SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Outfielder Michael Saunders had a week he's not likely soon to forget.
After signing with the Pirates on Wednesday, he boarded a flight from his home in Denver on his way to camp in Florida. Saunders had just enough time to get in a Pirates uniform and step on the field Thursday.
By Friday morning, Saunders was on a red-eye flight to Arizona to join the Royals.
"Seemed like I got to the Pirates and a day later I was gone on my way [here]," Saunders said.
Before signing with the Pirates, Saunders, 31, and general manager Neal Huntington had come up with a handshake agreement that would protect Saunders' interests if the Bucs acquired anyone else for competition in the outfield.