The Minnesota Twins Are Winners of the Carl Pavano Derby
In the winter before the 2005 season, Carl Pavano met with at least a half-dozen teams as he shopped his services in a Pavano Derby of sorts. As we all know, the Yankees were the unfortunate winners of that derby and the fans proceeded to suffer through four years of his โservices.โ
As it turns out, five years later, the Twins might be the winners of the Pavano Derby, as he has been just great for them, practically their ace.
Pavanoโs numbers: 14-7 in 23 games, 5 CG, 2 SO, 3.28 ERA, 1.08 WHIP.
His ERA+ of 127 is actually better than all of the Yankees starters except CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte. In fact, Pavano is on the mound tonight going for a tie in the AL with 15 wins. Wins donโt necessarily mean a whole lot, but in this case, it shows that heโs displaying consistency that most Yankee fans never dreamed of.
I still wouldnโt offer him a contract longer than one year, although I certainly would hire his mustache as the teamโs mascot.
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