http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/10/27/zz.aspxA while back, I took a rudimentary look at the Brewers payroll structure in terms of the implications of contracts that take up a large percentage of the total payroll. There is recent news that the Brewers may be looking to offer CC Sabathia somethingenCommunityServer 2007 (Debug Build: 20423.869)http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/10/27/zz.aspx#599736Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:01:32 GMT710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:599736radio silence<p>Great post, Ryan.</p> <p>How do we weight the potential that Sabathia gets injured, or pitches ineffectively.</p> <p>I understand that if Sabathia is, say, 30 runs above average at his best, that justifies the price of the contract for that year. </p> <p>But what if Sabathia only pitches one exceptional season? Does 30 runs prevented in one season cover the life of the contract?</p> <p>I'd be interesting to find a breaking point between a valuable contract and a poor contract in terms of runs prevented....</p> <img src="http://community.sportsbubbler.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=599736" width="1" height="1">