A.J. Burnett

The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates inched closer Tuesday to an agreement that would send A.J. Burnett to the Steel City by the weekend, and the prevailing expectation remains that's where the right-hander will end up. But the day's most ...  

It appears that the Los Angeles Angels want to make a trade for A.J. Burnett of the New York Yankees, but that it is getting held up by Burnett himself. According to ESPN, the target of the Angels is presumably Bobby Abreu, who actually used to play for ...  

The Pirates want Burnett, but so far are not offering what the Yankees consider a palatable package of players and money in return, so the Yankees have told them to improve their offer or there will not be a deal. But the prevailing sense in ...  

Jon Heyman tweets that the Yankees and Indians are discussing a possible trade of A.J. Burnett for DH Travis Hafner. Yankees/indians talk revolves around aj and travis hafner. cleve unsure it would do that swap. yanks also don’t mind the FA DH ...  

While the Kansas City Royals have been named as potential suitors -- or at the very least, "good fits" -- for available starting pitchers like A.J. Burnett and Roy Oswalt, Royals general manager Dayton Moore is making it clear that his team is ...  

The Yankees and Pirates have made progress toward a trade that would send pitcher A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh would pay at least $10 million of the $33 million Burnett is owed in the final two seasons of his $...  

I posed the question in the headline to a reader I was chatting with on Twitter this morning, and I got the answer I expected. “Yes. Big mistake.” But I wanted to throw this out there to the loyal blog followers, because I honestly can see ...  

NEW YORK — The Yankees remain optimistic about completing a trade for A.J. Burnett before spring training begins next week. But according to a person with knowledge of the talks, who requested anonymity because they are still ongoing ...  

The only thing that bothers me is the Kenny Rogers thing, where they finally got rid of him and he suddenly pitched lights out against the Yanks, even did well for the Mets. I fully expect the Yankees to get rid of AJ, only to have him pitch the ...  

#ajburnett Jon Heyman reports that the Yankees will soon receive two non-roster players from Pittsburgh in exchange for the useless Burnett and about $20 million. It's essentially a bigger-money, surlier version of that time Matt Morris landed in Pittsburgh. [Twitter] More »  

Turns out this wasn't just a last-week thing. When we left off, the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates were talking about a trade involving A.J. Burnett. The motivation on the Yankees' side was to clear some payroll -- not to mention a slot ...  

The Pirates have been spurned by free agent starting pitchers Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt so far this offseason, but it appears the starter they have their eyes on now, the Yankees' A.J. Burnett, is open to taking his career with Pittsburgh if ...  

The New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates have the framework for a possible A.J. Burnett deal in place, according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney. However, a deal is unlikely to be completed today, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post.  

The New York Yankees are close to cutting ties with A.J. Burnett. Yankees GM Brian Cashman has been trying to find a team desperate enough to take the bait, and it looks as though he has. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Yankees are in serious negotiations to ...  

A.J. Burnett isn’t concerned about his inclusion in ongoing trade talks with the Pirates or the prospect of losing his Yankee pinstripes, his agent said Saturday. “He is getting ready to go to spring training, whether it’s with the Yankees ...