AJ Burnett Going on Open Market

[ettin]

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Would be a solid #3 for us.

[Travis Painter]

Weaver Wilson Burnett Santiago Richards would be a very solid rotation

Edited January 28, 2014 by tp4117

[wopphil]

This could make things very interesting.

[ettin]

Interesting to see what happens. If he just wants a 1-year deal you'd have to think his price would be somewhere in the ballpark of the $16.5MM he made last year? A 2-year deal might bring the AAV down but is that what Burnett wants?

 

This would be a good short-term option either way you split it.

 

EDIT: Actually Burnett could really make a case for a 1 year $15MM-20MM contract! Yikes!

Edited January 28, 2014 by ettin

[SoWhat]

I doubt he'd pitch for the Angels, since his wife is afraid of flying. He's a guy I'd overpay on a one year deal

Edited January 28, 2014 by SoWhat

[gotbeer]

I'd pass, unless he can be had for really cheap.  His AL numbers aren't all that, and were only 3 years ago.

[Halos of Anaheim]

If we could get him in for one year and not go over the CBT (I'd be fine with 12-14m) then I'm all for it.

[Tank]

gut feeling: avoid this guy.

[Bruce Nye]

No thanks.  I'm afraid we'd get the NYY version of AJB. 

[NJHalo]

East coast

 

Washington Nationals

[CaliAngel]

Weaver Wilson Burnett Santiago Richards would be a very solid rotation

 

Ugh. The fact that this is our rotation -minus Burnett- scares me. 

 

I usually don't like picking up Yankee scraps, but for the right price ($6-$8 mill) I don't know why we wouldn't give him a shot.

[Scott34]

Yes please.  Best option all things considered (besides maybe Yoon) on the open market.  1 year deal would be great.

[Chuck]

I thought he said he or his wife didn't want to live on the Best Coast?

[floplag]

He is suddenly the best on the open market but it isnt really an open market.  Everything i see says he wants to be close to home.

 

He might not want more than a 1 year deal, but i doubt it comes cheap.

 

All that having been said im betting Washington as someone else said, or maybe back to NY.

 

My hope, NY gets him making Nova expendable for a Kendrick deal
 

[jshep]

If he's willing to come here, I'm all for this.

[ukyah]

burnett back to ny? laughable.

[ukyah]

Ugh. The fact that this is our rotation -minus Burnett- scares me. 

 

I usually don't like picking up Yankee scraps, but for the right price ($6-$8 mill) I don't know why we wouldn't give him a shot.

 

it would make more sense if you talked about hamilton as if he was a ranger. it makes no sense to call him yankee scraps. he played there for three years during a 15 year career and that was two full seasons ago.

 

i do agree that he sucked balls in his short tenure there.

[TroutAdell]

I have to think it will be Pittsburgh or Baltimore. He isn't coming west.

[The Dude]

Didn't Burnett veto a trade to the Angels a few years back while with the Yankees? If he refused a trade then why would he sign as a free agent? I don't see him as an option for the team unless the massively over paid, and even then, that might not be enough to bring him West.

[Ohtaniland]

Would they be willing to give him the same deal they gave Joe Blanton?

[Blarg]

I doubt he'd pitch for the Angels, since his wife is afraid of flying. He's a guy I'd overpay on a one year deal

Was she afraid to fly when he was on the other four teams he pitched for?

[floplag]

Was she afraid to fly when he was on the other four teams he pitched for?

 

This was not necessary.. and yes if you read the articles she was...

i love how "staff" here has become a license to be a jerk at every opportunity for some

Edited January 28, 2014 by floplag

[jshep]

Was she afraid to fly when he was on the other four teams he pitched for?

 

You mean the 4 teams that played in Florida, Toronto, and New York?

 

And at least his contract he signed with the Blue Jays included the team paying for roundtrip limo rides for his wife to come up from their home in Maryland a handful of times a year.

Edited January 28, 2014 by jshep

[SoWhat]

Was she afraid to fly when he was on the other four teams he pitched for?

[VariousCrap]

That dude needs the NL and the East Coast.  He is also going to get around 15 million.  He won't be an Angel.