I'm not sure what to think about this deal. One the one hand, they're getting the best available free agent pitcher and locking him up for seven years. But on the other hand, they're taking a huge gamble on a guy who clocks in at 290lbs, has never won a big game, and has pitched a shit-ton over the last five years (ESPN ran a list of players who have made the most pitches in the past 5 years and CC placed 4th, I believe). Considering that the Yankees need, at best, two starters and, more realistically, three starters, wouldn't that money have been better spent on any combination of Lowe, Burnett, and a back of the rotation guy? Also, this doesn't address their other need, namely a first baseman.

Uschi said:
I won't rape you, I'll just fuck you 'till it hurts and then not stop and you'll cry.

MisterJLA: RACKS so hard, he called Jim Rome "Chris Everett." In Him, all porn is possible. He is far above mentions in so-called "blogs." RACK him, lest ye be lost!

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