C.J. Wilson

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1. clintfsu813
   July 25th, 2011 | 12:44 pm
   

   Can tj

2. clintfsu813
   July 25th, 2011 | 12:44 pm
   

   Sorry..Can the Yanks afford both?

3. Raf
   July 25th, 2011 | 2:17 pm
   

   clintfsu813 wrote:

   Sorry..Can the Yanks afford both?

   Of course they can.

   Having said that, I don’t think Wilson will cash in as much as people think. He’ll be 31 at the start of next season. He doesn’t have the track record of Cliff Lee, who got a 5 year deal.

   FWIW;

   Lee
   12:$21.5M
   13:$25M
   14:$25M
   15:$25M
   16:$27.5M club option ($12.5M buyout)

   Santana
   12:$24M
   13:$25.5M
   14:$25M club option ($5.5M buyout)

   Zito
   12:$19M
   13:$20M
   14:$18M club option ($7M buyout)

   Sabathia’s making $23M, and his contract runs through 2015 provided he doesn’t opt out.

   Stranger things have happened, but I don’t see Wilson clearing $20M per year. He may get 5 years, though, because that seems to be the going rate (4-5 year contracts). If CC opts out, it will be because he has the desire to be the highest paid pitcher in MLB; he’s already the highest paid pitcher in the AL. He too will probably get 4-5 years; he’s younger than Lee.

   With salaries in general trending down, it’s interesting to see where things’ll lead. There are only a handful of teams that can “afford” Sabathia/Wilson, and none of them offer the perks playing with the Yankees offer. I can only imagine that Mrs Sabathia loves NY and she’d kill CC if they ever left (unless the ties to the bay area are really that strong), well that is until she sees the bank statement

4. LMJ229
   July 25th, 2011 | 11:32 pm
   

   Of course any team that signs them is going to pay through the nose. That’s just the economics of baseball as it is today. But I don’t think they will play off each other. CC is far superior to CJ.

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