That contract is absurd, but the NY way is to throw money until they win.WhiteHouseSubsAC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 11, 2019 6:42 am Gerrit Cole: I know the math is gonna be slightly different from year to year due to the contract details but if you extrapolate his 33 starts (Regular Season) last year over 9 years at 324 million it comes out to roughly a million dollars a start. At an average of 6 innings per start that averages out to a little less than 167K per inning. Good work if you can get it.
It's not my money and the Phillies are probably gonna go over the luxury tax this year but that's a lot of cash for someone who throws 6 innings every five days. Makes Zach Wheeler (and even Strasburg) a bargain by comparison.
Mazara was traded for Steele Walker, Chicago's #6 ranked prospect. So basically now, Walker is a Texas Ranger and all is right in the world.