Very Interesting note I heard on XM this morning

[WulawHorn]

when they were breaking the AJ Burnett signings, 5 years 55 million to toronto they (buck martinez) said that in the end he went for the money, turning down identical 4 year- 40 million dollar offers from the turdnals and the ASTROS.

I didn't know we were in on this guy at all, was buck wrong or might we be trying to make a splash after all and the payroll is not as locked into 85 million as we thought?

[Jose Cruz III]

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when they were breaking the AJ Burnett signings, 5 years 55 million to toronto they (buck martinez) said that in the end he went for the money, turning down identical 4 year- 40 million dollar offers from the turdnals and the ASTROS.

I didn't know we were in on this guy at all, was buck wrong or might we be trying to make a splash after all and the payroll is not as locked into 85 million as we thought?

Wow. That is news. I have never heard us mentioned with Burnett. Maybe thats a good sign.

[OldBlevins]

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when they were breaking the AJ Burnett signings, 5 years 55 million to toronto they (buck martinez) said that in the end he went for the money, turning down identical 4 year- 40 million dollar offers from the turdnals and the ASTROS.

I didn't know we were in on this guy at all, was buck wrong or might we be trying to make a splash after all and the payroll is not as locked into 85 million as we thought?

Wow. That is news. I have never heard us mentioned with Burnett. Maybe thats a good sign.

I hope they made the offer and I'm glad he didn't take it.

[WulawHorn]

Agreed on both counts OB.  If they made the offer it means that they aren't seeing themselves as handcuffed, which is nice.  I don't want that freaking pussy Burnett making 10 million as an astro- the guy is bush league and proved it in September with the Marlins.

[jasonact]

I think that Martinez probably misspoke. Burnett is not worth $40 million over 4 years, and I can't imagine the Astros making that kind of offer to him when they've made it known that offense is the main priority. If they have that kind of money to offer a mid-rotation starter, then they would certainly be in on some of the bigger bats available.

[WulawHorn]

I guess the thinking is that if you have him maybe you can turn Backe/Qualls/Wheeler or some such others into a bat.  Or maybe buck mispoke.  I certainly hadn't heard anything about Burnett and the Stros, though the stros like to do things outside of the media spotlight (rightly so I would say), see trades for Beltran, Carlos and Johnson, Randy.