No Doubts for Rivera and Yankees
By DAVID WALDSTEIN
Published: November 3, 2012 New York Times
“He said he wants to come back and pitch in 2013, which is good,” Cashman said Saturday. “Now his agent and I will try to knock out the details of a contract.”
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May 5th, 2012 at 6:00 am by Kenneth Matinale
... while Rivera was the best at what he did, what he did was not all that important. In fact it’s importance had become something of a joke to some of us.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Do you think the Yankees will offer Rivera another $15,000,000 to attempt his comeback in 2013? They'd be nuts to make that offer and I'm guessing that Yankee GM Brian Cashman is already squirming at the prospect...
For some perspective: in 2011 Yankee pitchers threw 1,458 innings. Rivera threw 61. That's 4.2%. Come on, how much impact can possibly be exerted in 4.2% of innings? CC Sabathia led the team with 237 innings, 16.3%.
Mariano Rivera was paid $245,901.64 per inning in 2011. There is no justification for that expense. Mariano Rivera has led a charmed baseball life earning that kind of money for so long and he should enjoy the fruits of his labor but the Yankees should spend that $15,000,000 in 2013 on a player who can have much more of an impact.
Mariano Rivera was paid $10,000,000 each season from 2003 through 2007 and $15,000,000 each season from 2008 through 2012. Career to date for 18 seasons: $144,441,825. For 1,220 innings. Enough already.
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