AJ BURNETT RUMORS & GOSSIP
Pirates Lose 4-2: Andrew McCutchen, A.J. Burnett Still Good at Baseball
Another quality start for A.J. Burnett was not enough. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
Seeing the Houston Astros again must make the Pirates nostalgic for last year, when Andrew McCutchen and A.J. Burnett strapped the team to their back in the first half and carried them to first place on their own will.
So it was again for the Pirates (25-18) in a 4-2 loss Saturday night at PNC Park...
Pirates Notebook: Burnett Takes Mound As NL Strikeout Leader
A.J. Burnett has the NL’s most strikeouts, and Astros’ hitters have struck out the most times in MLB. (Photo Credit: David Hague)
A.J. Burnett will start Saturday night with the most strikeouts (72) in the National League and 25,000 bobbleheads with his face in the PNC Park stands.
While he trails MLB leader Yu Darvish (86 strikeouts), Burnett faces a Houston offense that has...
A.J. Burnett accidentally catches Russell Martin throw attempting to get runner (Video)
Back on Saturday, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett was going about his business against the St. Louis Cardinals and thought that catcher Russell Martin was just throwing him the ball back.
Unfortunately, Martin was trying to get Cardinals runner John Jay from stealing second and Burnett had accidentally blundered in making the play:
(Courtesy of The Score)
The Bullpen Didn’t Need Burnett’s Control Issues
A.J. Burnett struggled with his control tonight, leading to more innings from the bullpen.
Looking at the stat line, A.J. Burnett didn’t have a terrible start. He gave up just two runs on five hits and three walks in five innings, while striking out seven. Looking beyond the stats, that start was definitely not what the Pirates needed right now.
The bullpen is currently over-worked...
A.J. Burnett: Anatomy of a One-Hitter
A.J. Burnett’s almost-perfect outing helped the Pirates to a 5-0 win.
So many events have to go right for a no-hitter to happen. We sometimes lose sight of that, living in this Golden Age of 23 no-hitters in the last six years. Even with no-hitters becoming almost as common an occurrence as Clint Barmes home runs, they still require a potent combination of talent and good fortune...
ROCK STAR
Pirates giving away epic AJ Burnett t-shirts
AJ Burnett is such a bad-ass. Even if the Pittsburgh Pirates don’t improve upon their recent misfortunes in 2013, their fans are lucky that Burnett is still anchoring the team’s staff. In order to remind the fans of how fortunate they are to have acquired Burnett, the Pirates are giving away the incredible t-shirts you see above before Friday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds...
A.J. Burnett’s Rosin Bag Bursts During Opening Day Start for Pirates (Animation)
Simple accident, or April Fools’ Day prank?
A.J. Burnett was mowing down Cubs batters left and right — striking out nine batters through four innings and surrendering just one home run in the process.
But when Burnett took the mound before the start of the fifth inning, his luck suddenly changed. When reached for the rosin bag — usually used to dry a pitcher’s hand — Â...
A.J. Burnett has rosin bag explode on him during Opening Day start (Animated)
Pittsburgh Pirates ace A.J. Burnett had a pretty rough first game of the season on Monday. His pitching performance was actually quite solid, as Burnett threw 5.2 innings and allowed three earned runs on six hits. He also managed to strike out 10 Chicago Cubs, but the Pirates were unable to give him any run support and went on to lose 3-1. Oh, and then there was the whole exploding...
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A.J. Burnett's rosin bag explodes
AJ Burnett looked ready to start Opening Day for the Pittsburgh Pirates. His rosin bag? No so much.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett breaks window playing catch (photo)
A.J. Burnett is coming off a pretty good season on the mound. The pitcher started 31 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates, going 16-10 in a campaign that saw him pitch over 200 innings and finishing with a more-than-respectable 3.51 ERA. It appears that Burnett must have been initiating the early stages of loosening up his arm in anticipation of spring training recently, perhaps by tossing...
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