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.
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.
March 28th, 2017