http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7567849/new-york-yankees-pittsburgh-pirates-work-aj-burnett-trade-sources-say
Since acquiring Hiroki Kuroda in free agency and Michael Pineda via trade the Yankees have had to gauge the prospect of who fits best at the end of their rotation. Kuroda is a quality arm with a proven track record and will bring stability to the rotation from the 3rd or 4th spot while Pineda comes in with up and down results in the majors but plus pitches and a live arm combined with his young age of 22 have the Yankees in a good position to watch him grow up the guidance of CC Sabathia and Phil Hughes.
Weird, were having all of this Yankees pitcher talks and not a word about uber-inconsistent A.J. Burnett??? That's because after the trade talks sputtered each off season the last 2 years and even the talk of him being left off the playoff roster all-together, once again the Yankees are looking to move "wild thing". Someone may want to let him know that Charlie Sheen got fired after being demoted in Major League 1 and unlike the movie the Yankees WILD THING ain't going to be helped by glasses.
This is all a product of Burnett's frustrating inconsistency that has been his trademark combined with his flat out inability to win for the last 2 months of last season. His inept pitching struggles last season were one of the biggest problems the yankees faced in constructing their playoff roster and even making their run to get in much closer then it should have been.
Now that the Yankees have more then enough solid pitching it's finally time to throw in that extra few million of his contract and hope they can find a trade partner for the veteran. It's looking like they have more then enough suiters with the Pirates holding the top spot so far though.
For all the Sox fans out there with me let's just hope that somehow the Yanks get stuck with him, at least as long as were stuck with our own overpaid overvalued, crybaby in Lackey.
Since acquiring Hiroki Kuroda in free agency and Michael Pineda via trade the Yankees have had to gauge the prospect of who fits best at the end of their rotation. Kuroda is a quality arm with a proven track record and will bring stability to the rotation from the 3rd or 4th spot while Pineda comes in with up and down results in the majors but plus pitches and a live arm combined with his young age of 22 have the Yankees in a good position to watch him grow up the guidance of CC Sabathia and Phil Hughes.
Weird, were having all of this Yankees pitcher talks and not a word about uber-inconsistent A.J. Burnett??? That's because after the trade talks sputtered each off season the last 2 years and even the talk of him being left off the playoff roster all-together, once again the Yankees are looking to move "wild thing". Someone may want to let him know that Charlie Sheen got fired after being demoted in Major League 1 and unlike the movie the Yankees WILD THING ain't going to be helped by glasses.
This is all a product of Burnett's frustrating inconsistency that has been his trademark combined with his flat out inability to win for the last 2 months of last season. His inept pitching struggles last season were one of the biggest problems the yankees faced in constructing their playoff roster and even making their run to get in much closer then it should have been.
Now that the Yankees have more then enough solid pitching it's finally time to throw in that extra few million of his contract and hope they can find a trade partner for the veteran. It's looking like they have more then enough suiters with the Pirates holding the top spot so far though.
For all the Sox fans out there with me let's just hope that somehow the Yanks get stuck with him, at least as long as were stuck with our own overpaid overvalued, crybaby in Lackey.
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