So apparently these hot stove rumors change daily, and the Yankees won't be offering Burnett a 5th year. The Yankees have illustrated to the world their almost desperate need for pitching. Does that mean if the Yanks won't go 5 that no team will? I'm not sure.
In some other related Yankee/Burnett/Rotation news, over at River Ave. Blues they speculate who is better for the Yankees Burnett or Sheets? Ben Sheets has been lost in the discussion of pitching this offseason, before the offseason Sheets was getting a lot of press mostly about concerns about him being to risky. That has lead to everyone talking about Sabathia, Lowe, Burnett and Jake Peavy trades leaving Sheets in the dust. It's pretty funny now looking back on it (even though it's only been a couple months) how quickly Sheets has been forgotten because of his history, yet Burnett is mentioned daily with several teams interested. River Ave. Blues makes some great points illustrating how Sheets is 18 months younger and even in his shorter career has thrown for more starts and innings than Burnett. The raw data even favors Sheets and his better K/BB ratios. As negotiating with Burnett leads to talks about a 5th year that the Yankees and others don't want to give him, why not turn over to Ben Sheets for less money and less years?
The more and more this offseason progresses the more i've been changing my perspective on what i think the Yankees should do with their staff. First off, i'm getting a little fed up with the Sabathia situation, if he doesn't want to play here, don't force him to. Yes, he's amazing and he would be an ideal fit for the Yankees but spending that much money on a guy who may not be able to handle New York just doesn't seem like a good idea. So...i propose we do 2 things. The first, trade for Peavy. Supposedly the Padres had told the Yankees they can work a deal out without putting Phil Hughes in the package which is amazing in my opinion, even if it means maybe dealing Cano, Peavy in my opinion is better suited for New York and could be better than CC. #2, sign Derek Lowe. The guy is a proven winner, a innings eater, and can pitch in the AL he seems like a perfect fit. With those 2 moves done then i think the Yankees should take a high risk/high reward chance on Ben Sheets and pray he stays healthy. If he does we have a rotation of Peavy, Wang, Sheets, Joba and Lowe. By far the best in baseball. And, it puts no pressure on Joba to carry the rotation and allows Hughes to start in the minors and god forbid Sheets gets hurt Hughes is still there. What do u think Ben?
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