I’d rather see Carol Burnett than A.J. Burnett as a Yankee

Just wanted to voice my extreme displeasure over the Yankees reportedly signing A.J. Burnett. Let’s review – the Yanks finally got under from giving the, shall we say, oft-injured Carl Pavano four years and $40 million. So they turn around and give the oft-injured Burnett a five-year, $82.5 million contract. How does this make a lick of sense?

It’s just that Burnett is an injury risk; he’s been on the DL nine times since 2000. It’s that he’s not very good in the first place. His career record is 87-76, with a 3.81 ERA. He’s only won over 12 games a year once, which was this season. That’s worth $16 million a year? Good grief.

Meanwhile, Brian Cashman is flying to Houston and telling Andy Pettitte to take it or leave it when it comes to the Yanks’ $10 million offer. At this point, I can’t blame Pettitte if he’s peeved over this. He shouldn’t be getting $16 million next year, but he’s certainly worth more than $10 million.

Earlier this week, I thought the Yanks’ Pettitte offer was reasonable. Not any more. If the Yanks have money for Burnett, they should have money to keep Pettitte, one of their dynasty’s icons.

And give me Andy’s personality over A.J.’s any day. Andy took it upon himself to be the man. A.J.? Not so much. Look what John Gibbons, his former manager, said about him:

“I like the guy,” said Gibbons, currently the Royals’ bench coach. “He is a high-strung guy with a ton of talent. I know things happened in the past, the sarcastic tip of the hat to the fans, but I enjoyed having him on my team.”

Let’s review. As the Post notes, he’s had two good seasons – both in his walk years. He’s got a bit of an attitude. And he’s pitched 200 innings exactly three times in a decade. And this guy is a good fit for the Yankees why, exactly?

I’ve got to stop my rant now, before I blow a gasket. Suffice it to say that I’d rather see Carol Burnett as a Yankee. At least she’d keep the fans in stitches. A.J. Burnett, on the other hand, will be the one getting the stitches!

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