Have fun paying your closer $17 million a year, Yankees. You're doing it wrong.
The Bronx Bombers wanted Aroldis Chapman badly enough to give him $86 million over the next five years; the agreement was reported late Wednesday. It would appear they're not on board with the emerging philosophy of having one's best reliever regularly pitch in innings other than the ninth.
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Why does it appear that way? Because such an investment is a signal that Chapman will be treated strictly as a one-inning closer, and not as a "bullpen ace" like former teammate Andrew Miller ("You're not going to pay a guy THAT much to work the seventh!