Tuesday, November 27, 2001
We signed out second free agent today, a starting pitcher: Terry Cole (31 L). 1 year at $5 million and a 2nd year at $7.5 million if he pitches at least 175 innings in the first year. He won 17 games in 1999 and again in 2000 for Baltimore, but missed most of last year with an injury. He will probably not be worth much, but I thought he was worth taking a flier on. If he does not work out, we have not hurt our budget going forward. If he can find his pre-injury form, however, we will have a $20 million dollar pitcher at a fraction of the cost.
P Tom Mayo (36 R) formerly of Los Angeles (A) signed a 3-year contract with Boston for $48.6 million ($16.2/yr)
He was 12-7 with a 3.60 ERA last year