Burke Non-Tendered

by ~ December 12th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

As I expected, backup catcher Jaime Burke wasn’t tendered a contract.  He is a free agent, and Seattle has no room at the catching position to bring him back.

Burke, a career minor leaguer (more or less) before spending the last two seasons in full with the Seattle Mariners, becomes a free agent.  Jaime was a solid backup catcher who brought the best out of his pitchers and was a classy guy as well.  Here’s to him finding another major league job!

Felix Hernandez, Erik Bedard and Aaron Heilman were all tendered contracts.

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  • Brandon

    Sad day…it was nice having burke on the roster..i loved watching him play. Best of luck getting a big league job this coming year big guy.

  • Slurve

    BUrke was a fin guy to watch he had his moments like the suicide squeeze and the pitching…

  • http://bleedingblueandteal.com Jon Shields

    Courtesy of Lookout Landing:

    I still think the squeeze was Burke’s greatest moment as a Mariners (or a MLB ballplayer).

  • http://myspace.com/tr1ckz pmbaseball7

    Burkey was a great guy and calls a great game. He played hard all the time, sad to see him go. I wonder how Bedard feels seeing as he named Burke as his catcher whenever he pitched.