Cot's contracts:
A.J. Burnett rhp
5 years/$55M (2006-10)
* signed as a free agent 12/05
* $6M signing bonus
* 06:$1M, 07:$12M, 08:$12M, 09:$12M, 10:$12M
* Burnett may opt out of the contract after 2008
* limited no-trade clause allowing Burnett to block deals to 15 clubs
* deal includes 8 round-trip limousine trips per season between Toronto & Burnett's Maryland home for his wife
* 1 year/$3.65M (2005), avoided arbitration 1/05
o $0.15M in performance bonuses:
+ $50,000 each for 190, 200 & 210 IP
* 1 year/$2.5M (2004), avoided arbitration 12/03
* 1 year/$2.5M (2003), lost arbitration 2/03 ($3.075M-$2.5M)
* 1 year/$0.3675M (2002)
* agent: Darek Braunecker & Mark Rodgers
* ML service: 8.038
They're paying him $11 mil now, he won't get more than $15 per.
They can afford him.