A.J Burnett's tenure as a Yankee may soon be coming to an end as a trade could send him to the Pirates. That means no more talking about A.J, no more watching A.J Burnett pitch, no more watching him save us in the playoffs from elimination. Yep. No more A.J.

A lot of fans are probably thrilled that A.J Burnett will no longer be a Yankee. A lot of fans are also probably thrilled that A.J might be going straight to the National League, where A.J can never hurt them except in Spring Training. While everyone else is saying, "Bye, bye A.J." I would like to take a minute to say, "Thank you A.J."

A lot are confused as to why I would be thanking A.J Burnett, the pitcher that probably cost us wins and a pitcher that seemed to have a bit of an anger issue. Well, I am not thanking A.J for the bad that he's done. I'll thank him for all that he had offered and all that he had done to save the Yankees time and time again. In the playoffs of 2009 & 2011 Burnett was the unlikely Superman of the team.

2009: If A.J Burnett hadn't won in his start in the World Series, the Yankees would have been down to the Phillies 2 games to nothing and possibly would have lost the World Series. A.J Burnett was the game changer in that whole series. 

2011: Burnett knew that it was do or die time when it came to trying to bring the Yankees back to the Bronx for Game 5. We all remember Jose Valverde saying that the Tigers were going to win in Detriot in front of their fans. Well A.J Burnett promptly shut them up. Burnett held the Tigers while the Yankees rallied back and won the game, taking Detriot to the Bronx along with them. Although they lost the series, Burnett looked the Tigers in the eye and defeated them. 

There was also one other memory of A.J Burnett that I have. When Chris Dickerson was plunked in the head in Baltimore, A.J Burnett was the pinch runner and went to run for Dickerson. While the whole situation wasn't funny, the fact that Burnett had to run for Dickerson was pretty much a smile cracker. So even in serious situations, Burnett even made me smile. 

Now that it might come time to say goodbye, I admit that I will be upset. But, this will just give me a reason to use my MLB.TV subscription and watch Burnett in his every Pirates start. So, this is just me saying, "Thank you A.J. You will be missed and I will be one Yankee fan that has, will and always care about you."