[新聞] A.J. YANKS' LATEST BIG-NAME SIGNING

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 A.J. Burnett has accepted a five-year, $82.5 million deal from the Yankees
 New York Yankees .A major league official with knowledge of Burnett's decision
 said the deal will become official when Burnett passes a Yankees physical.

Though Burnett's agent, Darek Braunecker, refused to comment, a person
connected to the Braves said yesterday they were informed Burnett had chosen
the Yankees.

GM Brian Cashman didn't return numerous calls.

Getting Burnett, 32 on Jan. 3, to join CC Sabathia is an expensive exacta but
one that gives the Yankees the best one-two pitching combo in the AL East.

The Yankees bagged the 28-year-old Sabathia this week with a seven-year, $161
million deal that includes an opt-out clause after three years. Combined with
the $82.5 million spent on Burnett, that's $243.5 million in five days.

And the Yankees, who had $88 million come off the books after a very
discouraging 2008 season, still have money to chase Derek Lowe, Ben Sheets,
Andy Pettitte Andy Pettitte and possibly Mark Teixeira or Manny Ramirez.

"I can sense the excitement and the confidence that's spreading around the
entire organization about what we're getting done and what we may get done
still," Hank Steinbrenner told The Associated Press. "A rising tide lifts all
boats, and the confidence and the excitement right now among the team and the
organization is contagious."

Out of that $88 million, Sabathia will earn $23 million next season and Burnett
will pull down $16.5 million. That leaves $39.5 million for Cashman to play
with, if he wants to keep the payroll the same.

No doubt money played a part.

The Yankees offered more and the Braves were wary of a fifth year for a pitcher
who has had medical problems but did go 18-10 and led the AL in strikeouts with
231 last year.

However, the Braves believed location may have been a factor. Burnett lives in
Maryland and has a five-acre horse ranch north of Baltimore.

His wife detests flying, so the 3?-hour car ride to The Bronx is more
attractive than the 11-hour trek to Atlanta.

Burnett's contract with the Blue Jays included eight round-trip limo trips from
Maryland to Toronto. The Yankees aren't high on such extras.

Because he has been on the disabled list nine times since 2000, injuries make
Burnett a risk, but what pitcher is guaranteed to avoid the DL?

The fact Burnett's two best years - 2005 and 2008 - were walk years raises a
red flag. So, too, do bouts of immaturity in the past.

As for other issues, nothing concrete came out of Cashman's trip to Houston to
see Pettitte. The club wants Pettitte, 36, back on a one-year deal for $10
million, and Pettitte is bitter about taking a pay cut from the $16 million
he earned this past season when he went 14-14.

The Yankees and Brewers continue to talk about a Mike Cameron-for-Melky Cabrera
Melky Cabrera deal. The Brewers want to move Cameron's $10 million contract and
use that money to acquire pitching after losing Sabathia and likely losing
Sheets.

The Brewers asked for and were denied Mark Melancon, Jose Veras and Phil Coke.
They may have to settle for Kei Igawa if the Yankees eat some of the remaining
$12 million on the left-handed bust

Hank好久不見您又發言了,對於這個冬天的補強他覺得全隊都很興奮且很有信心,
這是會傳染的(你果然只會說),Cameron-for-Melky仍在進行中,酒鬼想要
Mark Melancon Jose Veras 或是  Phil Coke,但被拒絕了,如果要他們接受井川
我們必須吃掉阿宅部分12M的薪水

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※ 編輯: pikachu123      來自: 125.224.0.146        (12/13 20:09)
推 PinChunH:多要的那幾隻 表現還不錯 拒絕是應該的 禾斗~
推 forever23:想搶  去吃X吧!
→ forever23:不要拿卡麥隆也沒差還想搶劫  留著自己付薪資吧 口亨
→ siliver:搶劫??我到覺得是合理的要求啊,前提是酒鬼吃薪水 :p
推 meier0112:井川要我們吃掉12M+Cameron的10M,22M換Cameron..= =
推 Darvish816:12M是分三年啦 一年4M而已(無誤)
推 edguy369:some of the remaining $12 million是指吃一部份吧= ="
推 lef1986:還有四千萬以上可以運作，簽鐵爺來吧～
※ 編輯: pikachu123      來自: 125.224.0.146        (12/13 20:30)
推 edguy369:真可以考慮 已經沒位子讓他上來 現在認賠至少不是賠全部
→ JimloveJill:我覺得搶鐵爺 只是不想他去紅襪 去哪都好
→ JimloveJill:最最好還是去國民!!!
推 Makubex82:阿宅就這麼不值嗎 Q Q
→ pikachu123:我真不懂為什麼有人一直同情阿宅,明明很爛年紀又大
推 appshjkli:簽他來一點貢獻也沒有;還浪費掉了競標金跟簽約金
→ appshjkli:就算給他錢我也想早早請他回日本
推 MRCool:一樣是戴墨鏡耍帥 為啥AROD這麼神井川這麼宅 亙
推 forever23:期待井川爆氣還不如期待大弟或總統站穩5號
→ forever23:可是酒鬼很過分耶擺明想要好用的新秀又要洋基的錢
推 appshjkli:沒啥好過份的;現在是要用新秀換取酒鬼吃薪資
→ appshjkli:要多拿新秀沒啥奇怪的
推 forever23:為什麼$man一定要交易到cameron?跟CC的協議嗎?
→ forever23:不交易cameron去簽亞當蛋不是更好嗎?
→ appshjkli:Dunn不能守CF
推 MRCool:因為守備 不然簽MANNY守CF不是更嗨
→ pikachu123:CF也是個洞,Damon不可能手整季CF
推 forever23:我也是想還有damon可以守cf  ~"~
推 TrueTears:想到某簽名檔 歪果仁:帥 阿宅:宅 XD
推 lef1986:對啊，而且Damon是個弱肩，靠不住
→ appshjkli:你要他守也不是不行,只是會守進DL
推 OoyaoO:只要酒鬼不是要洋基吃掉阿宅所有薪資就可以換了吧
→ pikachu123:要Manny守也不是不行3壘打或是inside park會出現
推 lef1986:一朗：我準備好要直接跑回來了
推 aaps:簽咩尼來跟大門表演8傳7啦 XD
推 forever23:那不交易讓牛奶守cf阿  交易奶弟簽蛋:)
推 appshjkli:喔,我完全不希望再看到Melky "HOFer" Cabrera站嗯歪歪CF
推 roxiang:都有人挺痛痛了 井川至少在3A穩定先發咧...
→ roxiang:他是有那個實力的...
推 OoyaoO:全MLB在3A穩定先發的有多少？ 但是井川幾歲了？
推 appshjkli:連免洗SP都可以殺3A,井川殺3A是有他X的用
推 meier0112:說的好!!!
→ appshjkli:嗯歪歪付錢是要讓他補上後段輪值不是請他到紐約觀光
推 noahlin:真的不考慮讓Swisher跟Damon分CF然後衝鐵爺嗎?
→ noahlin:農場完全沒大物打者SP又簽兩個了怎麼看鐵爺順位應該都在
→ noahlin:補SP前面啊
→ pikachu123:我只想對井川說:你他X的死X渣,趕快滾
推 OoyaoO:哪有簽了Swisher和Damon卻不讓他們天天先發的道理 要簽鐵爺
→ OoyaoO:應該就是要把Nady交易掉讓Swisher去站RF了
→ OoyaoO:而且當初簽井川應該是希望他至少可以3或4號而不是殺3A
推 momorabbit:Damon不可能天天先發 他跟松井輪左外 偶爾守中外吧~
推 appshjkli:實際上他連3A都殺不起
推 basarasaga:井川劇場開季會怎麼演下去哩  真想看
推 meier0112:連4A都沒有,挖出輪值大洞,不然今年哪會看到兩菜鳥先發
推 OoyaoO:Damon固定LF為什麼不可能天天先發？
推 hiro1221:Swisher站LF、大門CF、Nady站RF，鐵爺1B...
→ hiro1221:反正外野守備慘也不是一天兩天的事了...
推 argoth:隔了兩天沒上線  就多這麼多消息...現在確定的是簽下cc
推 jww:重點是Johnny能站幾場CF
→ argoth:(161M/7YR)和AJ(80M/5YR) 這兩個嗎...？
→ argoth:如果有鐵爺 我是認為Swisher 大門和松井可以共同分享CF和LF
→ pikachu123:CC 161/7Y 附帶第4年的opt out,AJB 82.5/5Y
→ argoth:但是Nady的RF似乎也有些問題XD
推 edguy369:to Makubex82:阿宅有沒有那麼不值我不知道 起碼我是站在
→ argoth:AJ要82.5M！！！  五年已經夠扯了= =
→ edguy369:希望他有好的發展的情況下想要他走 洋基頂多剩5號可以練
→ pikachu123:因為勇士出80M/5Y
→ argoth:要簽鐵爺  牛奶弟還是留在洋基當個4號好 預算也比較充足
→ argoth:我看到文章說還有地理因素  那如果同價格...算了 2.5M對現
→ edguy369:跟大弟比 阿宅的優勢只有薪資較高只有考慮錢時才會想用他
→ argoth:在的洋基似乎沒差多少XDD 只是五年約啊...
→ edguy369:既然他已經沒有機會證明自己了 那就去別的地方試一試吧
→ edguy369:留下來把合約走完對球隊.球員都不好(cashman認賠吧..)
→ argoth:阿宅和大弟比  阿宅完全被壓著打...
推 meier0112:薪資較高好像不是優勢@@
→ pikachu123:Hughes在major的成績還比阿宅好
推 edguy369:是指要用大弟跟阿宅時 會想到他是花錢簽來的 不用有點...
推 forever23:井川會爆發的機率應該比阿甘復活的機率高點,要有信心！
→ pikachu123:就像安豬囧斯還不是被擺板凳
推 meier0112:但我覺得阿甘復活機率高XD
推 kksmart:阿甘躺著也中槍XD
推 argoth:我覺得宗痛比較高...年齡是主要依據
推 EvilCerberus:有開睹盤嗎？我要睹甘迺迪
推 Aerialy:可是阿甘每年都復活耶...
推 raygod:Damon Swisher 輪流吃CF阿  Gardner當守備組
推 peking:再簽 鐵屑+Dunn+Manny 啦XDDDD
→ peking:一壘鐵屑,二壘Cano,三壘阿肉,遊擊基特~捕手包殺打~右外Dunn
→ peking:中外卡麥榮~左外松井~DH Manny~板凳Damon~Swisher~B.Hall
→ peking:先發投手 CC AJB DLowe 扁食 Wang ~
推 peking:中繼 Marte Fuentes 張伯倫 齋藤隆 K.Wood
→ peking:setup Hoffman closer M.Rivera
→ peking:喔~少一個~就簽Furcal當內野工具人+代跑吧...
推 peking:不對~忘了算Nady...Furcal不用簽了...可惜
推 hunder31:樓上幻想很嚴重...紐約公仔隊!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
推 GDBS:可惜即使不論預算限制 能簽的Type-A數量還是有限的
推 JimloveJill:某P幻想過度了
推 Eremite:簽派派跟扁食吧  小張從牛棚出發  AJB蹲DL時上場...
推 graywolf:wood明明就被簽走了...
推 yeyagami:會期待阿宅的大概只有阪神迷 投得爛還拖累洋基薪資