A.J. Burnett tells Blue Jays he

[Luv 4 da game]

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP)—A.J. Burnett told the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday that he will opt out of the remaining two seasons of his $55 million, five-year contract.

The pitcher will forfeit $24 million and can file for free agency. His contract called for a $6 million signing bonus, a $1 million salary in 2006 and $12 million in the remaining seasons.

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[Relentless88]

Yeah Burnett opts out, he's going to get a big deal. A lot of good starting pitchers on the market this year. It's going to be interesting to see where they end up.

[Geddy]

There are going to be some pitchers that are going to get huge money this off season, and most of them probably won't be deserving of it.

[evilRyu]

well it was expected that he was gonna opt out.. it was just a formality..

[Dr Octagon]

Let him go.

[Relentless88]

There are going to be some pitchers that are going to get huge money this off season, and most of them probably won't be deserving of it.

Yeah, we're going to see some Barry Zito money being handed out.

[Mak]

What do you think of the NY offer? There is no way i'd want us to match that, let him go. You know he'll suck 3 out of the 5 years, be average 1 year and have a good season(most likely contract season). Let Yankees get him, they need another overpaid guy.

[Geddy]

Yeah I say let the Yankees take him. I don't think he can stay healthy like he did this season so if they spend big money it will probably just go to waste.

[Relentless88]

What do you think of the NY offer? There is no way i'd want us to match that, let him go. You know he'll suck 3 out of the 5 years, be average 1 year and have a good season(most likely contract season). Let Yankees get him, they need another overpaid guy.

Agree completely. Yankees can have him, he'll turn out to be another Carl Pavano. I say we go after the cheaper Penny or Sheets.

[Luv 4 da game]

Didn't want to start another thread, just gonna place any updates in this thread.

Beeston: Blue Jays might not be free-agent player

With the economy sinking, however, the team’s interim CEO acknowledged Thursday that Toronto might choose to save the $24 million Burnett passed up this offseason rather than spend it on other free agents.

“It’s a possibility,” Beeston said. “We can spend $100 million, but if it doesn’t make sense, why do it?”

Burnett recently opted out of the final two seasons of his five-year contract, deciding to test the free-agent market and forgo $24 million the Blue Jays would have owed him.

With the Canadian dollar dropping in value against the U.S. dollar and the global economy in turmoil, Beeston said the Blue Jays won’t be big players in free agency.

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[Relentless88]

Didn't want to start another thread, just gonna place any updates in this thread.

Beeston: Blue Jays might not be free-agent player

With the economy sinking, however, the team’s interim CEO acknowledged Thursday that Toronto might choose to save the $24 million Burnett passed up this offseason rather than spend it on other free agents.

“It’s a possibility,” Beeston said. “We can spend $100 million, but if it doesn’t make sense, why do it?”

Burnett recently opted out of the final two seasons of his five-year contract, deciding to test the free-agent market and forgo $24 million the Blue Jays would have owed him.

With the Canadian dollar dropping in value against the U.S. dollar and the global economy in turmoil, Beeston said the Blue Jays won’t be big players in free agency.

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Another year of mediocrity ahead, or maybe even worse.