New York Mets High Priced Talent, Really High Priced
Dan Rosenheck of the Times did a great article analyzing the contract of Johan Santana. The factors considered are: his historical performance, statistically similar pitchers, age, and value based on Citi Field opening next year. I usually look at Baseball-Reference for statistically similar players, and they list Roy Oswalt and Tim Hudson among others as the most statistically similar to Santana.
