Yankees Sign Ben Broussard

by philkid3 on May 27, 2008 9:45 PM CDT

BALTIMORE: The New York Yankees signed veteran first baseman Ben Broussard to a minor league contract Tuesday and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton.

The 31-year-old Broussard hit .159 with three homers and eight RBIs with Texas this season before he was designated for assignment May 8. Broussard, acquired in a December trade with Seattle, was the Rangers' opening day first baseman.

In seven major league seasons with Cleveland, Seattle and Texas, Broussard hit .263 with 87 homers and 314 RBIs.

Broussard started at first base for Scranton on Tuesday and batted fourth.

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i doubt he ever gets an at bat.

Gerald Laird is my hero.

by DShep on May 27, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions

I'll lawl if Hank Jr. develops a crush on him, though.

by philkid3 on May 27, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Haha,

Those Yankee fans will love him…

"pujols is good" - Clayton Kershaw after his first start.

by miles on May 27, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions

gets the rangers

off the hook for his salary, right?

"that suzuki guy should go back to making cars" - My girlfriend after C.J.'s close in game 2

by tdi1985 on May 27, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions

We already released him which puts us on the hook, Yanks only have to pay him major league minimum while we pay the rest assuming he gets called up. We’d be off the hook for his salary if the Yanks had claimed him off waivers when we put him on there after DFA’ing him.

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by rangers85 on May 27, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions