Burnett – No thank you. Take away his games against the Yankees and his ERA climbs from 4.07 to 4.57. If he plays for the Yankees he can’t pitch against the Yankees. Burnett is 32. I don’t want to give him a 4+ year contract when he has a history of injury.

Cano for Maybin – I’m not giving up Cano unless I get a proven commodity in return. Yes, Cano was awful last year, but he has also shown the potential for batting title average, with power, and fairly solid defensive capabilities (with the right mindset). Maybin is nice but is he proven? No. Maybin was touted as this phenom, yet he spent the entire year in the minors and only had 32 ABs for the Marlins this year. At AA ball, in 108 games he batted .277 (.375 OBP) with 13 HR, 60 BB, and 124 K’s. Walks are good, strikeouts not so good.

I’d only give up Cano in return for a solid pitching candidate like Matt Cain. A pitcher with a career ERA+ of 118, who is averaging 200 innings and over 175 K’s per year over his last three years. Oh…and he just turned 24 this month. He has a bad career record, but he plays for the Giants. The only disturbing stat was that he had a 5.33 ERA against the AL in 2008 interleague. (Decent starts vs. KC and Oak, Bad starts vs. CLE and CWS).

Peavy - Intersting option here. Peavy is 27. (Sabathia is 28). It’s going to cost a lot in talent to land Peavy, especially because he is under contract through 2012 with a 2013 option. ($11M in 09, $15M in ‘10, $16M in ‘11, $17M in ‘12, $22M option in ‘13 or $4M buyout). He has a complete NO-TRADE clause in 08, 09 and 10. Meaning he can block any deal. So why, if you could block any trade, and you are not getting any more $$, would you leave San Diego. Answer – he wont leave. In my opinion it will cost too much in talent.

Texiera – Mark is 28. 30+ HR every year, high OBP, great defensively, switch hitter. What’s not to like. Answer – a contract that extends more than 6 years. I’d give him a 6 year deal in the range of $15-18M. Yes that’s another $100M contract, but if you are talking about having a guy play for your team during ages 29 through 34, I’d sign up for that. Yankees need to be smart here, set a price that they feel comfortable with, and leave it at that. Don’t get into the bidding war with Boras. Let the price you are offering be known in the media. If someone wants to top that, fine.