Do you want Burnett?

[TouchemAll]

Heck yea of all the FA out there he FITS

[Redskins Rick]

Won't break the bank and won't be more than one year. This is how much good experiencing pitching costs.

Good points.

But, will Peter actually sign-off on that?

[mdbdotcom]

Good points.

But, will Peter actually sign-off on that?

I don't know, but that wasn't the question, was it?

[Redskins Rick]

I don't know, but that wasn't the question, was it?

You know, this might be silly, but I wonder if Peter would approve the deal, since it was only 1 year, and that way, he can point to his "haters", look, I do sign pitchers over 10+ million a year.

[mdbdotcom]

You know, this might be silly, but I wonder if Peter would approve the deal, since it was only 1 year, and that way, he can point to his "haters", look, I do sign pitchers over 10+ million a year.

I don't know him as well as you, so I don't call him by his first name, but I certainly hope he doesn't look at things that way.

[Redskins Rick]

I don't know him as well as you, so I don't call him by his first name, but I certainly hope he doesn't look at things that way.

But, he is a lawyer through and through, so whose really knows his thought process.

[Il BuonO]

But, he is a lawyer through and through, so whose really knows his thought process.

Plenty of people know his thought process and they don't paint a pretty picture. I think El Gordo posted this first, but here's a snippet.

Didn’t they know who was boss, these general managers who’d come in to pitch a deal and say, “I need an answer within six hours?” You’ll give them an answer when you were good and ready. First, you cross-examined them like the top lawyer you are. Why do we want to trade Erik Bedard? Who is this prospect we’re getting in return? What makes you think he can hit in the major leagues? How good is Mike Lowell? Doesn’t Josh Beckett get hurt a lot? What would we be giving up in return? “His personality was so forceful, anyone who encountered any resistance after Gillick just backed off,” MacPhail says.

You’d win every argument, but did that mean you knew better or just that you were a better arguer? “He is, as a result of his successes, even more confident than he might otherwise be,” one longtime Orioles employee says. “He’s even more difficult to move off his pre-set positions.”

There are quotes from friends of his, too, so it's not a complete hit piece, but I'm sure some would call it that. Following the team for years it's hard to look at the man another way. And please, this isn't an invitation for the Angelos apologists to come out and tell me about all his benevolence over the years in the city. Maybe he could sell the baseball team and start a humanitarian non profit if he really thinks baseball is akin to a circus.

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2013/08/26/Franchises/Peter-Angelos.aspx

[TonySoprano]

Isn't the question really does Burnett want Baltimore? At this point in his career, trying to decide on retirement or not, he probably wants to go to a team that gives him the best shot at the playoffs. So if you are him, is that Baltimore or Pittsburgh?

[crawjo]

Isn't the question really does Burnett want Baltimore? At this point in his career, trying to decide on retirement or not, he probably wants to go to a team that gives him the best shot at the playoffs. So if you are him, is that Baltimore or Pittsburgh?

Pittsburgh gives him the best shot, but that might not be his main calculation. Maybe if he's thinking about retirement, playing very close to home is more attractive.

[Il BuonO]

Isn't the question really does Burnett want Baltimore? At this point in his career, trying to decide on retirement or not, he probably wants to go to a team that gives him the best shot at the playoffs. So if you are him, is that Baltimore or Pittsburgh?

If all the talk about his family was the truth, then yes it's a consideration. Besides, with him on the team it's not hurting our chances at the playoffs.

[Loophole]

Isn't the question really does Burnett want Baltimore? At this point in his career, trying to decide on retirement or not, he probably wants to go to a team that gives him the best shot at the playoffs. So if you are him, is that Baltimore or Pittsburgh?

I doubt there's enough of a perceived difference in our playoff chances to make it about anything more than money/convenience. Baltimore is considered a young team with a whole lot of star power. I don't think we're as good as Pittsburgh but I also doubt Burnett reads Fangraphs as much as I do.

[CanadianOriole]

I would not expect him to be 1 of the 5 best options at SP for the Orioles next year - but would absolutely be force fed starts for months no matter how much he struggled if we signed him. Definite "no" vote from me.

[mdbdotcom]

Isn't the question really does Burnett want Baltimore? At this point in his career, trying to decide on retirement or not, he probably wants to go to a team that gives him the best shot at the playoffs. So if you are him, is that Baltimore or Pittsburgh?

The team with AJ Burnett on it might have the better chance.

[HokieOs]

The thing is, while I wouldn't love the signing of Burnett, he DOES give us another pretty good pitcher. And that's what we need right now. A guy we can trot out 20% of the time.

[Roll Tide]

I said No

Too much drama!

1)Took the dude almost the whole offseason to decide he still has the desire.

2) it will happen again next offseason

3) his advanced age