Brandon Backe, the 18th round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays back in 1998 has been DFA’d by the Houston Astros. He had only appeared in five games this season after missing all of spring training and April with a rib cage injury.
He has been with the Astros since 2003, when the Devil Rays traded him for utililty infielder Geoff Blum.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Backe wasn’t expecting the move:
“It’s kind of a shock to me,” he said. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I got to talk to my agent. To be honest with you, hopefully another team picks me up and I get to the big leagues. I don’t know. We’ll just have to take it one step at a time. I’ve never been in this situation before. It’s something new to me. I’ll just see what comes about.”
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