Found February 21, 2012 on
New York Yankees - New York Post:
BRADENTON, Fla. — No more excuses for A.J. Burnett and no more Yankee thoughts.
Burnett the Pirate took some blame for his failures with the Yankees yesterday at Pirate City, but also said he may have let too many people in pinstripes mess with his mechanics.
“Without getting too far...
Via Sports Junkie Online
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February 21, 2012
Few would argue that the A.J. Burnett experiment in New York has largely been a major disappointment. During his three seasons toeing the rubber in the Bronx, Burnett posted a 34-35 record, with a 4.79 ERA. Of particular concern has been his inability to throw strikes, as he totaled 258 walks and 38 hit batters in 584 innings over the past three seasons. According to various reports...
Via Bronx Baseball Daily
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February 20, 2012
How did the Yankees go from paying A.J. Burnett $82.5 million to paying $20 million just so he would go pitch for somebody else? A.J. thinks it might be too much tinkering from the coaching staff.
“I let a few too many people tinker with me, maybe,” Burnett told the AP. “When you let that happen, you start doubting yourself sometimes. You wonder, ‘Am I doing it right?...
Via Seattle Times
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February 19, 2012
A.J. Burnett's rocky tenure in pinstripes is over.
Via Yahoo! Sports
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February 20, 2012
A.J. Burnett was happy to escape from New York. "It was fun the first couple of years. Then it got like, I'm never going to get out of this funk," he said Monday, a day after the Yankees dealt him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a pair of low-level prospects. After signing an $82.5 million, five-year contract, Burnett helped the Yankees to their 27th World Series title in 2009.
Via The "Mc" Effect
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February 20, 2012
Lots of A.J. Burnett stuff on today's docket, as he is officially a Pirate and in camp. Since I'm in Waynesburg and not in Florida, I'm just going to post a tweet widget that shows the beat writers that are actually in Florida, giving us the updates:new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'list', rpp: 30, interval: 30000, title: '', subject: 'Pirates...
Via Double G Sports
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February 19, 2012
A thousand miles away from cringe-inducing Jeremy Lin plays-on-words, the 2012 Yankee season officially started today as pitchers and catchers reported for duty at Tampa training camp.
The media hurricane surrounding the Knicks phenom has overshadowed the other noteworthy New York sports news story of the week. After all the offseason speculation about piecing together the Yankee...
Via mlb.com
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February 19, 2012
As Yankees pitchers and catchers reported on Sunday, A.J. Burnett was instead taking his physical to become a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and CC Sabathia glanced toward the area where Burnett's locker used to be.
Via The Hardball Times
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February 22, 2012
After much anticipation, the trade that sent A.J. Burnett from the Yankees to the Pirates was finally completed on Sunday. Burnett had a tumultuous three seasons in the Bronx, with a 4.79 ERA and 4.5 walks/hit batters per nine over 584 regular-season innings.
His signature pitch is an 83 mph spike-curveball with exceptional movement. (Harry Pavlidis mentioned it here a few weeks...
Via WHYGAVS?
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February 20, 2012
The Pirates cleared a roster spot for AJ Burnett today by putting Rule 5 pick Gustavo Nunez on the 60-day disabled list. The exact vagaries of the Rule 5 process aren't perfectly clear to me, but I'm certain that Nunez has to be active for a certain number of days and so the Pirates can't just stow him away on the 60-day all year. Still, it's clear that this is how...
Via We Should Be GM's
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February 20, 2012
KK Deal:2 years $7.5M to a 6th starter/bullpen longman. I'm confused, but that's exactly what Amaro doled out for Kyle Kendrick. KK was set to make $3.585 this season, and under the new contract his 2012 salary is yet to be announced. I like KK and think he has value, but there's a point when salary outweighs usefulness. However, with Cole Hamels and Joe Blanton both...
Via MyTeamRivals.com
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February 21, 2012
Joining host Karen Vankat on the Warning Track is Michael Cohen of the Open Mike show. The Yankees were busy over the last week trading inconsistent AJ Burnett to the Pirates, signing Raul Ibanez as a lefty DH/outfielder and Oh No Mo! Mariano Rivera has fun with the media “hinting” at retirement. Dan Fuerstein of Triple Coverage calls in with his thoughts.
The Mets are happy...
Via Pirates Prospects
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February 20, 2012
BRADENTON — In order to make room for right-hander A.J. Burnett on the 40-man roster, the Pirates placed infielder Gustavo Nunez on the 60-day disabled list with a right ankle injury.
Nunez, 24, was selected from the Detroit Tigers in the Rule-5 draft in December by the Pirates.
During the 2011 season, Nunez hit .276 with 13 doubles, seven triples, five home runs, 26 RBI and 18...
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