
Johnny Cueto Signs Giant Contract
Johnny Cueto signed a six-year, $130 million dollar deal with the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

Johnny Cueto signed a six-year, $130 million dollar deal with the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

“There’s no crying in baseball,” manager Jimmy Duggan (Tom Hanks) tells one of his outfielders in A League of Their Own. Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus demonstrated, however, that there’s still a good deal of whining.

The American League’s best just got better.

Upon Value Add Baseball’s release two years ago, a disagreement arose over whether the best pitcher necessarily meant most valuable pitcher. The system now lists both. And Cincinnati Reds starter Johnny Cueto ranks as the best pitcher in baseball and deserves the All-Star nod over Clayton Kershaw.