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12/08: Abraham: Pettitte Officially Back

Posted by: Patrick

Just received an e-mail from Randy Hendricks. $16 million for one year, player option worth $16 million in 2008. Slick move by Cashman. Gets no worse than the third-best FA starter on the market for far less of a financial commitment than Zito or Schmidt.

Nice.

Via Alex.

Comments

James wrote:

Now, I'll be interested to see what they do with Igawa - I mean, at this point, wouldn't you offer Igawa a pretty low salary? You have 3 solid starters (as in innings eaters), #4 in RJ, #5 in Pavano (knock on wood), and Hughes, Rasner, Sanchez, et. al in AAA just waiting for a shot in case someone gets hurt.

Where does Igawa fit in there?

12/08 17:53:05

Patrick wrote:

At this point, I'd be interested to see what Igawa has over Pavano and maybe even over Randy. Let him come into spring training and try to win that 4th spot. If he has good stuff, the fact that he is new to the league (i.e. not a known commodity to MLB hitters) should help him in his first year, at least. We know what Randy and Pavano can provide, so I say let's see what Igawa can provide. If we put $26 million out there to talk to him, he must have something.

12/08 18:02:53

Seamus wrote:

I don't know, that bid could've been an insurance policy in case they didn't sign Pettite or some other left hander. I think signing him now unless it's a financial bargain becomes rather pointless.

Either way, I'm ecstatic to see Pettite back. Probably not what he once was, but he improves that rotation immensely. :)

12/08 18:38:50

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