Wednesday, April 20, 2016
SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF YANKEE FANS
Great story by Anthony Rieber at Newsday and it has everything to do with Chase Headley, Jacoby Ellsbury and some of the most ridiculous contracts the Yankees have ever signed when it comes to those players. Bottom line, Chase and Jacoby are not living up to what the Yankees are paying them... and that's bad!
"It’s Year Three of the seven-year, $153-million Ellsbury contract...Ellsbury came from Boston with a reputation for being somewhat brittle, but also for being a dynamic player when healthy. He has lived up to the first part. The dynamism hasn’t been as easy to spot in the now 32-year-old...
Headley, who was benched on Sunday — sorry, “rested” — returned and went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .200.
Headley and Ellsbury have a couple of things in common. The first is their contracts: Think the Yankees would like a do-over on Ellsbury’s deal? How about the decision to re-sign Headley to a four-year, $50-million contract after the 2014 season?
The second is both players have power seasons on their resumes that are complete outliers. In 2011, Ellsbury hit 32 homers for the Red Sox. In his seven other seasons since becoming a regular in 2008, he has averaged 7½. Headley hit 31 homers and led the NL with 115 RBIs in 2012 with San Diego. He’s never hit more than 13 homers in any other season."
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