#yankees don't love the 2 minor leaguers #pirates offered for aj. best guess, it still gets done,...

#yankees don't love the 2 minor leaguers #pirates offered for aj. best guess, it still gets done, with pitt paying $13-15M of aj's $33M

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But...

I thought they only wanted an “OK” prospect?

by psudynasty1017 on Feb 12, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Paying 2/13 and two minor leaguers for Burnette is borderline stupid. I’m not sure I like how this is shaping up. (I should probably wait until something official is announced before getting worked up about it, though.)

by epoc on Feb 12, 2012 12:13 PM EST reply actions

depends on the minor leaguers, doesn't it?

I wouldn’t mind giving up, say, Black and Calvin Anderson.

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by WHYG Zane Smith on Feb 12, 2012 12:25 PM EST up reply actions

I wouldn’t mind giving up those two either, but Burnette shouldn’t cost 2/13 at all, let alone with players thrown in. If Burnette was a free agent he wouldn’t get more than 1/7, would he?

by epoc on Feb 12, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions

Probably not, but there might be an additional option cost in getting exclusive rights to him. He might get 1/7 from a team that wasn’t the Pirates.

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by WHYG Zane Smith on Feb 12, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions

Also, I read that tweet as meaning “The Pirates offered $10M and two guys, but the Yankees didn’t love the guys, so the PIrates are paying more instead of giving up two guys,” or something like that.

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by WHYG Zane Smith on Feb 12, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

“Pirates more concerned about prospects than money” – Heyman, I doubt the Pirates give up anything of significant value.

by PuncSpeedChunk on Feb 12, 2012 12:17 PM EST reply actions

FWIW

The offer of two prospects may have been either/or.

Occupy MLB! Down with Seligula!

by WTM on Feb 12, 2012 12:32 PM EST reply actions

I wouldn't give up 1 prospect for Burnett.

I’d give up only fillers, at most.

Should the Pirates keep Neal Huntington?

http://www.bucsdugout.com/2011/5/16/2174135/poll-should-huntington-be-retained

by Kosstic518 on Feb 12, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions

I take the word prospect here to mean: minor leaguer who is not an old journeyman. So saying “prospect” may be a bit strong. My guess is the Pirates are offering two younger, what I would call, non prospects.

by Brakeman8 on Feb 12, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions

I'm Guessing

Huntington trying to convince Cashman that giving him Kevin Mort and Rinku Singh will help him save face on the deal…

by God Loves on Feb 12, 2012 12:37 PM EST reply actions

Picking up $13-15 million of Burnett's contract...

is a pure DL move.

I can’t believe NH could screw this up this badly. No one else wants him and the Yankees are desperate to dump him. $10 million straight up should get it done with no player included.

by BarryJT on Feb 12, 2012 1:30 PM EST reply actions