theraysparty.blogspot.com - 12/23/2008
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Continuing are look at the big bat free agents on the market with leftfielder Pat Burrell . The first pick overall in 1998 by the Philadelphia Phillies as a first baseman, eventually made a permanent move to leftfield after his rookie year. An average leftfielder , he does get a lot of ...
Rays land power bat in Burrell | raysbaseball.com: News
tampabay.rays.mlb.com 1/5/2009 — ST. PETERSBURG -- The suspense is over: Pat Burrell is the power bat the Rays have been looking to land. On Monday afternoon, the Rays signed the free-agent slugger to a two-year, $16 million deal. "First of all, at the end of last year, obviously, ...
Rays/Burrell Close to 2 Year 16 Mil Deal
draysbay.com 1/5/2009 — So reports Ken Rosenthal. We've discussed Burrell and the other options to the finite detail over the past few months, and today we see the apex of the Rays search for a designated hitter. The following was posted on FanGraphs about a month ...
[PAT THE BAT] What They Are Saying About The Pat Burrell Signing
raysindex.com 1/7/2009 — We will be appearing as a guest today at 1:00pm on the Rays Digest podcast to talk about the Pat Burrell acquisition. You can listen live HERE , or download the podcast later. Until then, let's take a look at what is being written about the Rays' ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pat Burrell, Philanthropist
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 , ...
So long, Pat the Bat
theropolitans.com 1/6/2009 — 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.
Pat Burrell: 2000-2008
philliesnation.com 12/16/2008 —
For nine years, Pat Burrell has occupied a spot on the Phillies roster. Whether wearing number 33 or number five, whether playing first base, third base or left field, Burrell has been a known quotient in Philadelphia.
Not anymore.
Burrell ...
[PAT THE BAT] Pat Burrell Agrees To Two-Year Deal With Rays
raysindex.com 1/5/2009 — [ Update 4:09pm ] To say the always entertaining The Fightins are unhappy with the Burrell signing, would be an understatement . Burrell had turned down a 2-year, $22 million deal during the regular season to stay with the Phils. And the picture at ...
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 ...
Check Out the New Brewers Blog Six Pack —
Bleacher Report - MLB 12/23/2008
If you want insight from six different Brewers blog but don't want to spend the extra ten minutes search for it, send a thank you note to Bernie's Crew today. They've put together the first Brewers Blog Six Pack, in which six Brewers blogs chime ...
Spin Forward: CC of sluggers to N.Y. —
Major League Baseball News 12/24/2008
The Yankees' signing of Mark Teixeira created a logjam, to be sure, with the CC of sluggers off the market. Though only Manny Ramirez is in the same stratosphere economically, the market for sluggers is deeper than that, with Adam Dunn, Milton Bradley ...
