White Sox trade Peter Bourjos to Tampa Bay
The Chicago White Sox have traded outfielder Peter Bourjos to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The White Sox also have reassigned left-handed pitchers Cory Luebke and Matt Purke to minor-league camp.
Bourjos, 29, is hitting .313 (15-48) with four doubles, three triples and three RBI over 19 Cactus League games this spring. He signed with the Sox as a minor-league free agent on January 30.
Bourjos, a native of Park Ridge, Ill., spent the entire 2016 season with Philadelphia, hitting .251 (89-355) with 20 doubles, seven triples, five home runs, 23 RBI and 40 runs scored in 123 games. He is a career .243 hitter (447-1,840) with 79 doubles, 33 triples, 37 home runs, 149 RBI and 248 runs scored in 713 games over seven major-league seasons with Los Angeles-AL (2010-13), St. Louis (2014-15) and the Phillies (2016).
With the moves, the White Sox have 34 players remaining in major-league camp: 15 pitchers, three catchers, 11 infielders and five outfielders.