Unfortunately, I haven't seen Joe Girardi use his short leash yet this year. This guy Burnett can have the Yankees down four runs with the bases still loaded faster than any pitcher I've ever seen. Honestly, even my 89 year old mother, who loves the Yankees, just can't stand it when this guy pitches. A couple of interesting stats: His salary is nearly 9% of the total Yankees payroll; he makes $16.5 million a year and he appeared in 33 games this year, making $500,000 per outing; he won only 11 games - that's $1.5 million per win. The worse news is that he will be paid the same $16.5 million next year. Anyway, that's all fun stuff, but I guess I can still hope, right. At least we got further than the Red Sox!
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