I'm all in favor of shoring up the rotation, but 3 years/$33 million seems a bit much for Lilly. He's a solid #3/4 starter, but this just seems like Frank and Ned's way of overreacting to the negative press about the McCourt divorce and saying "See? We have money to spend. Nothing to worry about." If, as most people believe, the payroll stays the same or even goes down from last year, this is a lot of money they just spent. Looks like Ned will have to go dumpster diving for a LF for the 2011 season. Might I suggest:

Dude's gonna look like this by the time the contract is up!

Edit: And he's gonna learn to throw right handed.

...In reality he expanded on it since all I did was throw out a suggestion about myfootballclub.co.uk and Tom did actual research to write an interesting column.

I've had my issues with Hoffarth's opinions in the past but he came through here. +1 internet to you, sir.

I couldn't find a bigger screencap so this will have to do and should convey how I feel about the upcoming series.