Why Not Burnett

Why should we not go get A.J. Burnett I will explain to you why we should sign A.J. Burnett

The first reason is that he is from the Baltimore area and he lives in the Baltimore area. Lets do him a favor and lets bring A.J. home. Furthermore, he had it in his contract with the Blue Jays that he and his wife get eight limo trips a year to from Toronto to Baltimore.

Secondly, he just makes sense for the Orioles and the O's make sense for him. Burnett has learned a lot from the Toronto Ace Roy Halladay and it has been reported that he wants to be the ace of a young rotation and he has also picked up on Halladays work ethic. This fits the O's because they have a very young and inexperienced pitching staff that is looking for quality arms and leaders. He makes sense for the Orioles to go after him because he is a good arm that should not be too expensive and theoreticly he should still be around when the Orioles are in contention like Andy Machphail said he is looking for long term guys not just stop gap players and Burnett can fit into that role.

So what if he has some inujury problems and is a little bit injury prone he has a career ERA sub 4.00 and he has at least pitched 120 innings in each of the last five years. With Burnett comeing to his hometown he would probably want to work hard to stay here and with him learning a lot from Halladay in Toronto I believe he has turned the corner and like a fine wine will get better with age.