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MLB Report: Pat Burrell Demoted by Tampa Bay Rays, Available as Free Agent

Pat Burrell just cleared waivers (no surprise there) and is now a free agent whom any team can sign for around $300,000 for the rest of the 2010 season.

With Mark DeRosa currently on the DL and possibly needing season-ending wrist surgery, I would expect the Giants to think long and hard about signing Burrell at a bargain price. 

You have to think after Burrell’s performance in the AL last season and his lack-there-of this year that only an NL team would give him a shot (except maybe a team like the Royals) to see if he can relive his former Phillies glory.

Giants' GM Brian Sabean certainly loves his over-the-hill veterans, and Burrell could, at least in theory, provide the Giants with the right-handed power bat they’re lacking.

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