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Article: Free-agent Burnett a "CC" rider.(THE PLAYING FIELD)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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The money that major league pitcher CC Sabathia eventually commands from his next team--figures being thrown around are in the $140 million range for six years--only means a happy holiday for other free agents such as A.J. Burnett.
That's according to Burnett's agent, Little Rock's Darek Braunecker.
Burnett, from North Little Rock, decided to forego the last two years of his contract with Toronto and test the free-agent waters.
That tide is going to rise soon. "Whatever CC gets is going to be that much more to negotiate for A.J.," Braunecker said of the 31-year-old, who went 18-10 and struck out a career-high 231 ...