Burnett To Accept Yanks' Deal

Members of the Yankees organization have comformed that RHP A.J. Burnett is ready to accept their 5 year, 80-85 million dollar contract. This gives the Yankees a great 1-2 punch (actually 1-2-3 punch w/ Wang) in Sabathia and Burnett. However, there's also a lot of injury concern regarding Burnett. He's pitched 8 seasons, but has only had 200 innings in 2 of them. It's very risky to give such a large offer to such a injury-prone-pitcher. However, that's a risk the Yankees seem to have to take if they want Burnett in their rotation.