Ryan signing may help sign Burnett

[Providence A's]

http://torontosun.com/Sports/Basebal...25961-sun.html

B.J. Ryan's arrival to the Blue Jays bullpen -- a press conference will be held tomorrow to make it official -- has turned heads across a cross-section of baseball.

Whether it's fans in the 500 level or the guys in suits drinking ice wine in skyboxes.

And news that the Jays and Ryan's agent, Pat Rooney, had agreed on a five-year, $47 million US contract -- the largest contract ever given a closer. -- gained attention in the respective front offices of the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

Know this, big picture-wise, the person who likely took the most notice is Darek Braunecker, the agent for free-agent right-hander A.J. Burnett.

"That's a good move, a good move for the Jays and good for Ryan," said Braunecker, from Effingham, Ill., where he was finishing up the American Thanksgiving weekend in his hometown.

"The bottom line is they are a better team with him than without him. That's my take on it," Braunecker said. "Certainly having a closer of Ryan's calibre should be more attractive to any free-agent pitcher.

Well, at least they're trying to do something...I just don't know if these 2 moves will help them knock off the Yanks and Sox...although, I see the Sox missing the playoffs as they are right now, but that will change.

[love_that_reefer]

Good pitching will beat the Yanks and Sox. Halladay was well on his way to another Cy Young until he went down last year plus add Burnett and that's two powerful arms at 1 and 2. Jays have some offense.

[Halladay_is_God]

if the Jays do end up getting Burnett as well, the Jays are still missing that true HR hitting threat in the clean up spot, if they can get a 30-40 HR hitter (that plays 1B, DH, or LF) to build their offense around, then maybe they can finally some serious noise in the AL