An A.J. Retrospective
As I write this, it’s about 2 PM on Thursday afternoon. We’re, apparently, in the final 24 hours of the Yankee career of one . While ditching Burnett for some small return will likely make the Yankees a bit better in 2012, I’m still not wild about the deal. Don’t get me wrong, I won’t be devastated if Burnett isn’t in the Bronx anymore, but I won’t be skipping down Grand Concourse singing victory songs either.
Perhaps this is a bit of bias. I know that A.J. Burnett has not been an effective starter for most of the last two seasons, but I always liked the guy. I thought he was a good teammate and a fine competitor. Though the results weren’t always great, Burnett took the ball every five days (which was probably the most shocking thing during his tenure with the Yankees, considering his previous injury history) without complaint. There were times, of course, when I was cringing along with all of you, but I still had a soft spot for A.J. the man, even if I soured a lot on A.J. the pitcher. I was excited when he first signed and defended him at his lowest moments.
As I write this and digest, I guess I won’t miss A.J.’s pitching all THAT much. His starts were certainly maddening to watch, if only for the fact that the stuff usually didn’t match the results. Still, you always held out hope for the occasional gem and he was at times and he was never a bad guy. The Yankees may not have gotten exactly what they wanted out of Burnett and I’m fully aware of that, but like I do most of the time, I rooted for the laundry. If you’re gone soon, A.J., I’ll miss you. Thanks for Game 2 of the 2009 World Series and all the pies.
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well said!
It’s too bad he stunk. If he had been good, this town would have gone nuts over the guy.
Great post, I agree 100%
I agree 150%! I always was sad to see that a guy with terrific stuff just could never harness it in what would have probably been a great career. I will miss AJ and hope he has great success where ever he goes!
A lack of control is my biggest pet peeve, so I very, very rarely enjoyed watching AJ Burnett pitch, even when he was getting good results.
But I respected his willingness to go out there every five days, even if I didn’t think that was enough reason to keep him.
I wish him well.
The prospects in the Burnett deal don’t look like much, but this Diego Moreno seems to have a very good fastball. I haven’t found much on him other than he has a fastball that regularly hits 97 MPH, and he seems to have had attitude problems while with the pirates. Probably won’t become anything but with that kind of fastball he’s a nice wildcard to pick up.
Well said, indeed.