A.J. Burnett wants to stay with the Blue Jays this season:

"It seems like there's only bad things get written. ... I'm always saying that I'm a Blue Jay and my loyalty is to this team and you still see some people writing stuff like my heart's not in it," Burnett said.

"I think I had a quote in the paper last weekend about I still had a Blue Jay on my chest and on my hat. Then a writer wrote, `Yeah, but not in his heart.' And when you got a guy pitching on three days' rest, you got a guy that came in the day after his bullpen to pitch an extra-inning game, take the ball and throw, I don't want people to question that (heart). You know I'm here.

"Just because my name's out there and all this stuff, and I made one mistake talking to a Chicago writer ... I enjoy being a Blue Jay and that's where I'm at. That's where I plan on being."

Burnett mentions in the article how is stats are weird:

I think I've pitched better than my numbers indicate, but I've taken us out of games, too.

Indeed. His FIP is 3.61, 1.35 runs below his ERA. Similar numbers in the second half could lead to a much better record, but it also should make him someone highly sought after in a trade.