Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell

Subject: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:35 pm

January 05, 2009
Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell

UPDATE, 4:03: The deal is completed and confirmed, two years for $16-million, and will be announced later today.

Burrell, as the Rays point out, is one of six major-leaguers to hit 20 or more homers in each of the last eight seasons, joining Carlos Delgado, Vladimir Guerrero, Chipper Jones, Manny Ramirez and Alex Rodriguez.

And here's an interesting piece of trivia about the deal from ESPN's Jayson Stark:

"He'll also join an exclusive group of players who went from one World Series team to another between seasons. Since 1970, just four other players -- and only two other position players -- played against a team in the World Series one year and then played for that team in their first game the next season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau: Edgar Renteria (2004 St. Louis Cardinals, 2005 Boston Red Sox), Gary Thomasson (1978 New York Yankees, 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers), Tommy John (1978 Dodgers, 1979 Yankees) and Don Gullett (1976 Reds, 1977 Yankees).

Subject: Re: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:20 pm

Good Deal. I like Burrell.

Subject: Re: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:50 pm

Lets trade Sheff to TB for Burrell!

Subject: Re: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:57 pm

Fa Show. Or ya know. get Joyce back. Either would work.

Subject: Re: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:08 pm

gdennis59 wrote:: Fa Show. Or ya know. get Joyce back. Either would work.

Sheff would give them an instant great bat to beat them evil Yankees with!!! And we could use Joyce!

Subject: Re: Tampa Bay Rays sign free-agent OF Burrell Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:24 pm

For Sure! I dont think we should have even traded him unless we were getting a SS out of it. Solved now, but I mean, he was worth more than we got.