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A.J. Burnett Rumors: Thursday
4:22pm: Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi: "It looks like we're going to lose Burnett."
1:53pm: O'Brien's source says the Yankees are going to make an offer to Burnett today or tomorrow.
11:23am: According to David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Braves GM Frank Wren confirmed today that he made an offer to free agent starter A.J. Burnett. Wren added that the proposal does not guarantee a fifth year. O'Brien believes there is a fifth-year option. He adds that the deal averages $15MM per year. It doesn't really sound like the type of offer Burnett needs to pounce on.
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I dont know what the Royals are asking for but the Yanks definitely have the young high ceiling front line pitching prospects the Pads would want.
Posted by: GeneralManager | December 04, 2008 at 05:27 PM
jjyanks:
Even if the Yanks were to trade for Peavy and part with the 3 or 4 prospects we probably can't afford to give up we would still have to pay him the remaining years on his contract and, according to sources, guarantee the option year. That breaks down to:
09: 11 mil
10: 15 mil
11: 16 mil
12: 17 mil
13: 17 mil
So you're talking 5/75 mil which for a Cy Young guy is still a good deal but if you have to throw guys like Hughes, Ajax, Kennedy, Montero etc in a deal is it worth it when you have the financial resources to sign a guy like CC, Burnett, Lowe, Perez, Sheets, etc?
Posted by: YanksFanSince78 | December 04, 2008 at 05:33 PM
Sheets would take arbitration because he is clearly deserving of a much more lucrative deal if healthy. If he comes back on a 1 year deal through arbitration and establishes that he is healthy, he's looking at a Burnett like deal next offseason.
Posted by: nixa37 | December 04, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Its 22 million for the 2013 option and it works out to 81 million over 5 years.
Posted by: nixa37 | December 04, 2008 at 05:38 PM
Braves22:
where did you see that Frank wren wants to get 3 starters?
Posted by: diehardbrvfan87 | December 04, 2008 at 06:29 PM
The Vazquez trade didn't close the door on Peavy. I know Wren says he's moved on, but I think talks will be rekindled at the Winter Meetings when Towers can't find another easy situation or better offer.
Posted by: FineHamAbounds | December 04, 2008 at 07:19 PM
"where did you see that Frank wren wants to get 3 starters?"
Nowhere. It's not true.
Posted by: sunking1056 | December 04, 2008 at 07:24 PM
"BravesRed-
Ohman will NOT be coming back...we already picked up our lefty arm in the Vazquez trade in Boone Logan..."
Mark Bowman thinks otherwise... Earlier this week, the Braves indicated that Logan's acquisition didn't necessarily mean they wouldn't continue to attempt to re-sign left-handed reliever Will Ohman.>>>
"Furcal has not signed because he's waiting to see what the Braves are going to do..."
Yeah he's waiting on the Braves to trade Yunel, a younger and more cheaper shortstop than Furcal, because that is Wren's #1 priority....lol..ok.
"Why do I feel like I'm talking to a bunch of kindergardeners...is no one paying attention?!"
Before you go judging people, make sure you take a look at what you're typing first... you f'in joke.
Posted by: Bravesfan89 | December 04, 2008 at 08:58 PM
"Mark Bowman thinks otherwise... Earlier this week, the Braves indicated that Logan's acquisition didn't necessarily mean they wouldn't continue to attempt to re-sign left-handed reliever Will Ohman.>>>"
Here's the link:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081202&content_id=3699498&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp
But, also from this report, he wasn't a current priority.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081204&content_id=3701728&vkey=hotstove2008&fext=.jsp&partnerId=rss_mlb
Posted by: BravesRed | December 04, 2008 at 09:54 PM
1yankeesfan2 the yankees dont have enough prospects to get both greinke and peavy
Posted by: roguesaw | December 05, 2008 at 06:08 AM
bravesred, can you please explain why you keep mentioning me? my offseason outlook has us spending max 45 million which falls below the 45-50 million we have to spend. also im not advocating adding a third starter, in fact i said vasquez and burnett would be all i would do. thats 27 million plus 1.5 for ross the backup catcher. add 3-4 million for smoltz and ohman at 3 yrs 10 ten million as well. ludwick and johnson's salaries cancel out. this means we would've spent 35 million so far. we could go after another bullpen arm like wood (who figures to get less than ten million a year), we wont but we could. An interesting signing i wouldn't mind seeing is either carl pavano or mark prior on an incentive deal, the braves have resurrected many pitching careers and there is talent present with both. low risk high reward. or we could spend 35 million and then drop smoltz's salary next year leaving us over 15 million to spend i would assume. Lackey could be available if the angels get sabathia and bedard will likely leave seattle. just possibilities
Posted by: bravesfan22193 | December 05, 2008 at 07:24 PM