RealClearSports
Advertisement

Yankees Had to Unload Burnett

AP Photo

cipient of the fans' boos and the tabloids' jeers. Questions about his status bogged down each of manager Joe Girardi's daily press briefings. He is too overpriced to be a reliever (something he has done only five times in his career anyway). That news leaked of his having rejected a trade to the Angels only would have fueled the Bronx cheers had he remained in New York.

Read Full Article »