Valuing A.J. Burnett

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Amazin' Avenue found this 10/15/2008 on www.sabernomics.com [flag]
There have been some recent rumblings about A.J. Burnett opting out of the two years remaining on his current deal in order to pursue free agency. According to a knowledgeable source, the Jays are prepared to offer Burnett a two-year, $30 million (U.S.) extension. That would reshape his ... [link]

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Wednesday Applesauce
Published 10/15/2008 by Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue
... J.C. Bradbury evaluates A.J. Burnett, and concludes that he might be best off staying in Toronto. Hank Steinbrenner's wallet begs to differ. ...

Thursday Grab Bag
Published 10/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Stoeten) at Drunk Jays Fans
... - Interesting take on the Burnett situation from Sabernomics. J.C. Bradbury-- an economist and associate professor at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta-- suggests that Burnett should probably take the Jays' offer, on the presumption that he's probably not going to do much better on the open market. This is the first I'm hearing of such things, but Bradbury says, "the fact that he’s pushing so hard for [a five year deal], combined with his injury history, ought make teams wary." Well... yes, it ought to, but does that mean nobody's going to step up ...

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