Why wouldn't he? He's played in a bandbox before in Milwaukee. And he's not a flamethrower anymore. He actually pitches.
Largest contracts to pitchers:
Johan Santana - he got hurt
CC Sabathia - he got hurt
Justin Verlander - reached just 133 innings last year and is still owed 134M. And his prime has passed.
Masahiro Tanaka - has already been hurt and is owed 112M. May work out if he remains healthy. He's still just 27.
Cole Hamels - 32 years old and has largely avoided injuries. He's still owed 90M. This actually has been a solid deal. But not for Philly. He's in Texas now. And in a year they're gonna regret having this contract with Fielder's dead weight.
Jon Lester - 32 years old. Similar to Hamels. But he's owed something like 125M over 5 more years. And at a mid-3.00s ERA last season, wasn't the dominant force Chicago hoped they'd get. But maybe he adjusts better this year.
Max Scherzer - Scherzer is actually a bit younger - 31. But all you have to do is watch his motion to realize he's an injury waiting to happen. Actually this one is pretty staggering. It's a miracle of biblical proportions that he hasn't torn his elbow yet on all those damn sliders and his mechanics. A .268 BABIP in 2015 is almost certain to rise this year so even if he remains healthy, expect his numbers to creep back up to the 3+ range. This one remains to be seen, but he's owed 192M. I'm sure that's gonna work out just fine. I don't know what the deferred dollars are but on paper he's scheduled to earn 42M per year for those final 3 years.
Which brings me to Clayton Kershaw, who is the youngest of the bunch and so far, actually has been worth the money.
Actually no, I'm forgetting about King Felix, but I don't know that it's worth paying Felix all that money just to miss the playoffs every year.
But that's another argument.
da fukk you care for? If you aren't the owner signing these checks who cares
