Rays sign Pat Burrell for two years, $16MM.
Analysis: Snyder, Cameron, Szymborski, LL, Law.
CHONE projection: .236/.366/.429, 492 PAs, 23 homers, 13 RAA/150.
That SLG seems really low, but I suppose the combined effect of changing leagues and parks and getting a year older is significant. I'm certainly not one to argue with CHONE.
Comparing this to the Ibanez contract is shooting fish in a barrel, and has already been done at most of the links above, so I'm not going to bother. It is pretty hilarious though.
That'll probably do it for Tampa's big offseason move; swapping Jackson for Joyce got them down to five starters and filled the RF hole, and this takes care of the DH issue. I would guess that the advanced projections will have them around 90-92 wins, slightly behind Boston and New York. That's certainly close enough that anything can happen though, as we saw last year.
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