baseballreflections.com - 12/3/2008
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Season Wrap Up The 2008 season found the Jays in 4th place behind the Rays, Red Sox and Yankees, but was not without its highlights. The pitching staff, despite injuries toJanssen and Halladay (to begin the year) and McGowan for good parts of the year, were still the best in the MLB with ...
Winter Meetings Day 2 Update
blogs.nypost.com 12/9/2008 — UPDATED AT 1:41 pm: -The A's have yet to have a conversation with free agent Jason Giambi and consider him a back-burner issue at best. However, Oakland has not given up completely in its quest to sign Rafael Furcal. It...
Winter Meetings Day 2 Update
blogs.nypost.com 12/9/2008 — UPDATED AT 1:41 pm: -Though Garrett Atkins' name has come up a lot this offseason, Rockies officials insist he is not going to be traded. -The Rockies continue to be interested in Aaron Heilman, even if it does not involve...
CEO says Jays won't go wild on free-agent market
sports.espn.go.com 11/28/2008 — With the economy sinking, the Toronto Blue Jays' interim CEO acknowledged Thursday that Toronto might choose to save the $24 million A.J. Burnett passed up this offseason rather than spend it on other free agents.
Yankees may not make Burnett an offer | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 11/22/2008 — The Yankees haven't been shy about floating large sums of cash in their search for pitching this offseason, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're ready to meet one of the requests of free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett. Darek Braunecker, Burnett's ...
Bolting the Barn Door on Burnett
bjays.wordpress.com 12/18/2008 —
So the lip service from both the Blue Jays and A.J. Burnett is finally over and the Jays’ biggest free agent splash of the last decade has duly shuffled over to the Evil Empire just over halfway through his contract, for a boatload more ...
Jays stay in A.J. hunt
torontosun.com 11/21/2008 — The Blue Jays may be prepared to roll the dice with A.J. Burnett for another five-year deal.
Baseball - Blue Jays for sale?
winnipegsun.com 12/12/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- The Blue Jays came, saw, did not conquer and departed. They were almost as stagnant as the blue water outside the Bellagio as the four-day winter meetings concluded yesterday. "One and one might add up to 11 here, but you have to admit ...
Yankees and Red Sox in battle over pitcher A.J. Burnett
nydailynews.com 11/19/2008 — DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Tuesday, November 18th 2008, 9:20 PM The Yankees and Red Sox won't meet again on the field until April, but the two American League East rivals are preparing to square off for the services of at least one major free agent in ...
Finances could limit Jays' options | bluejays.com: News
toronto.bluejays.mlb.com 12/4/2008 — The Blue Jays aren't expected to be major players at this year's Winter Meetings, which take place in Las Vegas from Dec. 8-11. Here is a look at where the Blue Jays stand in the Hot Stove season. Club needs STARTING PITCHING -- The Blue Jays plan on ...
Blue Jays for sale?
torontosun.com 12/12/2008 — The Blue Jays came, saw, did not conquer and departed.
The Not-So-Hot Stove Update —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/3/2008
Some quick thoughts on the current state of the MLB Hot Stove. But first I would like to apologize for the lack of updates. Between the holidays and starting a new job, I have been very busy and haven't found the necessary time to put some real ...