Ben Johnson traded to the Mets

[padrefanforever]

yeah us

[Rufio181]

I'd be all for Burrell and Figgins.

Not so much Weaver and definitely not Drew.

Burrell has been too inconsistent, I say pass.

[padrefanforever]

Burell and his 9M mess is not welcome...nope nope nope.... figgins could be our answer at 2nd, should we find a true power threat to play corner OF.....

[FmrFresnan]

To be honest, if the Padres were going to trade Linebrink, they would have traded him to Atlanta for Marcus Giles, now that seems off the table as well. I think we better get used to the idea of seeing Linebrink in a Padres uni next season.

[FmrFresnan]

It is young, the however is that we seem to nolonger be in the running for Soriano, Lee, Zito, Iwamura, and ARam is gone......these were the major targets this year for many teams including us.....and we appear to be on the outside for all of these guys now...... young offseason or not, it's not a pleasant view....

Now we're looking at guys like
JD Drew......12.5M ughs
Burrell.........9M ughs
Figgins........DR is better, older, but better
Weaver.......7M ughs

come on.......this is rapidly becoming a joke offseason.......they need to toss us a bone if they want us to keep up the faith....

You can add Nomar to the list of "unavailable", he's going to sign, what looks to be, a 2 year deal with the Dodgers.

[love_that_reefer]

Burrell makes more than $9 million just to get some facts straight.

[padrefanforever]

Fine even more reasons to stay away from that mess

[FmrFresnan]

Burrell makes more than $9 million just to get some facts straight.

Reefer, I think he meant a year, though I don't exactly know Burrell's numbers, I think his contract comes out to $9-$10m/year. Correct me if that's not right.

[love_that_reefer]

He has two years at $27 million left on his contract.

[padrefanforever]

Burrell, Pat $9,750,000

Ooops....I was off by 750grand....so sorry....my bad........thanks for setting me straight....

[padrefanforever]

Looks like he might be a Giant's issue anyway.....lol.....perfect

Pat Burrell's agent told the San Jose Mercury News the outfielder would be interested in waiving his no-trade clause for a move to the Giants to play first base next season. Burrell had said the Yankees or the Red Sox would be the only places he would waive his no-trade for. Burrell has a chronic foot probably that seriously affected his ability to roam in left field. "He's more athletic than a lot of first basemen I've seen," Phils manager Charlie Manuel told the paper. "He'd be fine over there." Closer Armando Benitez, owed $7.6 million next year, is a possible bargaining chip, because the Phillies want options in their bullpen. Benitez told trainer Dave Groeschner his right-knee rehab is going well. "It's an arthritic knee so anything can change, but we're pleased with his progress," Groeschner told the paper.
(Updated 11/03/2006).

[HollywoodLeo]

Burrell was payed 9.75 mil last year. I couldn't find (for conformation purposes) what he's due for the remainder of his contract, but i'm going to assume LTR is correct.

It's a mundane debate, anyways, because for all intents and purposes the bottom line is that he'd be payed too much for what he'd most likely produce at PetCo. (I've changed my mind on him after looking up his stats and realizing that he's already 30)

[padrefanforever]

Yup.....which was the whole point.......but someone had to go and play the semantics card .......again......boring the hell out of another thread..........yeah....

[FmrFresnan]

I was only a fan of Burrell as far as Fantasy Baseball is concerned. Should we be concerned with the front office really not making any noise in the free agent market or are they laying low?

[padrefanforever]

I'm concerned, but know that it's early........