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Top 10 Reasons Why Ibanez Replacing Burrell Is A Good Thing
myteamrivals.typepad.com - 12/17/2008
Top 10 Reasons Why Ibanez Replacing Burrell Is A Good Thing
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The Phillies announced yesterday that Raul Ibanez has “officially” been signed to a 3-year, $31.5 million dollar contract. Ibanez stated that he was encouraged by former teammate Jamie Moyer to come to Philadelphia. Ibanez replaces 9-year veteran Pat Burrell in left field.
fangraphs.com - 12/17/2008
Position Adjustments
— fangraphs.com — Back before the winter meetings started and there were all kinds of trades and free agent signings... to analyze that took up all of our writing here, we were all ridiculously excited about the addition of UZR data the FanGraphs statistics section. Now ... (more) Position Adjustments

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fannation.com - 12/21/2008
Burrell could fill Rays' DH need
— fannation.com — The Rays are talking to free agent Pat Burrell about coming to Tampa to fill their DH... spot. Tampa Bay has considered several possibilities for either outfielder or DH, including Bobby Abreu , Jason Giambi , Milton Bradley , Garrett Anderson and Ken ... (more) Burrell could fill Rays' DH need

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Ibanez: Why he left
blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com - 12/19/2008
Ibanez: Why he left
— blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com — Just got done talking to Raul Ibanez for the first time since he left the Mariners and... signed a three-year, $31.5 million deal with the Phillies. Ibanez said his decision came down to wanting to play for a competitive team right away. The ... (more) Ibanez: Why he left

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