Mets were still shopping for a starting pitcher, and one glance at their roster reminds you of how badly they need one.
[Preferably a *good* starting pitcher, I would assume.]
And best of all, Pettitte doesn't cost you all that much, in money or years. One year at $12 million to $14 million, maybe with an option, probably gets it done, and that's perfect.
[True on the one-year potential. But $12-14MM is still waaaay above market for Pettitte, right?]
The Yankees can find nearly a half-billion dollars to pay three players who, as brilliant as they've performed elsewhere, have yet to do a thing for this franchise. And yet they can't scrape up a nickel more than $10 million for Andy Pettitte, who played an instrumental role in bringing them four world championships?
[A few things:
(1) BrilliantLY.
(2) When did "what have you done for me lately" give way to "what did you do for me a decade ago?" Also, Pettitte's post-season prowess is often overstated. In 35 career-postseason starts (31 of which were made as a Yankee): 218.1 IP, 3.96 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 5.73 K/9, 2.32 K:BB. Decent (especially the nearly 6.1 IP per start), but we're not talking about Schilling or Smoltz post-season career numbers here by any stretch.
(3) Other than providing bulk innings, Pettitte was pretty bad last season, and objectively awful in the second half (79 IP, 5.35 ERA, 1.52 WHIP after the AS break). $10 million? No thanks.]
Pettitte has just as much right to be insulted over the Yankees' contract offer as the Yankees have the right to insult him.
[Where is it written that a player's salary has to go *up* with each new contract, regardless of his performance?]
Last time I checked, the Mets were still shopping for a starting pitcher, and one glance at their roster reminds you of how badly they need one.
[Preferably a *good* starting pitcher, I would assume.]
And best of all, Pettitte doesn't cost you all that much, in money or years. One year at $12 million to $14 million, maybe with an option, probably gets it done, and that's perfect.
[True on the one-year potential. But $12-14MM is still waaaay above market for Pettitte, right?]
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