Baseball’s Savior

The Yankees finished up their deal that will keep Hideki Matsui in New York for another four more years. We’re paying a hefty price (4 years, $52 million), but without a centerfielder, we couldn’t also afford to lose our left fielder.

Matsui becomes the highest paid Japanese player ever, and while he took a step back from an excellent 2004, he still put up solid numbers. Solid enough to know that outside of maybe an aging Brian Giles, the Yanks wouldn’t have been able to find someone better out on the free agent market.

Now it’s time to start locking up some arms. I know there’s not a ton of starting pitching this year, but A.J. Burnett would make a good Yankee.