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...An unconfirmed but reliable source has informed me that free agent pitcher A.J. Burnett has agreed to terms with the St. Louis Cardinals. It is believed to be a five-year guaranteed deal, the approval of which by Chairman and General Partner Bill DeWitt was apparently the final step.

General Manager Walt Jocketty has reportedly delayed his original Sunday departure for the Winter Meetings in Dallas due to the Burnett situation. Our belief, yet to be confirmed, is that Burnett is en route to St. Louis late Sunday night or Monday to complete his physical, the passing of which is a contingency to complete the deal.

 

 

Not good... Five years guaranteed. Whoa boy.

 

 

Update: 12/5 - Early AM

 

Per Rotoworld:

Team sources told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the Cardinals won't guarantee A.J. Burnett a fifth year, something they'd likely need to do in order to sign him.

Four years and $40 million isn't going to be enough. Sure Burnett's a gamble, but he should get a five-year, $60 million contract in a market that values Rafael Furcal at $13 million per year and Esteban Loaiza and Paul Byrd at $7 million. Dec. 5 - 3:14 am et

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

 

DRAMA!

 

By the way, if you're new to the topic,

http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/474652.html then that link explains why many thought he was a Cardinal (including myself).

 

 

Update: 12/5 - 1:18 PM

ALSO, a Toronto newspaper had the following to say, in an ar:

 

It still wasn't looking good for the Jays, despite their offer reportedly being longer than and superior to the four-year package of roughly $40 million (all figures U.S.) proposed by the Cards. The word is that Burnett is so gung-ho about playing in St. Louis that all it would take is for the Cards to guarantee a fifth year — or even an easily-vesting option for a fifth.

 

Full Article: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Article&cid=1133780165681&call_pageid=968867503640

 

Update: 12/5 - 4:59 PM

Toronto reportedly on the verge of signing Burnett to 5 year deal worth $55 million... I heard that Burnett's agent is giving one last chance to St. Louis to make a counter-offer.

 

Gammons reports deal could be done within the hour.

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LOL, if you read last night's events you'll understand the skepticism you are about to see. Personally, I'll take it with a grain of salt mostly because it doesn't matter too much to me if its true or not.
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General Manager Walt Jocketty has reportedly delayed his original Sunday departure for the Winter Meetings in Dallas due to the Burnett situation. Our belief, yet to be confirmed, is that Burnett is en route to St. Louis late Sunday night or Monday to complete his physical, the passing of which is a contingency to complete the deal.

 

...it's from Scout.

 

I'm happy, but uhm.. 5 years guaranteed?

 

*sigh*

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LOL, if you read last night's events you'll understand the skepticism you are about to see. Personally, I'll take it with a grain of salt mostly because it doesn't matter too much to me if its true or not.

 

Heh...yeah, you mean how Furcal was as good as a Cub?

 

Last year Brian Walton (the one claiming this) also guaranteed that Edgar would re-sign... so take it for what it's worth.

 

Burnett is a Cardinal, though. We knew he'd sign if we'd offered that fifth year...

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I am very high on Burnett so if this is indeed true this is going to be a problem for the Cubs.

 

I said it before, but I'd rather have given Furcal 13 mil per year than guarantee Burnett 50-60 million dollars.

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I am very high on Burnett so if this is indeed true this is going to be a problem for the Cubs.

 

On paper (and we all know what that means...) it gives the Cards a 1-5 that should run with any team in the NL. Carp/Burnett/Mulder/Suppan/Reyes (Marquis turns into a trade for sure if this is true.)

It's all about health.

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I am very high on Burnett so if this is indeed true this is going to be a problem for the Cubs.

 

On paper (and we all know what that means...) it gives the Cards a 1-5 that should run with any team in the NL. Carp/Burnett/Mulder/Suppan/Reyes (Marquis turns into a trade for sure if this is true.)

It's all about health.

 

Another thing I am wary of is that Burnett has always been much less effective away from Pro Player.

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Here's what happened, by the way...

 

About an hour or so ago, a topic broke out at Cards Talk. Somebody claimed to have seen AJ Burnett in a St. Louis airport...

 

http://forums.stltoday.com/viewtopic.php?t=317818

 

 

Roughly an hour later, that Scout.com story broke..

 

I'd say it's about as close to official as we can get.

 

Remember when InsidetheIvy, also a Scout site, broke the story we would sign Furcal And trade for Mench and Soriano.

 

Please forgive me if I'm skeptical.

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The pitcher with the best pure stuff in MLB under baseball's best pitching coach?

 

Brutal.

 

Leo Mazzone?

 

Not even close.

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