From 2006-2008
Player 1:
33-19 W-L
465.2 IP
3.27 ERA (LgERA 4.32)
1.185 WHIP
8.6 K/9
2.1 BB/9
4.0 K/BB
Player 2:
38-26 W-L
522.2 IP
3.94 ERA (LgERA 4.43)
1.284 WHIP
9.0 K/9
3.3 BB/9
2.7 K/BB
Player 1 is John Smoltz who will cost the Red Sox somewhere between $5.5-10.5m
Player 2 is A.J. Burnett who will cost the Yankees $16.5 this season and the next four.