And you blame the Yanks for payroll escalation?

Time to start looking elsewhere as it’s not only the Yanks who are boosting payrolls with silly contracts:

@SI_JonHeyman sheets got $10 million plus performance bonuses. not bad after idle ’09

Hey, I love the idea of smaller market teams adding payroll and top players, but $10 million PLUS performance bonuses for a guy who hasn’t pitched in MLB in over a year is absurd.

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[UPDATE: What I tweeted long before this posting:

A's must be afraid of big bad Michael Weiner. Gotta spend that money. Mets outbid again. First Molina, then Sheets, then Saab.

A tweet complete with a dig at the Mets and a Saab sale reference...]

And I really like Sheets.

Yes, we can all joke that Sheets will be gone mid-year, or on the DL. Your best jokes below, please. Let’s hear ‘em!

 

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