" Who says George Steinbrenner has stepped away from the table? The Yankees New York Yankees , for the second time inside a week, are on the verge of making an eye-popping offer to a free-agent pitcher and behaving like the days when The Boss threw money at free agents with both hands. The Yankees, according to several industry insiders, spent yesterday preparing an offer - perhaps a five-year deal worth about $80 million - for Toronto righty A.J. Burnett. Source: New York Post
Well, if theres one team that can forsure offer picchers like CC Sabathia and AJ Burnett ridiculus contracts, it's the Yankees. If they sign both pitchers, i'm gonna laugh if this blows up in their face.