This article revisits two significant trades in Toronto Blue Jays history. In 2005, the team signed A.J. Burnett, who formed a formidable pitching duo with Roy Halladay. The article also recalls the trade of Shaun Marcum to the Brewers in 2010.
Today in Blue Jays history: 2005 19 years ago. J.P. Ricciardi signed A.J. Burnett to a five-year, $55 million contract, including an opt-out clause. Burnett would team with Roy Halladay to make an excellent one-two punch at the top of our rotation for three seasons. Burnett went 38-26 with the Jays, with a 3.94 ERA in 81 games, 80 starts. After the 2008 season, Burnett opted out of his Blue Jays contract and signed with the Yankees for five years and $82.5 million.
Much to our pleasure, AJ wasn’t the same pitcher for the Yankees as he was with the Jays. The Yankees traded him to the Pirates after the 2011 season. There, he remembered how to pitch. One of my favourite Burnett memories was his start against Doc when he played for the Yankees. It was a fun game. I don’t blame AJ for going where there was more money. And I don’t blame Ricciardi for giving him the opt-out clause in the contract. JP (the general manager) was spending money to build a winning team. He had signed BJ Ryan and would trade for Lyle Overbay. The Jays did manage a second-place finish in 2006, but that would be as close as we’d come until 2015. 2010 14 years ago. The Jays traded Shaun Marcum to the Brewers for Brett Lawrie. The thread announcing the trade was balanced between those who thought it was a good trade and those who thought it was terrible, but it was unanimous that we would miss Marcum. He was a favourite around here. Shaun would go 20-11 as a Brewer with a 3.91 ERA in 54 starts. He missed much of the 2012 season with shoulder and elbow ‘stiffness.’ Marcum didn’t exactly help the Brewers in the playoffs, going 0-3 with a 14.90 ERA in 3 starts. Before the 2013 season, he signed as a free agent with the Mets, going 1-10 with a 5.29 ERA. He was out of 2014, then pitched in 7 games in 2015 with Cleveland, with a 5.40 ERA. And that’s where his career ended. Lawrie... well, you kno
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