5 Year Contract Offer for AJ

Per Sportscenter, the Yanks have offered AJ Burnett a 5 year deal. No terms of the contract were mentioned, just that it was a 5 year deal.

I'd be ok with this. He'd be a great #3 or #4 option, as long as he can stay healthy.

 

Too bad he can't stay healthy.

 

Hey, you can always hope, can't you?

 

this is gonna be worse then Pavano and almost as bad as Kevin Brown...I just dont like AJ he has never had a good season beside last

 

No, he had a good year in his other walk year.

I have an idea! Perpetual team options!

 

Apparently, per Sportscenter, it's a 5 year, $80mil contract offer.

 

You know this for a fact, or are you saying that basically because you just don't like him?

Pavano was out most of the 2001 season, and was very solid after that. No one expected him to keep getting injured, especially after his three full seasons 2002-2004. It just happened, and he didn't exactly seem to try too much to get healthy.

Pettitte wasn't exactly 'great' last year, but everyone would say sign him most likely because he has been a Yankee most of his career. And Pettitte is 36 years old, I see a lot of people say don't go for A.J. because he is 'old'.

 

I hope he goes to Atlanta for the Rays sake. I heard that Atlanta has now guranteed a 5th year so it will be interesting to see how this pans out.

 

I think it's the pressure to win. Last year was the first time in what, 13 years that they missed the playoffs. The Steinbrenner's didn't like it, so now they're going to have him go out and outbid everyone to get players that could make them better.

 

It's less of a kneejerk and more of contracts coming off the books, and a new Stadium opening up.

 

Well, I think the reason they don't trade for Peavy is because they'd have to lose players in the process. I realize he's a huge upgrade over AJ Burnett, but they have to lose a couple people they may be relying on for the future, likely Kennedy or Hughes. The Yanks showed they weren't willing to do that last summer to get Santana, a much better pitcher than Peavy, so why would they do it this year?

As for Tex and Manny...who knows...they might make them crazy huge offers yet. We don't know that they won't. I have a hunch they'll throw their names in their for Tex, if for anything else to make the BoSox overpay for him (assuming they are going for him, which they are from everything I've heard).

 

Peavy wants to stay in the NL.

 

CC wasn't as adiment about it. Peavy straight up went to the FO and told them not to trade him to an AL team. The Yankees already made an offer, and he said he didn't want to be here.

 

The issue with Peavy is his NTC. He can veto whatever he wants.

CC wanted to stay on the west coast, but when you get offered that much money, it's hard to say no to it.