Ah, I'm doing the multiple post thing. Anyways, if you see 95-100 wins with that lineup then you are going beyond glass half full. You are looking at an empty glass and hallucinating that there is water inside. A starting pitcher like Sabathia does not add ten to fifteen wins. I'm tired of hearing people claim it. Besides, you can subtract eight wins right off the top because this team will not overachieve again based on runs scored and allowed. So, at the VERY best, Sabathia would put us right back where we started. That's being overly optimistic. Let's also remember that McLane has never spent market value for a player outside of Roger Clemens in 2005 and 2006. We aren't getting Sabathia and I'm not so sure we should even if we could. Paying someone like him 20 million per season over seven seasons spells disaster. Mike Hampton once won 22 games. Denver bit and is still paying off his contract. I don't have time to do the crack research, but I cannot remember ANY pitcher signing a 5 year or more contract and finishing the contract healthy. NONE. ZERO. ZIP. NADA. Not Kevin Brown. Not Hampton. Heck, the Zito contract already looks bad.

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