Giants Offer Pat Burrell Two Weeks to Make Good
The San Francisco Giants are nearing a minor league deal with free agent outfielder Pat Burrell, 33, that would give the veteran two weeks to make good and earn a big league spot.
Ken Rosenthal reports for The Sporting News that the minor league contract would have a "quick out date," after the signing. If Burrell can get his swing back in the Giants minor league system, he would be promoted to the big club after two weeks. There is, reportedly, no promise of him getting a starting job or even a promised number of at-bats per week.
If Burrell continues the drastic downhill slide that began when he left the Philadelphia Phillies to sign as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2009, the Giants would release him at the end of the tw...
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