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Garrett Jones is, in fact, the guy NYY want in any Burnett deal with the Pirates,but PIT not interested in moving Jones. No traction so far.
Yankees know they will have to eat a huge portion of $35 million owed to Burnett in any deal -- maybe in $25m to $27m range.
IMO: If the Pirates negotiate NYY down to where they pay $8mish total to Burnett over next two years, they could get really good return.
"Total speculation: I wonder if a Garrett Jones/A.J. Burnett swap might make sense, with the Yankees eating about 90 percent of owed Burnett."
From Buster Olney's Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/Buster_ESPN
#Pirates inquired about Roy Oswalt and were willing to jump into bidding, but were rebuffed.
By Charlie: Obviously, the Pirates are in a tough spot, but if they want to sign a free agent of this caliber, they need to do more than make inquiries and vaguely-competitive offers. I suppose doing something to sign guys like this is better than doing nothing at all, but given that the Pirates never, ever seem to sign players like this, it's probably past the point where we ought to praise them too much for trying.
Why two points for a sacrifice bunt or fly? That’s as many points as a double.: Well, if I were creating the system I might not have given two points for a sac bunt or fly, but Clint Hurdle once told me the most important thing you can do as a manager is convince 25 guys that the team is more important than they are. Once you do that, amazing things are possible.
Lee Judge, "Why Ron Polk's MVP Chart works for me."
I... I have nothing to say.
I can almost see the Orioles or Pirates going there if the price is right, even on a four-year deal.
MLBTR's Tim Dierkes on Edwin Jackson's destination.
http://www.coveritlive.com/index2.php/option=com_altcaster/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=8f0529e445/height=550/width=470
All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder confirmed Wednesday what Milwaukee Brewers fans have feared -- that this season is "probably the last year" with the Brewers.
McCutchen has been hit by a pitch nine times this year, which is two more beanings than he got in his first year and a half in the majors. He said both left- and right-handed pitchers are coming inside against him more often.
"That's their game plan -- not necessarily to throw at me, but to come in for a purpose," McCutchen said. "I'm really starting to see it a lot more as the season goes on. And when they're missing in, they're hitting me."
Hurdle also calls out the Pirates' pitchers for not throwing inside:
"Over the past 10 days, Jose Tabata and Andrew McCutchen were nailed by inside pitches, a tone-setting strategy to cool off two of the Pirates' hottest hitters. Hurdle said the Pirates' pitchers have not responded by being more aggressive on the inner half of the plate.
"We have conversations about it that, unfortunately, fall on deaf ears," Hurdle said. "If you can't notice that your (teammates) are getting jack-knifed, shame on you. The coaching staff notices it. And, fortunately, I'm in a position to make notes about things that aren't getting done. Shame on the people that aren't getting it done."
Although, as Rob notes, Ohly did plunk Rami and Pena yesterday. Just not a good idea to do it back-to-back, IMO
Can't wait for Altoona's Pitcher of the Year Kyle McPherson to get up and change that!
Kevin Correia to the DL
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