Baseball: Pavano heading to the Yankees!!!

Carl Pavano appears to be headed to the Bronx, Sporting News has learned.

Pavano decided Saturday he wanted to pitch for the Yankees, and his agent and New York closed in on a four-year contract worth about $39 million.
Pavano called his agent, Scott Shapiro, on Saturday morning and informed him of his decision.

"Number one, he wants to win," Shapiro said.

Anaheim, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit and Seattle also sought the right-hander, 18-8 with a 3.00 ERA for Florida last season.

Shapiro said his next step was to meet with Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to finalize an agreement. Pavano and Shapiro met with the Yankees in New York last weekend, and Shapiro was confident a contract would be agreed to.

"We have to really hunker down and have some serious negotiations to hammer out the deal," Shapiro said.

The Yankees expect the agreement will be worth about $39 million, a baseball official said on condition of anonymity, and the contract could contain an option for a fifth season.

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Now they have Pavano, anyone think they will go after another top pitcher?

they had signed jaret wright but the latest reports say that he failed his physical...will have to wait to see if they still sign him

Is he a top pitcher? cant say i have heard of him..

he was 15-8 with atlanta last year...there is some speculation that the yankees had signed him just as insurance in case they couldn't get pavano...now that they have the pitcher they want will say that he failed the physical and cut him loose

here is wrights record over the last few years

Pitching
Last 3 years Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP BAA
2002 CLE 8 6 2 3 0 0 0 18.1 40 34 32 3 19 12 15.71 3.22 .435
2003 ATL 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 7 2 2 0 3 9 2.00 1.11 .226
2003 SDG 39 0 1 5 2 0 0 47.1 69 44 44 9 28 41 8.37 2.05 .348
2004 ATL 32 32 15 8 0 0 0 186.1 168 79 68 11 70 159 3.28 1.28 .242
Career 180 128 52 45 2 2 2 758.1 796 462 429 80 369 569 5.09 1.54 .272

Is the Big Unit headed to NYY? What about Tim Hudson? I haven't heard anyhting about him. He is a top rate pitcher.