It has become more and more common, though the Yankees have, as you might expect, a disproportionate impact there.
According to the Bottom Line on ESPN, there have 19 $100 Million Dollar Men and 7 of them have been Yankees. That's just under 37% of all (almost by definition) these SUPER overpaid free agents going to 3% of all teams. Of course, the new Steinbrenners, proving they can spend their daddy's money as well as he can, has signed two $100 Million Dollar Men in the last month or so--CC Sabathia and Mark Teixiera ($180 Million! No Trade Clause!).
About Sabathia, I said: "here are some things that I would have thought about before I spent 160 million dollars on him: prior to two the last two seasons, he had never pitched 205 innings; he hadn't had 200 Strike Outs in a season. Even taking his great run over the last two years, he has NEVER won 20 games.
Don't get me wrong--like I said, I respect CC, a lot. I've seen him befuddle my team of choice for for about 7 years. But 8 years? And about 20 million bucks a pop? How good is CC going to be at age 32? 33? 34?"
Insanity! And now more insanity. As commenter Black Freighter weighed in on Teixiera back when there were a couple of teams who were only willing to pay Teixiera $160 million. I quote:
"Just look at the stats and see all the 1st baseman hitting 30 dingers and 100 rbi... he's one of at least 10-15.
Here's 16 players who can easily hit that line at first base: Morneau, Pujols, Berkman, Lee, Pena, Howard, Fielder, Cabrera, Konerko, Youkilis, Giambi, Delgado, Gonzalez, Jacobs, Laroche and Votto. "
The Yankees have a ton of money; so do the Red Sox. The difference is--the Red Sox have a General Manager who doesn't chase every single over-hyped free agent out there.
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