I made two assertions yesterday that require correction/explanation. First, I said Javier Vazquez is signed for below-market money next year, $9 million. The Associated Press reports he's due $11.5 million, which is more like market value.
Second, the deal includes 19-year-old right-hander Arodys Vizcaino, the Yankees' second-best prospect out of the Dominican who can crank it up to 97. Prospect watchers say he is the real thing following a short-season stint in which he blew away 52 batters in 41 innings. I'll see him in Charleston in 2010 and let you know, but he's at least three years away.
Finally, an omission that isn't inconsequential: Javier Vazquez is in the last year of his contract, which obviously curtailed his trade value some.
None of this changes the premise of the previous piece. Vazquez was worth a lot more than a spare part and some maybes.
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