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AL East Notes: Red Sox, Burnett, Blue Jays

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | February 1, 2012 at 7:50pm CDT

The Yankees signed Alfredo Aceves on this date in 2008. The investment paid off, as the Yankees obtained 126 innings of 3.21 ERA baseball from the right-hander before non-tendering him last offseason. He signed with the rival Red Sox about a year ago and excelled in 2011, his debut campaign in Boston. Aceves' arbitration case remains unresolved and his 24-3 career record and 2.93 ERA should be enough to make things interesting should the sides go to a hearing. Here are today’s AL East links…

  • Red Sox GM Ben Cherington said the hearings for Aceves and David Ortiz aren’t scheduled this week, Alex Speier of WEEI.com tweets.
  • Yankees GM Brian Cashman said last night at Sacred Heart University that he's comfortable with A.J. Burnett in his starting rotation, Matt Ehalt of ESPNNewYork.com reports. The right-hander has two years and $33MM remaining on his contract.
  • The Yankees have three players on the 40-man roster with less than five years of service who are out of options: Boone Logan, Chris Dickerson and Justin Maxwell. 
  • Meanwhile, the Blue Jays have four such players in Rajai Davis, Luis Perez, Sergio Santos and Luis Valbuena. Jeff Mathis and Dustin McGowan have five-plus years of service and are out of options.

Tim Dierkes contributed to this post.

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  1. RICHARD

    13 years ago

    Burnett in the rotation? WHAT?

    Reply
    • cano24

      13 years ago

      That’s false information here, not a direct quote.  He didn’t say he’s comfortable with Burnett *in the starting rotation*.  Follow the link.

      Reply
      • RICHARD

        13 years ago

        Read the last paragraph, dude.

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        • Stuart Brown

          13 years ago

          “But if we have the ball in his hands I believe that he’ll do well for us.”

          Key word there is if. You have to think they like CC, Nova, Kuroda, Pineda, and Garcia better than Burnett despite his durability.

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          • RICHARD

            13 years ago

            “It’s in there and his ability is in there and he does care, so I’m going to stay with him.”

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            • cano24

              13 years ago

              What do you think he’s going to say?  “AJ sucks, we’re sick of him and trying to trade him without paying 90% of his contract.”?  And my main point was that he did not say he was comfortable with him *in the starting rotation* like the article says.

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        • levendis

          13 years ago

          says nothing about the rotation, just pitching in general, that includes relief work

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          • Chris

            13 years ago

            you need to read it again yankfan1 he did mention rotation…..” Yankees GM Brian Cashman said last night at Sacred Heart University that he’s comfortable with A.J. Burnett in his starting rotation ”

            that being said, i think they need to move him. yeah i understand its going to take eating most of his contract but oh well. its only two years, trade him get a DH use Garcia and Hughes in the 5th spot during spring training give who ever does better the spot.  trade him to the white sox for Adam Dunn. maybe he will do better with the short porch in RF

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            • levendis

              13 years ago

              did you just make that up? i just reread every quotation 3 times, and Cahsman says nothing about that. He says he feels comfrotable with him in a role with the team.

              I dont think they can trade burnett, so id rather trade Garcia, save the 4 mill you gave him. Theyre saying they wont spend more than 2. 2+4= 6 . according to reports thats more than enough to sign any of the remaing DH options. Garcia is probably going to be more effective. But i want Hughes as our #5, i think hes going to have a nice year. you have Burnett as the long man and Warren/ phelps in AAA to step up if anything.

              Reply
    • YanksFanSince78

      13 years ago

      2 years and $33 mil. Is there any mystery here?

      Reply
      • Encarnacion's Parrot

        13 years ago

        Is Jon Heyman involved?

        Reply
  2. andres8m

    13 years ago

    Please keep Aceves in the pen.

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    • rickjimbo

      13 years ago

      I agree with this statement.

      Reply
      • Chris

        13 years ago

        idk sox may need him in the rotation. it isnt looking to good with oswalt and Ejax. looks like you guys maybe starting the season with bard and aceves in the rotation.

        Reply
      • Chris

        13 years ago

        idk sox may need him in the rotation. it isnt looking to good with oswalt and Ejax. looks like you guys maybe starting the season with bard and aceves in the rotation.

        Reply
  3. William Kafer

    13 years ago

    What is the difference between having less than 5 years service time or more than 5 years, as far as being out of options?

    Reply
    • CaseyBlakeDeWitt

      13 years ago

      I believe that if you have more than 5 years you can reject the outright assignment and become a free agent, whereas if you have less than 5 years you have to go to AAA.

      Reply
      • Dave_in_Gainesville

        13 years ago

        What’s the difference between being “optioned to triple-A,” and being “outrighted to triple-A,” anyway? Is that even what it means to be “out of options”?

        Reply
  4. rfffr

    13 years ago

    Where did the Yankees sign him from?

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    • YanksFanSince78

      13 years ago

      Mexican league. That’s where he was playing. He was in other mlb organizations prior, but never debuted with them. He came thru the Yanks system and made his mlb debut with them.

      Reply
  5. gianthinker

    13 years ago

    Burnett is terribly overpaid and as much as I’d love to see him traded he could very well be the best #5 pitcher in a rotation in baseball behind Sabathia, Pineda, Nova and Kurado.

    Reply
    • Stuart Brown

      13 years ago

      Despite the fact that he only threw 146 innings last year, Freddy Garcia would still make a significantly better #5.

      Reply
      • Chris

        13 years ago

        you do realize only throwin 146 innings was due to not lasting long in games right?

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    • Blue_Bomb

      13 years ago

      Except Burnett is a terrible pitcher and is one of the worst (or at least bottom 15) #5 starters.

      Reply
      • GoAwayNow

        13 years ago

        Yup

        Reply
    • Chris

      13 years ago

      im all for giving guys another chance at proving fans wrong, but burnett was given the last 3 years to prove he can pitch like he did in toronto. he was suppose to be a boston killer, and i have yet to see him pitch like that. although last year in the playoffs he pitched better then anyone in the 1 game he started. and i mean anyone as anyone off of both teams. givin up 1 run on 4 hits in 5 and 2/3 innings. to get the 10-1 win. maybe thats him turning around and maybe pitching better this season? who knows. hopefully he does for the sake of his career and to atleast leave new york in a better way then he has been in the last couple years

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    • Chris

      13 years ago

      im all for giving guys another chance at proving fans wrong, but burnett was given the last 3 years to prove he can pitch like he did in toronto. he was suppose to be a boston killer, and i have yet to see him pitch like that. although last year in the playoffs he pitched better then anyone in the 1 game he started. and i mean anyone as anyone off of both teams. givin up 1 run on 4 hits in 5 and 2/3 innings. to get the 10-1 win. maybe thats him turning around and maybe pitching better this season? who knows. hopefully he does for the sake of his career and to atleast leave new york in a better way then he has been in the last couple years

      Reply
  6. cubs27

    13 years ago

    and then hit Marlon Byrd in the face..

    Reply
  7. Snoochies8

    13 years ago

    Off topic, but did baseball america come out with its annual organization rankings yesterday? i read it did but can’t find them anywhere

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    • johnsmith4

      13 years ago

      They released it in their Prospect Handbook.  They will probably post an update in March on their website.

      Reply
      • Snoochies8

        13 years ago

        awww maaaaaaan, that’s so long! (giggity)

        but seriously, cool, thanks

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        • johnsmith4

          13 years ago

          What team do you follow?

          Reply
          • Snoochies8

            13 years ago

            Oakland. Most rankings have them between 12 and 15, but BA seems to hate them for whatever reason, so they’ll probably be around 19 or 20

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            • johnsmith4

              13 years ago

              26th…BUT…it doesn’t include prospects from Gonzalez trade.

              I can see Beane trading a $4mil reliever to Jays by next year for a couple of prospects….similar to White Sox trading Frasor to Jays.

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              • Snoochies8

                13 years ago

                ugh, sadly i’m not surprised, they have 27 year old jermaine freaking mitchell as the 8th best prospect, and that IS including the return for gio gonzalez. 

                i tend to take BA’s oakland ratings with a grain of salt now. all their other ratings seem to be fine.

                hm seems like grant balfour would be a fit with the jays in that case. we’d gladly take him for one of their gagillion B/B+ prospects

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                • bla

                  13 years ago

                  Jays arent interested. We already have our closer in Sergio Santos and after Cordero and Oliver leave next season, who ever doesnt make the starting rotation will be in the pen (Drabek, Alvarez, Carreno, Hutchinson, Perez, etc. could take over).

                  Reply
  8. Paul Quinn

    13 years ago

    If AJ can give 20 starts of 5 decent innings and hands the rest over to the bullpen, I could live with that. And yes, I do realize that that is asking a lot. 

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