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Braves Extend 5 Year, $80M Offer to Burnett….Or Not
Written by Colin on December 10, 2008 – 5:06 pmC.C. Sabathia’s 7 year, $160M deal with the Yankees puts the focus of the free agent arms race squarely on A.J. Burnett, who was expected to make his decision after Sabathia signed. The Braves offer now has 5 years and $80 million tied to it. When told of it, Braves.com quotes “one prominent Braves player” as saying “Let’s see the Yankees top that.”
The concern is that they might. The Yankees aren’t happy with landing Sabathia. Rumor has it they also want to sign Burnett, Lowe, Sheets, Teixeira, LeBron James, The Olsen Twins, and Darth Vader. I hate the Yankees, and if they steal Burnett out from under us, I’m going to be PISSED. Absolutely livid. We need Burnett – we have to have an ace to anchor the rotation, and even though it’s a large bet on Burnett, we have to make it or we’ll flounder all season.
Also, Boston papers think Smoltz is looking at the Mets and Red Sox, among others. I just laughed when I read it. He’ll end up here, and he’ll retire as a Brave, or I’ll redirect BravesBlast.com to WTFWereYouThinkingFrankWren.com. And that’s a promise.
C’mon Burnett, sign the paper already.
UPDATE: According to Mark Bowman, the Braves have in fact not yet offered Burnett a guaranteed 5-year contract. We’ll wait to hear more.
Tags: A.J. Burnett, John Smoltz, Winter Meetings, Yankees Suck
Posted in Speculation | 4 Comments »
By Jonathan on Dec 11, 2008 | Reply
So is the nature of the media . . . I just wish this saga would hurry up and resolve itself. I'm starting to get a little worried about the pitching situation.
By Josh on Dec 11, 2008 | Reply
why did this have to happen Forest? why?
By Colin Ake on Dec 11, 2008 | Reply
Interesting how the Braves' website had this story, but apparently it isn't true yet. (?) I dunno, strange.
By Colin Ake on Dec 11, 2008 | Reply
Also, reportedly the Yankees offered him 5 years near $90mil. We won't be topping that, I don't think.
Also, the Yankees are the antichrist.