Reports are circulating that Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano is preparing to have Tommy John surgery, and the likelihood is that Pavano has pitched his last game for the Yanks. Not that they will miss him much. Since signing a 4 year, $39.99 million deal with the Yankees in 2005 Pavano has essesntially done...nothing. Nothing to the tune of a 5-6 record*, 111.1 innings, and a 4.77 ERA. So to further pile on as to how bad of a signing this was, here is the dollar breakdown of how much the Yanks were paying Pavano for each...
Win: $8,000,000
Start: $2,105,263.16
Inning: $359,281.44
*OK, every AP report I have read says Pavano has a 5-7 record with the Yankees. Every single stat listing I have found though (ESPN, Baseball Almanac, CBSSportsline, SI, etc.) says that his record with the Yanks is 5-6. So I am not sure where that phantom loss being reported by the AP came from, but until someone tells me when it happened I am listing Pavano's record as 5-6. Now get on it AP research intern!
