A.J. Burnett

The Yankees and Pirates continue discussing a possible A.J. Burnett trade, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports. The Yankees are willing to pay a substantial portion of the $33MM remaining on the right-hander’s contract through 2013, but the teams are still a few million apart. The Yankees first offered to pay less than one third of Burnett’s salary, Heyman tweets . The Yankees want to create payroll room for a designated hitter and appear to be leaning toward Raul Ibanez , perhaps because...Read Full Story

Published: 10 minutes ago Tweet by Ryan Gaydos Ryan Gaydos RANT It! Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post , the New York Yankees are still shopping RHP A.J. Burnett but they are doing it quietly. The deal would likely be a salary dump to expand their budget. The Yankees are looking to sign a Johnny Damon, Raul Ibanez or Hideki Matsui type player. However, the Yankees would...Read Full Story

It seems as if the Yankees are determined to get rid of A.J. Burnett has they have been getting the word out ever since the Michael Pineda - Jesus Montero swap that they would love to deal him, according to Jayson Stark of ESPN . Start reports that the Yankees would prefer to take on somebodies bad contract rather than eat Burnett’s salary, but there aren’t many comparable options out there. Jason Bay of the Mets may be the best fit if teams are looking to just swap bad contracts. Burnett...Read Full Story

First, hello friends. Second, according to the NY Post , the Yankees have put A.J. Burnett on the trading block in Dallas where the winter meetings are being held. The Yankees will be willing to pay part of his salary for compensation. Exactly $8 million of it. No one seems interested however because he’s still owed a lot of money, didn’t pitch well the last two seasons and will be 35 when the 2012 season starts. DALLAS — The Yankees have inserted A.J. Burnett into the trade market at the...Read Full Story

They may be looking to add starting pitchers this offseason, but the Yankees are trying to subtract at least one – A.J. Burnett – and are even willing to eat up to $8 million to make him more attractive, according to George King of the NY Post . Unfortunately it doesn’t appear that teams are interested in Burnett even as the Yankees take a bite out of the $33 million he is owed over the next two seasons. It’s impossible to say if they would eventually be willing to eat more of the money...Read Full Story