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Ricciardi made the comments days before baseball's winter meetings begin in Vegas. Burnett, 31, opted out of the final two years of his five-year, $55-million US contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. |
Blue Jays' GM JP Riccardi said in an interview Thursday with the Canadian Press that, "it looks like we're going to lose (A.J) Burnett," and replacing him with a hurler of comparable skills may not be possible given Toronto's new payroll restraints.