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Tony's Top 5 worst pitching contracts in baseball
Tony's Top 5
Worst pitching contracts in baseball
5
A.J. Burnett, five years, $82.5 million. First of all, he has an obvious injury history. Second, he was 69-66 entering this year, which just happened to be a contract season. By the time this one is up, we're willing to bet the Yankees will have their Matt Clement.
4
Kei Igawa, five years, $46 million*. Technically, this is just a five-year, $20 million contract. In reality, with a $26 million posting fee, the Yankees paid $46 million for a man who has been a complete bust. The Yankees should have just taken the cash and burned it.
3
Carlos Silva, four years, $48 million. We knew this was a bad deal at the time, but somehow, the contract actually has worsened over time. Silva still has three years left after going 4-15 with a 6.46 ERA. Without the contract, he'd have been released.
2
Jason Schmidt, three years, $47 million. With one year remaining on this contract, Schmidt is 1-4 with a 6.31 ERA in 25 2/3 innings during his career with the Dodgers. Deals like this one are why people get fired. Like the Yankees, the Dodgers should have toasted the money.
1
Barry Zito, seven years, $126 million. The king of all bad contracts. Through the first two years of this deal, Zito has the 10th highest ERA in baseball among all qualifying pitchers. Good thing that Tim Lincecum is making relatively short money, eh?
Tony's Top 5
Memories from the Stanley Cup playoffs
5
Tyler Seguin's coming-out party. Game 2 against Tampa Bay, second period, two goals and two assists. Anyone else get the feeling it was the stuff of lore?
4
Nathan Horton's overtime heroics. Prior to Game 2 of the Final, the Bruins were 4-0 in OT. Horton had two of the game-winning goals and assisted on another.
3
Brad Marchand's short-handed rush. It was a 2-0 game in the second period of Game 2 when the Canucks went on the power play. Maybe the goal that altered the series.
2
Tim Thomas' grand theft. Game 2 in Philly, 54 shots, 52 saves. The Bruins won in overtime while the Flyers were changing goalioes as if they were underwear.
1
The Game 7s. Yep, all `of em. The win over Montreal, the win over Tampa Bay, the win over Vancouver. In the last two, the Bruins didn't allow a goal.
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"Embarrassment of riches" is a bit of an overstatement, Mazz, and will be until we're actually outspending the Yankee$ on a regular basis.
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Tony Massarotti is a Globe sportswriter and has been writing about sports in Boston for the last 19 years. A lifelong Bostonian, Massarotti graduated from Waltham High School and Tufts University. He was voted the Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by his peers in 2000 and 2008 and has been a finalist for the award on several other occasions. This blog won a 2008 EPpy award for "Best Sports Blog".
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