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Folks wonder if #Pirates might extend contract of AJBurnett, who's emerged as Cy Young candidate. Burnett, who’ll turn 36 in January, is signed through 2013. The Pirates will pay $8 million of $16.5 million he’ll make next season; #Yankees pick up the rest. Pirates and Burnett have not yet talked about extending deal, but could open topic in the offseason. “Obviously, A.J. is pitching exceptionally well,” GM Neal Huntington said. “But our focus right now is on making the playoffs.”