A.J. Burnett made it easy on the Phillies last night–surrendering 6 runs in just two innings–and that made things easy on your sportswriters this morning. A post-game mea culpa seems to have helped his cause, at least with the headline writers. “I let 25 guys down. I let a whole city down,” Burnett said. So Read More
One consequence of the Yankees having a vastly higher payroll than any team in the league is that every time they lose—as they did last night—everyone trots out the paychecks for the day’s scapegoat. So the Daily News can’t help but remind us, in the first paragraph, that A. J. Burnett “didn’t look at Read More
The Yankees made a huge investment in their starting rotation this week, reaching agreements with pitcher C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett on a pair of lucrative, long-term contracts.
But while the acquisition for Sabathia for seven years, $161 million dollars includes all of the necessary upside such an expensive deal should provide while addressing a Read More
The Yankees took the no-brainer approach to improving their pitching staff, making an undisclosed but reportedly huge offer to C.C. Sabathia. But on the heels of that offer, Hank Steinbrenner confirmed that New York is preparing bids for both A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe, with the idea that adding both would provide the security missing Read More
