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• Pirates still Burnett's likely destination

  Yankees and Pirates inched closer Tuesday to an agreement that would send A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh by the weekend, and the prevailing expectation remains that's where the righthander will end up.But the day's most interesting development was that two additional 2/14/12 Read more »

• Source: Burnett to the Pirates will happen

  Yankees and Pirates Monday continued to talk about A.J. Burnett , and though a deal wasn't imminent, a source said the prevailing feeling is that one will get done before pitchers and catchers report Sunday.Burnett has two years and $33 million left on his   Read more »

• 5 key spring training questions for Yankees

  at: Raul Ibaez, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui . The teams ability to sign one of the trio could be contingent upon trading Burnett, which would free up some cash. If none of those DH options is signed, Branyan, 36, will have a real shot to grab a roster spot.   Read more »

• Plenty of candidates for Yanks' rotation

  as cliche as "Lin-sanity" has: patience.Three months later, even as they continue working with the Pirates to jettison A.J. Burnett , the Yankees enter spring training with a starter surplus, in large part because Cashman practiced what he preached. His patience   Read more »

• Yankees talking with Pirates about Burnett

  million on his contract they will have to pay.The Pirates are the only team known to have engaged with the Yankees regarding Burnett.The righthander has two years left on the five-year, $82.5- million deal he signed before the 2009 season, and for a trade   Read more »

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• Dumpster Diving for Starting Pitching

  had an 8.18 K/9 rate and an overall 20.7% K rate.That K rate bests Dan Haren, Matt Cain, Jordan Zimmermann, among others. A.J. Burnett can still give you 185 K's if he can stay on the field for 200 innings, and if he goes to the National League, it will only 11:09 AM from FakeTeams Read more »

• Yankees, Bucs in 'stare-down' mode on Burnett

  | A.J. Burnett's future remains in limbo. The proposed trade between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh that would make [Burnett] a Pirate is close but not quite done, and there are indications that the Yankees are pressuring Pittsburgh to sweeten its offer 8:17 AM from FanNation Read more »

• Pirates still out front in A.J. Burnett sweepstakes

  Hafner as part of its proposal. The source said the Angels made what the Yankees considered to be an "even better offer," but Burnett has a limited no-trade clause that lists 10 teams, including the Angels. Talks with the Indians aside, the belief is still 2/14/12 from Canada.com Read more »

• MLB Trade Rumors: Travis Hafner on the Front Lines of Cleveland Indians' Talks

  to be in the mix for pitcher A.J. Burnett. The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently rumored to be the front runners to land Burnett, but things can change very quickly on baseball's hot stove. Burnett was signed by the Yankees three seasons ago when he inked a 2:13 AM from Bleacher Report Read more »

• It's Getting Closer and Closerer

  Olney steps into the A.J. Burnett void, as of Valentine's Day evening: And both sides are doing their due diligence in haggling. But it's gone from close to really close to really really close I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous 1:37 AM from Bucs Dugout Read more »