tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780276584364604867.post8437594251183557414..comments2023-09-11T06:03:53.718-04:00Comments on Brothers at Arms: And the other shoe fallsPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881643554796423918noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780276584364604867.post-50425521027373578842008-12-15T01:09:00.000-05:002008-12-15T01:09:00.000-05:00Your right about Burnett not pitching up to his po...Your right about Burnett not pitching up to his potential. I think its a bit of an overstatement to say he doesn't like baseball at all. He can get pretty fired up out there for someone who doesn't like playing.<BR/><BR/>The Yanks will be disappointed if Burnett only makes 25 starts a season. I'm sure they don't want to pay him a million dollars a start like they had to for Pavano. But if 75% of his starts are quality starts, well, isn't that what every team expects from their starters? Only Johan, Lincecum and Cliff Lee had 74% or more of the starts registered as quality starts. So I'd take that from Burnett.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881643554796423918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780276584364604867.post-75826209014391881992008-12-14T15:10:00.000-05:002008-12-14T15:10:00.000-05:00Yeah, Burnett is more talented, but they are both ...Yeah, Burnett is more talented, but they are both very good pitchers when they want to be. Problem is, they only want to be in contact years. The reason is, they don't like baseball. They both play the game because they are good at it, kind of like someone who becomes an accountant because they are good with math.<BR/><BR/>Burnett will make 25 starts a season, half of them will be outstanding, 25% will be mediocre, and 25% will be awful. Now if Wang, Sabathia, Chamberlain, and Hughes all make 30+ starts, and all pitch well, that is not a problem.<BR/><BR/>And as for disasterous pitching contracts, my team is paying $18 million a season to a lefty with an 82 MPH fastball for the next five years, Pavano doesn't even compare. Hell, I wish Zito would hurt his shoulder in a car accident and be unable to pitch.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742159228200876688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780276584364604867.post-43428797609604653772008-12-13T18:52:00.000-05:002008-12-13T18:52:00.000-05:00Burnett definitely has the potential to be a Pavan...Burnett definitely has the potential to be a Pavano, but he just has so much more talent than Pavano ever did. I know it isn't saying much but I don't think any contract, save Mike Hampton's, can ever be as a big a disater as Pavano's. At least that's what helps me sleep at night now.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881643554796423918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780276584364604867.post-25972588066438899682008-12-12T21:53:00.000-05:002008-12-12T21:53:00.000-05:00AJ Burnett is a hell of a talent, but eh has the m...AJ Burnett is a hell of a talent, but eh has the mindset of Carl Pavano, in that he looks for any and every excuse to NOT play baseball. This contract guarantees 2 things, $80 million or AJ, and a 20 win season by Burnett for the Yankees in 2013.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00742159228200876688noreply@blogger.com