Burnett Targeted, Lowe Interest As Well

Written by Colin on November 26, 2008 – 12:13 pm

Rumor on the street has it that the Braves have turned their attention towards Jays’ starter AJ Burnett. Burnett’s agent said the Braves were one of six teams “fully engaged” in negotiations. Burnett wants a 5 year deal at around $15m a season, which is a bit of a risk seeing as how he hadn’t racked up more than 12 wins before this year. In 2008, Burnett was 18-10, posted a 4.07 ERA, and struck out 231 in 221 2/3 innings to lead the AL in K’s. Burnett is reported to have received a princely offer from the Yankees as well, who are out to gut the starting pitching market like the money spending whores they are. The Braves have something going for them in that Burnett “respects the hell out of” Bobby Cox from his days in the NL East as a Marlin and is friends with Chipper Jones.

The Braves have also reportedly made inquiries about Derek Lowe, who pitched in Boston last season. Lowe is a Bor-ass client, which means we’ll have a tough time getting him without offering THE top dollar. We’ll see what happens, but I’m not holding my breath and waiting for Lowe to end up here. I have what you may call Lowe expectations.

The team also made a serious offer to left-hander Will Ohman, who says it was intended to make him understand they wanted him back. Ohman will make a decision in December, but he’s received interest from at least 10 teams.

More to come, in our trademark sporadic method of delivery. All rights reserved. Don’t try and be inconsistent if you blog – we’ll sue your ass.


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One Response to “Burnett Targeted, Lowe Interest As Well”

  1. By Cameron on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Look, this season is either going to be a wash or a pleasant surprise. However, 2010 or 2011 looks pretty good with either AJ or Lowe in the rotation. The only things that concerns me about our future team is the overflow of lefties in the line-up (although B-Mac and KJ hit lefties as well as righties) with Heyward and Schafer in addition to BMac, KJ, Kotchman, and probobly the FA bat we get (Dunn or Ibanez are my guesses) AND the lack of leefties in the rotation (projection-AJ/Lowe, Hudson, JJ, Hanson, Morton/Jo-Jo(ugg)/Rorbough(if hes ready)). Does it really matter? Probably not, but it never hurts to have a dominant or at least mediocre lfty in the rotation (we were fortunate to have Glavine during our exceptional days). Once agan does L,R,S,L,L,L,R,L, or R,R,R,R,L? really matter, not really if th players perform, but it IS better to have balance.

    BTW-just a correction, though Im sure you know, Lowe pitched for LA last season, not Boston

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