sports.yahoo.com - 1/6/2009
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It doesn’t include Manny Ramirez yet, but the market for outfielders is coming around. Pat Burrell agreed Monday to a two-year, $16 million deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milton Bradley to three years and $30 million with the Chicago Cubs , leaving Ramirez, Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn still out ...
theropolitans.com - 1/6/2009
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theropolitans.com —
Oh, praise this day Mets fans and thank
the Tampa Bay Rays. According to reports, Pat Burrell...
will leave the NL East and Philadelphia, and head for warmer pastures in Tampa Bay.
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So long, Pat the Bat
sports.espn.go.com - 1/5/2009
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sports.espn.go.com —
's last swing of the bat in 2008
was a double against Tampa Bay in Game 5...
of the World Series. Now, his first swing of the bat in 2009 will be as a member of those very same Rays. Tampa Bay has signed Burrell to a two-year contract. According to a ...
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Tampa Bay Rays, Pat Burrell agree to two-year contract
baseballthinkfactory.org - 1/6/2009
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baseballthinkfactory.org —
Tampa Bay Rays - Signed LF Pat Burrell
to a 2-year, $16 million contract. Once again, the...
Oracle, in violation of laws both state and federal, has risked life and limb to seize secret documents. The Oracle, disguised cleverly as a man standing next ...
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Rays - Signed Burrell
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Brown's Latest: Abreu, Manny, Looper
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
The latest from Yahoo's Tim Brown...
Bobby Abreu still wants $48MM over three years, according to Brown and Gordon Edes. Abreu may have lost three potential suitors today in the Cubs, Rays, and A's.
Brown says the Dodgers, Orioles, Nationals and Mariners "seem to have the most interest in adding an ...
Tim Brown: Insider information, around the horn
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Tim Brown: Insider information, around the horn It doesn’t include Manny Ramirez yet, but the market for outfielders is coming around. Pat Burrell agreed Monday to a two-year, $16 million deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milton Bradley to three years and $30 million with the Chicago Cubs, leaving Ramirez, Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn still out there, and Garret Anderson and Ken Griffey Jr. even farther out there. Jason Giambi reportedly is nearing a deal with the A’s as well, probably for something close to the same annual value as Burrell. Abreu is looking for a hefty $48 ...
Tuesday Morning Rangers Notes: Of Bradley And Burrell
Baseball Time in Arlington —
Quan Cosby is a bad, baaaaad man. My goodness.
Hearty kudos go out to Fiesta Bowl television play-by-play announcer Matt Vasgersian for atoning for the near-entirety of one of the more discombobulated and downright awkward FOX Sports presentations I can ever recall watching with that single reverberating, spine-tingling touchdown call.
It didn't take particularly long for major league front offices to get right back into the swing of things following two holiday-filled weeks of relative inactivity, and two reigning division champions that experienced post-season success to dramatically varying degrees last October were kind enough to jump-start ...
Outfield: The Dodgers, Giants and Manny
MetsBlog.com —
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes Manny Ramirez is still seeking a four-year, $100 million contract.
In a poll to MetsBlog.com, 52 percent of the more-than 5,000 people who voted said they would not give Ramirez a guaranteed three-year, $75 million deal to sign with the Mets.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers are holding firm on their initial two-year, $45 million offer, reports Tim Brown for Yahoo! Sports, who also believes Ramirez is still seeking four or five years.
John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus believes the Giants may be preparing two different offers for Ramirez, one that is worth three ...
Open Thread: Catching up on some Yankee rumors
River Avenue Blues —
Now, that guy looks pretty good in pinstripes, eh? As the Yanks welcomed their newest addition today, let’s catch up on some rumors.
Bobby Abreu is still looking for a three-year, $48-million offer, and I’m looking for a rainbow with a leprechaun and a pot of gold at the end of it. Neither of us are going to find what we’re looking for, and Jerry Crasnick says that no one is really interested in Abreu.
Ken Rosenthal reports that Xavier Nady and Nick Swisher are “drawing significant interest.” Joe will have more on this for the overnight tonight, but to sum up my ...
Five Reasons the Dodgers Should Re-sign Derek Lowe
Sons of Steve Garvey —
... of the Daily News and Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports agree Ned Colletti is considering Jon Garland, Braden Looper and/or Randy Wolf. ...
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thefightins.com 1/5/2009 — I’m not emotionally stable enough to form coherent sentences here, so you’ll have to settle for one of those quote-box thingees. From MLBTR , via The Squirrel and Busta-Buss Olney:
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sabernomics.com 1/6/2009 — I’m not referring to the portion of Pat Burrell ’s new two-year $16-million contract that will be going to the Rays Baseball Foundation. When I first read the headlines, I inadvertently believed the deal was worth $16 million per season , ...
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During the history of the Devil Rays the franchise appeared at times to be trying to lose. Now they are the Rays, a team that went from last to first and now are ensuring that they will not be one-hit wonders by signing Pat Burrell .
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