The Padres have claimed right-hander Mark Hamburger off waivers from the Rangers and optioned him to Triple-A, the team announced. Jeremy Hermida was transferred to the 60-day DL to clear a 40-man roster spot.
Hamburger, 25, had been designated for assignment late last week to clear a spot on the roster for Roy Oswalt. He appeared in five games for Texas last year and has spent this season at Triple-A, where he has a 6.55 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 4.2 BB/9 in 45 1/3 innings.
Do you want Fries with that?
They already traded their fries.
No, they traded HIM to the Angels.
Edit, sorry that was meant for Lunchbox45, and as it turns out you said the same thing 😀
we still are the Friars.
I’m lovin’ it
Right around lunch time in San Diego
Padres claimed Hamburger, but I eated it.
I hope he will relish his time with the Padres
Weren’t the Padres owned by a McDonald’s owner back in the day? Quite fitting now…
Now they just need to trade for James McDonald.
This post made me want to fire up my grill…
I thought this was a joke
mmmm……burger…….aaaarrrrggghhh
ahh the guy at the food stand must’ve went to the DL.
Sad that Ray Kroc isn’t around to see this
Now trade Chase Headley for David Freese, and then swing a deal for Phil Coke. Come see the Padres! Everyone gets Hamburger, Freese, and a Coke!
You had Mr. Freese once, you can’t have him back!
Hope Hamburger isn’t overdone!
hamburger to go.. hold the fries!! I relish this opportunity~ I can hear him say now!
Hopefully he doesnt face aaron cook. If you know what i mean 😉
“Grab some pine, MEAT!”
He’ll go well with their no. 1 draft choice, Max Fried.
His success will certainly depend on the quality of his cheese.
he’ll be a stud in 1 season and then traded away… padres are a reliever factory
Someday I hope he plays on the same team as the University of South Carolina’s young shortstop Joey Pankake. Yes, pronounced pancake.
To make room on the 40 man roster for Hamburger, the Padres released Hot Dog.
Adding to the assembly line of lame going on here:
What does Mark Hamburger say when the need to move his bowels arises?
“Musturd.”
If he pans out, it’ll be a whopper of a claim!
I would hate to have my last name of my favorite food.
Yeah, cuz Friedchicken would be a beast to have to spell out all the time. (For me, at least.)
If Hamburger ever gets traded for a PTBNL or cash, will the report read “___ will pay the Padres Saturday for a Hamburger today?”
I went here just to see the food jokes people were going to say, not bad so far lol
Oddly enough, when you look up this transaction on Canal+ Sports’s site, it appears the Padres picked up Mark Royalewithcheese.
Thank goodness he got claimed. The Padres really saved his bacon.
I thought this was an Onion headline at first. Then I realized it wasn’t the Tigers so they couldn’t fit in a Prince Fielder fat joke in there.