DuffMan
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Reprots out of NY say the Yankees are shopping Burnett and are agreable to paying a large chunk of his contract. Evidently both the Pirates and the Tigeres showed some interest. There are rumours that a 3rd team is now interested. Might it be the Cubs? It could make some sense.
Soriano is scheduled to make 18 million over the next 3 years. AJ Burnett makes 16.5 over two years. So for the next two years the contracts are about a wash.
Soriano to the AL makes a ton of sense as he can still swing it a bit, and he could play DH so is defensive short commings would be less of a liability. The Yankees were a black hole at DH last year with Posada only batting .092 last year against lefties as a right handed hitter. Soriano could easily give them 130 games as a DH.
The Cubs might still have to eat some cash in the deal, to make up for the fact that Soriano is under contract through 2014, one more year than AJ, but on the surface this seems to make sense.
AJ has had issues in New York, and he's 35, but he's been very durable (more than 30 starts in each of the last 4 years) and he still strikes out a ton. A move back to the NL where he doesn't have to fact a full 9 hitter lineup might make a little sense. He'd also be reunited with former teamate Ryan Dempster.
Soriano is scheduled to make 18 million over the next 3 years. AJ Burnett makes 16.5 over two years. So for the next two years the contracts are about a wash.
Soriano to the AL makes a ton of sense as he can still swing it a bit, and he could play DH so is defensive short commings would be less of a liability. The Yankees were a black hole at DH last year with Posada only batting .092 last year against lefties as a right handed hitter. Soriano could easily give them 130 games as a DH.
The Cubs might still have to eat some cash in the deal, to make up for the fact that Soriano is under contract through 2014, one more year than AJ, but on the surface this seems to make sense.
AJ has had issues in New York, and he's 35, but he's been very durable (more than 30 starts in each of the last 4 years) and he still strikes out a ton. A move back to the NL where he doesn't have to fact a full 9 hitter lineup might make a little sense. He'd also be reunited with former teamate Ryan Dempster.
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