Rays Close To Signing Burrell
mlbtraderumors.com 1/5/2009 — According to Ken Rosenthal , the Rays are close to signing Pat Burrell to a two-year, $16MM deal. It'd be a solid move, as the Rays can increase his value by not using him in the field. The '08 Rays struggled against lefties (.726 OPS) ...
Bargain Bin Burrell
hardballtimes.com 1/5/2009 — According to Rosenthal , it's two years and $16 million for Pat the Bat:
The Rays, filling their need for a power hitter, are close to signing free-agent Pat Burrell to a two-year, $16 million contract, according to major-league sources.
Burrell, 32, will serve as the team's designated ...
Rays sign Pat Burrell to a Steal of a Deal
beyondtheboxscore.com 1/5/2009 — The Rays have reportedly inked Pat Burrell to a 2-year deal worth $16 million total. Think about that. Pat Burrell is going to be paid $8 million a year. For only two years. His successor in Philadelphia – an older, less effective, worse ...
So long, Pat
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:
The Rays, filling their need for a power hitter, are ...
Pat Burrell signs with the Rays
allthingsphillysports.blogspot.com 1/5/2009 — We knew this day was coming ever since Raul Ibanez signed with the Phillies. Pat Burrell, who spent 9 years in a Phillies uniform, signed a 2 year deal with the Tampa Bay Rays, the team the Phils vanquished in the World Series. Burrell signed for a relatively cheap 16 million dollars over the two...
Burrell and Iguchi Move On
myteamrivals.typepad.com 1/5/2009 — As was speculated in an earlier post, Pat Burrell will reportedly sign a 2 year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays for 16 million. Burrell is accepting an offer far below his expectations but the market has been very slow with little interest in his services. Oakland was the only other team ...
Uncle Milton Signs the Dotted Line
wrigleyville23.com 1/5/2009 — The Cubs signed Milton Bradley to a 3 year, $30MM deal today after the Rays settled their deal for Pat Burrell . Two gigantic, "let's hope the glass knees don't break for three years" thumbs up on this one. Bradley's good at baseball .
Rays Sign Burrell
fangraphs.com 1/5/2009 — According to Ken Rosenthal , the Rays are close to finalizing a two year, $16 million contract with Pat Burrell . He’ll fill their hole at DH and give them a right-handed power bat to fit into the middle of their line-up and provide some ...
The AL East Just Got A Little Tougher
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — According to Ken Rosenthal and Buster Olney , the Tampa Bay Rays have signed free agent outfielder Pat Burrell to a two-year $16 million deal. Olney says that Burrell is expected to be the Rays' DH most of the time. Last year with the world champion ...
Burrell deal is done
tboblogs.com 1/5/2009 — After passing a physical today, Pat Burrell is officially a Ray. Two years, $16 million. We’re supposed to talk to Burrell at 4:45 p.m. and Andrew Friedman and Matt Silverman about 45 minutes after that, so check back for reaction from the ...
Rays get Powerful Burrell for DH
tampabaysportsblog.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays made a huge signing today - getting left fielder Pat Burrell from the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies to take the Rays vacant DH spot. Burrell, 32, signed a 2 year, $16 million dollar contract...
Rays Get Awesomer, Add Shirtless Pat Burrell —
Rake Blog
With the signing of Pat Burrell on Monday, the Tampa Bay Rays have cemented themselves as the best team in baseball in 2009. As I have discussed in the past , the Rays’ arrival in 2008 , marked with a trip to the World Series, was a bit premature, as much of the team’s top talent has yet to ...
Reviews are good on Burrell deal —
The Heater
The Rays signing of Pat Burrell seems to be getting good reviews from the initial analysts. Here are a few excerpts:
From ESPN.com's Keith Law: The Rays took advantage of the market glut in sluggers with bad defensive profiles and scored a major bargain in signing Pat Burrell.
Burrell ...
Welcome Pat Burrell —
Bugs & Cranks
I was offline virtually all day, so even though Meech texted me around 2:30 to share the news that Pat Burrell had agreed to join our beloved Devil Rays for $16 million over 2 years , I somehow missed the vibrations in my pocket and didn’t look at my phone until I was nearing the end ...
Pat the Bat Needs a New Hat —
HER RAYS!
The Rays seem to have found the impact bat they were looking for. Word on the street is Pat Burrell will be leaving the NL champs to join the AL champs. So how do we feel about that?
Being a Gemini I’m often kind of two-sided, and this is definitely the case with Mr. Burrell. The ...
Pat Burrell Signs with Tampa —
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
It's official , Pat Burrell has signed with the Tampa Bay Rays pending a physical. I did my farewell of sorts to The Bat back when the Phils signed Ibanez, so feel free to get out your Kleenex and stroll down memory lane. I'm worried a bit about Pat in terms of the lack of night life in Tampa ...
Pat Burrell To Sign With The Rays —
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
The Tampa Bay Rays have made their biggest splash of the offseason, thus far by signing Pat Burrell to a two year $16 million contract, ESPN's Jayson Stark reports . The deal is not yet official and Burrell is scheduled to soon take a physical. This signing helps the Rays greatly as there ...
Rays improve with Burrell —
ESPN Feed: neyer rob
Fresh off winning the World Series, Pat Burrell is apparently heading to a new team, a new league … and a substantially lower salary … Burrell has agreed in principle to a two-year, $16 m...
Pat Burrell to sign with Tampa Bay Rays —
InGameNow
Pat Burrell may not be as hot of a free agent signing as the New York Yankees trio of CC Sabathia , AJ Burnett , and Mark Teixeira , but he should make a splash with his new team. As of right now, reports are coming out that that team will be the Tampa Bay Rays . I guess the Rays figured that ...
Pat the Bat Sashays to Rays —
baseballmusings.com
Fox reports Pat Burrell agreed to a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays, filling their need for a power hitter, are close to signing free-agent Pat Burrell to a two-year, $16 million contract, according to major-league sources....
Reports: Burrell Signs With Rays —
Mostly Mets
There have been reports throughout the day that Pat Burrell has signed a two year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Burrell will get a 2 year contract worth $16 million. Burrell has had so many big games against the Mets throughout his career. It’ll be nice to see him playing with [...]
Rays close to getting Pat Burrell —
The Rays Party
Reports say the Rays may get Pat Burrell on a two year $16 million contract . The best option for the Rays because he was the most consistent big bat free agent on the market, the Rays got him cheaper than I thought but he close to my prediction (see post here) . Marc Topkin made a point that ...
Report -- Tampa Bay Rays near deal with Pat Burrell —
Projo Sox Blog
Ken Rosenthal is reporting on FoxSports.com that the Tampa Bay Rays are close to signing power-hitting outfielder Pat Burrell to a two-year, $16-million contract. Rosenthal writes that the slow-footed Burrell, who played on the Philadelphia Phillies team that defeated Tampa Bay in October's ...
Rays close to signing Pat Burrell. —
Tampa Bay Sports Blog
According to Ken Rosenthal , via MLB Trade Rumors , the Rays are close to signing former Phillie outfielder Pat Burrell to a two year $16 million deal. This move makes way too much sense for all parties involved to not happen. Burrell is the right handed bat that the Rays are looking for to ...
Report: Pat Burrell Nearing a Contract With the Tampa Bay Rays —
FanHouse
by Matt Snyder According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, Pat Burrell is about to sign a two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. Rosenthal reports the deal will be worth $16 million. Burrell has played each of his nine major league seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies -- the very team who ...
Burrell Signing Is Rays Best Ever —
Bleacher Report - MLB
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 .
This was a ...
Pat Burrell to Sign With the Rays —
Bleacher Report - MLB
The Tampa Bay Rays have made their biggest splash of the offseason thus far by signing Pat Burrell to a two-year, $16 million contract, ESPN's Jayson Stark reports .
The deal is not yet official, and Burrell is scheduled to soon take a physical.
...
Rays close to landing Burrell —
Major League Baseball News
Pat Burrell appears to be close to becoming the power bat the Rays have been looking to land. According to reports by Fox Sports and ESPN, the Rays are close to signing the free-agent slugger to a two-year, $16 million contract. The Rays have not ...
