The
Yankees LVP
To determine who on the Yankees
deserves the Least Valuable Player for 2013 you have to look at who
had the worst bang for the Yankees buck. The easy choice would be to
say A-Rod but I don't think it is fair to say any Yankees player that
missed a lot of time for injuries was the LVP. That would also rule
out Jeter, Granderson, Youkilis , and Teixeira. That rules out 5 of
the top 10 highest paid Yankees. Leaving Sabathia ($23 mil), Cano
($15 mil), Kuroda ($15 mil), Pettitte ($12 mil) and Rivera ($10 mil)
as the highest paid Yankees. Cano, Kuroda, and Rivera all performed
well in the 2013 season, leaving Pettitte and Sabathia as the only
real contenders for the award.
So now let’s compare Andy
Pettitte and C.C Sabathia's stats. Andy Pettitte ended the season
with an 11-11 record, a 3.74 ERA, and a 1.327 WHIP over 185.1 innings
pitched. CC Sabathia on the other hand ended the season with a 14-13
record, a 4.78 ERA, and a 1.370 WHIP over 211 innings pitched. If we
look at this, it appears that Pettitte had a little bit of a better
season, but if you take into account that Sabathia made eleven
million more in 2013, then it’s clear who should win the LVP: CC
Sabathia. He had performed so well the previous season, dominating
in the playoffs. He went 15-6, had an ERA of 3.38, and a WHIP of
1.140, much better than this season. Many people say that the reason
he has declined so much is because Sabathia lost so much weight over
the off-season. When the season started Sabathia seemed to be off,
and the entire time people were saying that he would work it out,
that his velocity would go up, and so would his control, but it never
did. So the Yankees spent $23 million on a pitcher who did not
preform in 2013. I am actually a big Sabathia fan, and am hoping
that he can bounce back in the 2014 season, if not, then that is a
lot of Yankee money down the drain.
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