The Yankees just LOVE to overpay aging players who are past their prime. Earlier this week they paid Andy Pettitte $12 million to come back for 1 more season. Early this morning they agreed to re-sign Mariano Rivera to a 1 year $10 million dollar deal. Now don’t get me wrong, both of these guys are future hall of fame players who have done great things during their careers, but eventually like an old family pet, you have to put a legend down with love.
The Yankees did pretty well last season with limited help from Pettitte and pretty much no help from Rivera who missed most of the season with a knee injury. The Yankees however never seem to care about throwing millions of dollars at old players. This past season they had the oldest roster in baseball based on the average age of their players. If they keep doing this eventually they will need to spend money on walkers for the players and AARP memberships. Click after the jump.
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