Tuesday, December 14, 2004
"Four years and $54 million for a six-inning pitcher with a history of shoulder problems." Bill Simmons has that one right. This deal looks like so many classic Mets deals. Is Pedro the next Mo Vaughn? George Frazer? Frank Viola? Eddie Murray? Bret Saberhagen? Bobby Bonilla? (That one still vexes me: you have a choice between Bonds and Bonilla and you take Bonilla?!?) It would have been funny if the Yankees had signed Pedro, in a Luis Tiant kind of way, but for the Mets, who will actually expect some wins out of the guy, I don't see the joke.
