The Mariners will regret this by May 15.

Starting pitching is hard to find. Just ask the Seattle Mariners, who gave Carlos Silva a 4-year $44 million deal yesterday. UPDATE: It's a 4-year deal for $48 million. Yikes.

We’ve watched Silva pitch in Minnesota for the last four years and we can honestly say that he wasn’t worth $44 million during that stretch. He wasn’t worth $4 million a year during that stretch.

But, in this day and age, if you are a starter who can log 200 innings a year, you are going to get paid. He’s going to make about $1 million per win next year for Seattle and if they think that is money well spent, more power to them.

Just for fun, here are Silva’s career numbers.
Games: 259
Games Started: 125
Hits: 1,122
BB’s: 171
K’s: 395
W-L: 55-46
ERA: 4.31