Yanks land Burnett

by Travis G on Dec 12, 2008 6:34 PM EST in New York Yankees News

According to the Daily News.

The AP has it now: 5 years, $82.5 million. Wow. The dude had a 4.07 ERA this year. Hardly earth-shattering.

Likely rotation at the moment:

Sabathia

Wang

Burnett

Joba

Pettitte/Hughes/free agent

Unfortunately, this signing reminds me way too much of Carl Pavano. Both are former Marlins, both have long injury histories and both are coming off career highs in wins and innings pitched.

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The good thing is he drinks the bosox milkshake, gives them wedgies and pushes them off the monkeybars.

by CasanovaWong on Dec 12, 2008 11:01 PM EST reply actions

Just gotta hope for the best i guess

hope the the yanks got the dominant AJ and not the fragile one.

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by NumberSeven on Dec 12, 2008 11:49 PM EST reply actions

I agree

All year, after every pitch I’m going to be watching for the grimace of pain and hope I never see it.

I see things you don't see.

by LouieTheLip on Dec 13, 2008 1:05 AM EST reply actions

how

do they justify him being productive for 5 years? we look desperate.

by ProudYankee on Dec 13, 2008 1:25 AM EST reply actions

Becuase we are desperate.

They should have pursued Lowe. He’s durable, has a much better track record than Burnett and has his head on straight and just doesn’t come with a big effort in his walk years.

by RealityCheck09 on Dec 13, 2008 3:56 AM EST reply actions

that the Yankees didn’t even play 500.ball last season or hadn’t made the playoffs in ten years with these panicky moves Cashman has made. C.C is a good pitcher but 160 million? Burnett supposedly handles the Red Sox but what about the other teams? Camerron really addresses our need to get younger and more athletic? Seems like the 80’s are back. Bring back Andy Hawkins!!

by celerino73 on Dec 13, 2008 5:55 AM EST reply actions

AJ Burnett

replaces Mike Mussina. C.C. is the upgrade.

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Dec 13, 2008 9:18 AM EST up reply actions

one more bat now ?

Is Cash going to add a bat now to hit in the middle of the line up ? How about a good fielding firstbaseman with a little pop. Or do you maybe move Jorge over there when he cant catch anymore.

by awful13 on Dec 13, 2008 9:13 AM EST reply actions

our bats are fine awful 13

we need more pitching and swisher matches everything u said u were looking for in a 1baseman. Burnett is the next pavano and it is a desperate signing but screw it we need pitching bad!

I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

by kdog on Dec 13, 2008 12:50 PM EST up reply actions

I don't think the next Pavano

I saw the Pavano signing and he made all that money just because of his previous season. Burnett has the same M.O. but the big difference is in stuff. Pavano was never overly impressive, and at most, he was viewed as a middle of the rotation guy. Burnett on the other hand has the ability to go out and shut down an opponent with his stuff. i don’t really like the signing, but the rotation had some big holes to fill and the Yanks went out and filled those holes

by MartyMcFly on Dec 14, 2008 11:22 PM EST up reply actions

agreed

Pavano was nothing more than a good pitcher when healthy. Burnett is a very good-great pitcher when healthy. will lightning strike twice?

by Travis G on Dec 15, 2008 6:09 PM EST up reply actions

What r u smoking

Once we re-sign Andy, our rotation becomes one of the best in baseball, if not the best. Also we have some good depth with Phil,Aceaves,Kennidy in the wings. IT would b nice to maybe sign Ben Sheets/Derek Lowe and then put Joba in the pen, then creating the best bullpen in baseball also. Our offense is a little skimpy, Cameron is not the answer,neither is Manny. The club hosue is finally starting to gel,(CC great culbhouse guy), y screw all of that over and get Manny?

"Hey Derek do you actually drive the Edge?","I don't drive that piece of crap!"

by Da Shiz on Dec 13, 2008 2:10 PM EST reply actions

I would rather have joba in the rotation and have the best rotation in baseball.

Besides after about a month or two at SWB Melancon will be called up and his reign of domination will begin. He will work his way up to being mariano’s primary setup guy and take over closers role in 2 years.

by CasanovaWong on Dec 13, 2008 4:50 PM EST up reply actions

Burnett = Pavano?

I don’t think so. I really believe he turned a corner last season. That doesn’t mean he’s going to be successful in NYC, but keep in mind his success of late has been against the best division in all of baseball. That shouldn’t be discounted. The guy can pitch. What I’d like to see is a workout regime similar to what Pettitte and Clemens did (minus the steroids) to help keep him fit.

If he stays healthy, he’s going to be wildly more successful than Pavano.

"Baseball is the background music of my life." -George Will

by Ronster22 on Dec 15, 2008 12:00 PM EST reply actions