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I do not disagree that he will not not follow the money, But that is not the whole scenario here. And is Gammons, Olney and Kurjian making this up that he "prefers" Boston. They must have got it from somewhere. Or are these guys lying just for a story. It's all a moot point anyhow, Burnett goes to where ever they send him to or not and keep him (for 2 months).

Either way, Even though Burnett does not have a no trade clause, he has leverage. Now of course the Marlins can send him to anyone they want for the best deal for the Marlins, or keep him for 2 months. But after the 2 months Burnett can say see ya I am a free agent, I am going where I want to. This has to be a Huge concern for most teams looking to bring him aboard now, and the Marlins who will get nothing if he stays put (draft picks). (ironically except the Red Sox I would think) who feel once he is with them and given he is reportedly saying he wants to ultimatley go to Boston anyway). That "other" team than Boston if it is the White Sox, has some serious thinking to do for a rental. The Marlins control this whole thing, obviosuly, but if Burnett won't sign an extension, your "dance partners" besides the Red Sox are limited, and it really being the White Sox and I would think they would be skiddish. Unless they can deal with the very plausible 2 month rental reality. As I said earlier, it may come down to what Theo is willing to do to bring him here now, or not and walk away. Or the Marlins dance with someone else.

Yes I am posting this as a Sox fan, I think Burnett is going to the Red (not White) Sox or will stay with Florida. But, will be a Red Sox next season, either way. Any team can have him for a two month and change rental, but who will take that chance. Here's is how I see the Burnett thing going down. According to info Gammons, etc. gives us, Burnett is not signing an extension with anyone other than Boston, he wants to come here. Meaning he prefers Boston, which corroborates what we have been hearing from others not just Gammons, Olney and Kurjian, etc. Saying Burnett can steer this thing a bit because he is a FA next year, of course, logical. I think Burnett saying he wants to check out his options in FA next year is another way of him saying, I will choose were I want to go to, that is Boston. So the Marlins the way I see it have 2 options, 1) Keep Burnett, he leaves next year for Boston and they receive draft picks 2) Trade him to the Red Sox now for whatever is being offered presently a 3rd option is to trade him to any team other than Boston for a 2 month rental with no extension. This unlikely willing team would be taking a big risk (incidentally the one team that could do this is ironically Boston, since Burnett wants to go to Boston anyway). I don't see the White Sox getting it done, because it seems from the info we can gather Burnett is not signing an extension with the White Sox, and I don't think the White Sox are making this deal without an extension. Burnett can politely let it be known to the WS (Williams), if you trade for me I will not sign an extension and next year I am a FA and really want to go to Boston. So he could go to the W Sox as a 2 month (plus post season ) rental. The real question is how badly does Theo and Co. want Burnett (Now) as opposed to the off season, and will it take something more than Arroyo and Sanchez. That's the question.

If the Sox actually get Burnet, they are Not, repeat not flipping him to any team, they are keeping him. This idea of flipping him is silly.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds...ght_now/?page=2 The article is interestingly enough about Schilling saying he is ready to start soon but at the bottom it talks about the Burnett deal. In an article this morning by Boston Globes Gordon Edes (had to dig for this), he says the Red Sox remain very much alive in the pursuit of AJ Burnett, contradicting reports in this morning's Herald report about the O's acquiring Burnett as if it was already a done deal. Couple this with the Sun's report that the O's are slowing down pursuit of Burnett. Wow a lot of seemingly contradicting info out there, perhaps in an effort to keep everyone guessing. Couple this with Gammons report that says Burnett really wants to go to Boston, I think Boston will step it up and try to get it done. I was not too happy with Wakefield's 6th inning last night (two 3 run homers in one inning). Burnett therfore would be a great addition, still the Sox need Bull Pen help.