Historic Yankees bust Carl Pavano's divorce battle just hit a disgusting new low

The New York Yankees may have paid Carl Pavano a ton of money in free agency between 2004-05 and received very little production in return, but at least that cash went to a super good guy. Oh? Wait? Oh.

Pavano, who wilted under the New York spotlight and was known as American Idle during his time here, made 17 starts in 2005, then nine combined over the remaining three years of his four-year deal. He was coveted when he arrived, signed after an 18-8 All-Star season with the Marlins. These days, he wouldn't have been such a prime target; he only struck out 139 batters in 222 1/3 innings that year. He was a workhorse who suddenly stopped working when he arrived. Nice.

These days, Pavano seems to be getting into far more gloomy activities during his "idle" time. Pavano's wife Alissa served him divorce papers in 2024, and the two are now engaged in a mud-slinging legal battle as she attempts to dissolve their prenuptial agreement, claiming she signed it under duress as he threatened to leave her.

Pavano's alleged behavior ranges from frightening to disgusting, but none of it's good. Among the lowlights, Alissa claims that Pavano responded to being served by texting the family group chat a table covered in guns with the caption, "Hold the fort." She also alleges he urinated in the shampoo bottles in her private bathroom, and "soiled" her bed by inviting female, um, acquaintances into it, disposing of all clean linens in some screwed-up intimidation plot. According to the report, Pavano is an enemy to cleanliness.

Sordid details of Ex-Yankees pitcher Carl Pavano's divorce paint unsavory picture

I wouldn't expect to see Pavano at an Old-Timers' Day anytime soon. Thankfully, the Yankees have no plans to reunite the very dull 2005 ALDS-losing roster. If they ever celebrate the final season at Yankee Stadium — another playoff miss — he likely won't be gleefully jogging out to the foul lines and waving.

Grouping Pavano with other famed pitching busts of the era like Kevin Brown and Jaret Wright has always seemed apropos. Now, it would appear he deserves even less grace than he was previously given (and, yes, his career ended with a resurgence in Minnesota, though the Yankees defeated him in both the 2009 and 2010 postseasons, which felt pretty good).

The only difference between this nastiness and his Yankees career is that Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon won't be around the bail him out with a miracle this time. Just another reminder in a long line of them: if you're the Yankees, don't pay a childhood Red Sox fan big bucks.

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