From Cot's, I don't see anything about option years: 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 [li]$0.15M in performance bonuses: [li]$50,000 each for 190, 200 & 210 IP [/li] [/li] 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 He's pitched 200 innings twice in eight full big league seasons... when he's on, he's good, but he's often not on the mound. Paying him $30 million for 2.5 years in which we might get anywhere between 200 and 500 innings from him seems like a bit too much of a risk for me, but it's not my money.