AJ Burnett to pitch in 2014; open to signing with any team

[fatcowxlive]

Travis Sawchik ‏@Sawchik_Trib 8m

A.J. Burnett will return to pitch in '14, per source. Burnett will be open to pitching for a club other than the Pirates

 

Travis Sawchik ‏@Sawchik_Trib 5m

Source on A.J. Burnett's decision to return: "I suspect he is going to open himself up to the market."

 

 

If we're still going for it, might as well try to get him on board

[43211234]

Is there a draft pick attached to him?

[NorthOf49]

The Orioles are a perfect match. Let's hope Pittsburgh has been saving some $$ for this potential opportunity.

 

Is there a draft pick attached to him?

No.

[fatcowxlive]

The Orioles are a perfect match. Let's hope Pittsburgh has been saving some $$ for this potential opportunity..

 

Us too you know

[G-Snarls]

Yes please

[G-Snarls]

For sure AA is in on this. Great guy on a 1 year deal.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Man oh man, GET THIS DONE

[Dr. Dinger]

And he instantly moves to the top of the list.

[NorthOf49]

Us too you know

Sure, from an on-field perspective. But the Orioles have a big locational advantage.

 

Burnett lives in Maryland (half-hour from Baltimore), and his wife is deathly afraid of flying. When he pitched for Toronto, the Blue Jays had to provide the Burnetts with a few round-trip limo rides a year to Maryland.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Hey NJH,

 

Thanks for the like bro.

 

-#1 Fanboy

[Nox]

~20% of NJH's career likes administered right here in this thread. We're witnessing history here people.

[eastcoastjaysfan]

~20% of njh's career likes administered right here in this thread. We're witnessing history here people.

 

thanks fight~!~!~!~

[TBJ12]

Burnett probably wont be returning to Toronto. He opted out because he wanted to go to a city that lived and breathed baseball, probably not an exact quote, but it was something along those lines.

[BabbaGanoush]

Burnett probably wont be returning to Toronto. He opted out because he wanted to go to a city that lived and breathed baseball, probably not an exact quote, but it was something along those lines.

 

Or because he knew he would make bank if he opted out haha

[Abomination]

Dickey

Burnett (unreal with Dickey effect)

Jimenez

Morrow

Buehrle

 

Reyes

Bautista

Rasmus

Encarnacion

Lind

Lawrie

Cabrera

Drew

Navarro

 

Is a playoff-calibre team.

 

Probably a stretch payroll wise (at least 35M and probably 40M). We MIGHT be able to free up 15ish without hurting the team. Man is that roster a pretty sight though.

[KingKat]

Or because he knew he would make bank if he opted out haha

 

Doesn't anyone remember? He opted out because he had so much fun playing Rock Band with Johnny Damon.

[JaysAllMighty]

Burnett wants a WS ring, I'm sure the Jays will be on top of his list. Nothing like when he left Toronto.

[Laika]

Not only is AJ Burnett a prime target, but his presence in the market depresses Ubaldo's value.

 

Thanks for this news, everyone!

[connorp]

Burnett wants a WS ring, I'm sure the Jays will be on top of his list. Nothing like when he left Toronto.

 

Are you oblivious to that fact that most people will see those statements as an oxymoron or did you do it for kicks?

[connorp]

Not only is AJ Burnett a prime target, but his presence in the market depresses Ubaldo's value.

 

Thanks for this news, everyone!

 

Doubt it.. he's a one year deal for a small number of suiters most likely..

[Atothe]

Not only is AJ Burnett a prime target, but his presence in the market depresses Ubaldo's value.

 

Thanks for this news, everyone!

 

He should be the #1 pitching target

[Laika]

Doubt it.. he's a one year deal for a small number of suiters most likely..

 

You were looking for "suitor", Ivy League...

[connorp]

San Diego St.. party school.. they didn't teach us those things.. in honestly I knew that though..whether you believe or no.. blow me:)

[connorp]

You were looking for "suitor", Ivy League...

 

Also, in the world of stupid..

 

Dumb logic > grammatical errors

[Laika]

Also, in the world of stupid..

 

Dumb logic > grammatical errors

 

No dumb logic.

 

A number of the teams in on Ubaldo will also be in on Burnett. That's all that matters. I'm not even sure why you would think my logic was off there. Just seems kind of weird, "one year deal for a small number of teams", exactly, a one year deal to one of the small number of teams still looking at FA pitching.

[connorp]

Was just giving you some s*** back.. honestly I was going to edit that mistake but you caught it first.. Spanish sausage loving #$#%!!

 

jokes.. but seriously.. I don't think it will depress his market.. we'll see though

[connorp]

Constant demand.

Supply goes up.

Price must come down.

 

Like with oil?

[Laika]

I don't think it will depress his market.. we'll see though

 

Well, not really. We won't see. Ubaldo will sign for whatever he signs for and we will never have any idea what he would have signed for had AJ quit baseball!

[connorp]

In seriousness, like with oil//diamonds and whatever else.. the way that it works is you simply charge what the market can bare.. I don't see the SP FA market any different.. its not like a TON of teams have filled out their SP.. plus UJ may have higher upside than most not named Tanaka.. I just think its a situation where the teams just don't have the money to be blowing 5/80-5/90 on #2-3 SP like they have been.. and the teams that would spend stupid money like LAD, BOS, NY.. weren't in the market for these guys like Garza/UJ/RN etc

[Laika]

In seriousness, like with oil//diamonds and whatever else.. the way that it works is you simply charge what the market can bare.. I don't see the SP FA market any different.. its not like a TON of teams have filled out their SP.. plus UJ may have higher upside than most not named Tanaka.. I just think its a situation where the teams just don't have the money to be blowing 5/80-5/90 on #2-3 SP like they have been.. and the teams that would spend stupid money like LAD, BOS, NY.. weren't in the market for these guys like Garza/UJ/RN etc

 

You're right, it's not like we have a huge sample of buyers and adding some more product is going to drive down the average price of a pitcher here.

 

In this case, it comes down to specifics.

 

There could be a team that will meet Ubaldo at price X whether or not AJ is on the market.

 

OR, it could be that Ubaldo only has two suitors with money, and one of them will now end up signing AJ. In that case, AJ would knock down Ubaldo's value, essentially stripping away his bargaining power.

 

So we are both potentially correct or incorrect.

 

Suiters.