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AL East Notes: Red Sox, Burnett, Blue Jays

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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