That is -- about $95 million committed to four players for 2013 -- Hamels, Howard, Lee, Halladay.
Time to sing, "one of these things, is not like the other, can you say which one" is the complete waste of money?
those contracts should be a lesson to the Nats. You have to sign pitchers early - like Gio and not like you've done with JZ - because a staff of aces is darn expensive and you will end up paying for decline years.