Newsday's Ken Davidoff reports:

Darek Braunecker, the representative for A.J. Burnett, said Friday night that his client will be able to sign a five-year deal this offseason, although he didn't identify the team willing to commit so enthusiastically to the power righthander.

It's believed that the Yankees, while open-minded, still are trying to get a four-year deal done with Burnett. And the Blue Jays, the club that employed Burnett for the previous three seasons, don't want to go five years, either.

My guess is that the team is: probably nobody.

While I don't doubt that Burnett might receive a 5-year offer once the market plays itself out and more teams start making offers, this is probably simply a bluff. I don't see any team out there who would go five years when the richest team in the land is supposedly only willing to go four, unless the yearly salary is way down from what the Yankees are offering. And if the Yankees had offered five years, I'd imagine Braunecker would be working on talking up the dollars moreso than the years at that point.

Either way, I don't think the Yanks are desperate enough (yet, at least) to have to throw in another year to compete for Burnett, even if it is true.