Will Pat Burrell go down as one of the worst signings ever?

[MexicanStallion]

A small contract, but awful. The Reds signed Corey Patterson for 3 million dollars last season. He went on to hit about .205

[jagaf22]

Bread as a fellow Tampa native I understand your frustration. The Burrell signing is certainly one of the worst in Tampa's short baseball history. The guy is making 16 million over two years to DH. The Rays paid this guy to do one thing HIT the baseball! I would also add Tampa's margin for error is much smaller than many teams in baseball. 16 million to the Rays is the equivalent to 30-40 million for many teams.

[element1286]

Bread as a fellow Tampa native I understand your frustration. The Burrell signing is certainly one of the worst in Tampa's short baseball history. The guy is making 16 million over two years to DH. The Rays paid this guy to do one thing HIT the baseball! I would also add Tampa's margin for error is much smaller than many teams in baseball. 16 million to the Rays is the equivalent to 30-40 million for many teams.

True, but 2 years 16 million is still a very small commitment, both in dollars and years. And he still has another year to make the deal worthwhile.

[Bread]

True, but 2 years 16 million is still a very small commitment, both in dollars and years. And he still has another year to make the deal worthwhile. piss Bread off even more!

Fixed

[element1286]

The Wells signing came as a result of Delgado leaving. A lot of fans were pissed home grown talent was let go in that way, so management stepped in and if you look at the move, it isn't one that Ricciardi would have made; it was a Paul Godfrey move. A lot of fans close to the team will agree with this, backloading a contract the way Wells' was done makes absolutely no sense, and there's no indication Ricciardi would have made the deal. It's actually quite the opposite, before his contract Ricciardi was believed to have been shopping Wells around.

Those who hate Ricciardi for the signing have two ways to look at it; either he was responsible for it (not true) or he let it happen, which makes him a bad GM anyway.

I don't know, it's probably one of the worst signings in MLB history, which makes sense because a GM wasn't responsible for it.

That is kind of what I figured.

That is interesting about Riccardi. He should have resigned when he a non baseball person made a baseball decision.

[jagaf22]

True, but 2 years 16 million is still a very small commitment, both in dollars and years. And he still has another year to make the deal worthwhile.

I don't want the lug for another year cut your losses now.

[Bread]

Andre Dawson could be more effective in the lineup. Seriously.

[BobHarvey]

For the amount of money per year he's earning and given his declining production, the Dodgers deal with Manny doesn't seem too smart.

[blackbart]

rays also gave away;
hammel to colo
edwin jackson to det
matt diaz to braves
cantu marlins
hamilton texas
dukes wash
delmon young min

and recv'd in return
bupkiss

[Bread]

Eh....for Delmon they got Garza and Bartlett. I would say at least that one worked out huge in their favor.

But yea, E Jackson for Joyce = no.

Hamilton, obviously. But who knew?

[smarmy]

Eh....for Delmon they got Garza and Bartlett. I would say at least that one worked out huge in their favor.

But yea, E Jackson for Joyce = no.

Hamilton, obviously. But who knew?

Hamilton was actually grabbed by Cincinnati off of the waiver wire at the eleventh hour. Then went on to Texas. I don't know why everyone is in love with Edwin Jackson. When he was in Tampa, he was the turd of the rotation. Granted, he's improved tremendously since going to Detroit, but you can't blame the Rays for dumping him based on his numbers. Look at Burrell's numbers for last year. He was a great pickup at the beginning of the season and now......turd.

[MrMonkey]

Bread, I glad you got that POS Pat the Bat! He turned down 2 yrs 22 million from the Phillies last summer during the 2008 season! Thank God and then he gets less! Watched him up close his whole career, if someone 20 years from now looked at his numbers you would think quite a player, not so! You're right, very few clutch hits.

Also, even though he rode on the Lead Float in the WS Parade, this guy was booed unmercifully (Monkey on that Bandwagon) for just about his entire Phils career! I know, his facial reactions are priceless! Fans always looked at him as a guy just collecting his paycheck! Only reason he stayed in Philly so long, he had a no trade clause, and even when the team tried to trade him, he always turned it down!

Bread, you're like this about him though, supposedly he was a real ladies man and party boy around town staying out late and the team always got on him about not trying to better himself as a player! Have you ever seen him play left field!
I still look up his stats, hoping he takes the collar as often as possible! Sorry about that, I do like your Rays! Good luck next year with remember, it's Pat the Bat!

[DeluxeLiner]

Is it just me or does Burrell come across as a total weirdo. Iono he just seems like the loner type, maybe I am wrong.

[seanjohn007]

rays also gave away;
hammel to colo
edwin jackson to det
matt diaz to braves
cantu marlins
hamilton texas
dukes wash
delmon young min

and recv'd in return
bupkiss

damn i never put the whole list together and looked at it like that. maybe they should start keeping these players, and invest money in getting more specialty coaches to refine the players skills. gotta think theyre kicking themselves for letting some of those guys go so cheap

[Bread]

Yesterday
1-4 1 SO 1 RBI

TOTAL

1-7 3 SO 1 RBI
.143

[smarmy]

rays also gave away;
hammel to colo
edwin jackson to det
matt diaz to braves
cantu marlins
hamilton texas
dukes wash
delmon young min

and recv'd in return
bupkiss

This one always got me. Rays traded Bobby Abreu for Kevin Stocker??? Careers come to Tampa to die.

[rake922]

The Dodgers signing Andruw Jones tops the list

[blackbart]

delmon trade was a good one for the rays, but they been looking for a rf ever since and that is what caused them to sign burrell and give away edwin. my point is they had massive talent and gave much of it away with little to show for it.

[HotStreak]

As a Yankee and Knick fan, I live with a few bad signings. Carl Pavano and Travis Knight(along with 75% of the Knicks for the last 10 years).

[keyboarding]

Is it just me or does Burrell come across as a total weirdo. Iono he just seems like the loner type, maybe I am wrong.

There's a story out there about him where he met a girl at the bar, she wouldn't sleep with him back at his place so he asked her if he could finish on his own.

[Bread]

There's a story out there about him where he met a girl at the bar, she wouldn't sleep with him back at his place so he asked her if he could finish on his own.

Actually that's the only story in this thread that I like about him. Bravo.

[oiler]

Actually that's the only story in this thread that I like about him. Bravo.

its amazing that not one person out there said milton bradley,,had to be the biggest bust this year by far,what do u think about him

[keyboarding]

its amazing that not one person out there said milton bradley,,had to be the biggest bust this year by far,what do u think about him

Biggest bust is Ryan, but that might be from the exposure I have to the team.

[alex.blasscyk]

Pat the Bat is a solid player. He can hit with the best of them. Pat is just having an "off year". Just like the rays are...

[BadFinger]

andruw jones

[MrMonkey]

Weekend Pat the Bat update!

0-7 3 K's in 3 game series .000

Was ejected in 8th inn of last game probably when he struck out pinch hitting!

God I love typing in those 3 zeros.