Found January 28, 2008 on FantasyFanatics.com:
There's more to this signing that at first glance. At first glance, the Royals wasted $3 million on a pitcher that has been on 6 different ball clubs in 11 seasons, and has been labeled as a "clubhouse cancer" by A.J. Pierzynski, who is a well-known clubhouse cancer. His career stats don't show it, and nor does his 2007 season, but scouts believe that he would be an effective reliever, and on a bad team (ahem, the Royals, ahem), even a closer. Plus, we'll discuss Shingo Takatsu inking a minor league deal with the Cubs and Jeremy Affeldt's one year deal with the Reds.
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