The New York Yankees have a problem. They don't notice it, fans don't notice it, players don't notice it. They are old. They finally made a big stride towards getting younger this year by signing CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira.
Lets look at their contracts.
MARK TEIXEIRA: Signed until age 36 (with no trade clause)
CC SABATHIA: Signed until age 35
A.J. BURNETT: Signed until age 36
Has baseball come to the point where teams have to spend $20 million on 35-36 year old players?
Friday, January 2, 2009
Yankees Need 6th, 7th Starters Ready
People seem to think that the Yankees rotation is solid as is. Those people are forgetting the injury factor.
CC Sabathia: Overweight, so you cannot make any guarantees especially with the amount of innings he pitched last year.
A.J. Burnett: He is AJ Burnett, it is not a walk year, enough said.
Chien-Ming Wang: Coming off leg injury and you can't count on him.
Joba Chamberlain: First full year as starter, can he handle the innings?
5th Starter TBD
CC Sabathia: Overweight, so you cannot make any guarantees especially with the amount of innings he pitched last year.
A.J. Burnett: He is AJ Burnett, it is not a walk year, enough said.
Chien-Ming Wang: Coming off leg injury and you can't count on him.
Joba Chamberlain: First full year as starter, can he handle the innings?
5th Starter TBD
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