Worst 5 MLB Pitching Contracts?

[cjkalt]

The Tony Massarotti Sports Blog, featuring Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and Celtics analysis

I think these are pretty accurate but what other contracts would you add if I wanted to extend this to top 10-15 pitchers?

[NYgiantsfan5689]

HOW can you POSSIBLY say Burnett is an awful contract when he hasn't thrown a pitch for the Yankees yet???? That's Boston bias at it's best right there

[DirtyKash]

Kind of ridiculous that he puts Burnett on there when he hasn't even started his contract yet. At the very least, let Burnett prove himself before labeling his contract a failure. Who knows, maybe Burnett goes out and wins 5 straight Cy Youngs?

And how does he not have Mike Hampton on there? Darren Dreifort? Carl Pavano? Kevin "don't call be browntown" Brown? Russ Ortiz? Chan Ho Park? Denny Neagle?

[Providence A's]

I think he means current contracts. I like how he chose to do this when Matt Clement's contract ran out.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Exactly DirtyKash. And I would put Hampton, Brown, or Pavano up there too. And maybe Park

[cjkalt]

Cause he's 69-66 before his contract year (thats 3 games above .500)
Huge injury risk
Has never pitched in a pressure situation before
And your paying him more than some top pitchers

It looks like a bad contract to me.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Cause he's 69-66 before his contract year (thats 3 games above .500)
Huge injury risk
Has never pitched in a pressure situation before
And your paying him more than some top pitchers

It looks like a bad contract to me.

Don't even TRY to defend this ridiculous Boston bias.

You can't say a contract is bad before it's actually played out. He hasn't thrown a pitch

[cjkalt]

Sure you can, everyone thought Chan Ho Park was a horrendous contract before it started, same with Hampton, and Neagle.

Plus don't insult a writer you don't know much about, Tony is one of the best writers in the buisness and criticizes the red sox as much as anyone (best recent example is here: The Tony Massarotti Sports Blog, featuring Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots and Celtics analysis i encourage you to read the first article and the C is a scarlet letter article)

If you think he's biased after reading those feel free to tell me show and we can debate about it

[browntown653]

I'll say the contract is bad before he throws a pitch, I don't care.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Sure it's bad, but top 5 bad??

[DirtyKash]

Sure it's bad, but top 5 bad??

Obviously not. Your friend just doesn't want his namesake on the list.

[Porter]

He refuses to think about Washburn or Batista.

Their contracts are worse.

[ljshorty89]

Alltime?

Carl Pavano
Mike Hampton
Barry Zito
Darren Dreifort
Chan Ho Park

[Bizkit]

How do you put someone who hasn't pitched yet under his current contract? Ok, since the guy is obviously being biased against New York. How about 51.1 Million to just talk to a guy? Not to mention the guy is about a 5 inning pitcher.

[Kingdom]

Kevin Millwood.