Around the Majors: Blue Jays sign Halladay
1) The Blue Jays signed P Roy Halladay to a 3 year, $40 million contract extension, covering 2008-10.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 45 3.25 36 36 266 204 6.90 9.95 22 7 0 19 10 Blue Jays 2004 27 11 4.20 21 21 133 95 6.43 12.18 8 8 0 9 7 Blue Jays 2005 28 32 2.41 19 19 141.2 108 6.86 9.08 12 4 0 12 4 Blue Jays CAREER 127 3.70 184 159 1116.1 810 6.53 11.55 79 43 1 75 47 LG AVG 0 4.57 1116.1 775 6.25 13.04 63 63
Halladay ranks 14th in RSAA through the age of 28 for AL pitchers in the past half century–
RSAA 1 Roger Clemens 280 2 Bert Blyleven 233 3 Pedro Martinez 196 4 Kevin Appier 194 5 Dave Stieb 187 6 Tim Hudson 169 7 Bret Saberhagen 162 T8 Mike Mussina 158 T8 Jim Palmer 158 10 Mark Buehrle 138 11 Sam McDowell 133 12 Barry Zito 132 13 Dean Chance 131 14 Roy Halladay 127 15 Johan Santana 125
2) Cubs P Mark Prior was diagnosed with a strained right shoulder and could miss the start of the season. But, the news is still much better than the Cubs feared.
3) Nationals SS Cristian Guzman was diagnosed with a tear in his shoulder and could keep him out for the whole season.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -18 .311 .365 .676 .388 3.99 .268 3 53 18 143 Twins 2004 26 -24 .309 .384 .693 .360 3.86 .274 8 46 10 145 Twins 2005 27 -32 .260 .314 .574 .234 2.47 .219 4 31 7 142 Nationals CAR -165 .298 .374 .671 .348 3.75 .260 43 320 109 983 LG AVG 0 .339 .433 .772 .500 5.16 .270 125 523 65 POS AVG -46 .330 .413 .743 .459 4.78 .272 94 459 86
Guzman ranks 7th on the all time list for worst RCAA through the age of 27–
RCAA 1 Hal Lanier -234 2 Tommy Thevenow -231 3 Tim Foli -207 4 Alfredo Griffin -186 5 Neifi Perez -170 6 Ed Brinkman -167 7 Cristian Guzman -165 8 Ozzie Guillen -159 9 Jim Levey -157 10 Don Kessinger -152
4) The Indians sent INF Jake Gautreau, INF-OF Joe Inglett, OFs Brad Snyder and Todd Donovan, C Armando Camacaro and Ps Kazuhito Tadano to the minors.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 24 -1 4.65 14 4 50.1 39 6.97 13.59 1 1 0 1 1 Indians 2005 25 1 2.25 1 0 4 1 2.25 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 Indians CAREER 0 4.47 15 4 54.1 40 6.63 13.25 1 1 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.62 54.1 39 6.43 13.11 3 3
5) The Dodgers sent 3B Andy LaRoche and P Greg Miller to the minors.
6) The Phillies sent OF Josh Kroeger and C Carlos Ruiz to the minors.
KROEGER YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 21 -9 .182 .222 .404 .016 0.56 .167 0 2 0 22 Diamondbacks CAR -9 .182 .222 .404 .016 0.56 .167 0 2 0 22 LG AVG 0 .341 .437 .778 .500 5.26 .270 2 8 1 POS AVG 1 .355 .466 .821 .559 5.95 .271 3 9 1
7) The Cardinals sent SS Brendan Ryan, 3B Travis Hanson and Ps Blaine Neal, John Riedling, Brad Voyles and John Webb to the minors.
NEAL YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 -10 8.14 18 0 21 10 4.29 20.57 0 0 0 0 0 Marlins 2004 26 0 4.07 40 0 42 36 7.71 13.29 1 1 0 1 1 Padres 2005 27 -6 7.15 19 0 22.2 11 4.37 18.66 1 3 0 1 3 Red Sox/Rockies CAREER -13 5.08 113 0 124 93 6.75 15.60 5 4 0 4 5 LG AVG 0 4.25 124 92 6.68 12.76 7 7 RIEDLING YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -7 4.90 55 8 101 65 5.79 13.99 2 3 1 2 3 Reds 2004 28 -10 5.10 70 0 77.2 46 5.33 15.53 5 3 0 3 5 Reds 2005 29 -10 7.16 29 0 27.2 16 5.20 15.61 4 1 0 1 4 Marlins CAREER -7 4.41 229 8 302 198 5.90 13.86 17 13 3 14 16 LG AVG 0 4.29 302 226 6.72 12.80 17 17 VOYLES YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 24 1 3.86 7 0 9.1 6 5.79 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 Royals 2002 25 -4 6.51 22 0 27.2 26 8.46 16.59 0 2 1 1 1 Royals 2003 26 -8 7.47 11 3 31.1 24 6.89 18.96 0 2 0 1 1 Royals CAREER -11 6.59 40 3 68.1 56 7.38 17.25 0 4 1 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.50 68.1 47 6.22 12.86 4 4 WEBB YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 25 -3 7.00 4 0 9 9 9.00 20.00 0 0 0 0 0 Devil Rays 2005 26 -6 18.00 1 1 4 2 4.50 24.75 0 1 0 0 1 Devil Rays CAREER -9 10.38 5 1 13 11 7.62 21.46 0 1 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 4.55 13 9 6.36 12.99 1 1
8) The Devil Rays sent 1B Kevin Witt, 2B Fernando Cortez, SS B.J Upton, OFs Delmon Young, Elijah Dukes and Darnell McDonald, Cs Shawn Riggans and Ryan Christianson and Ps Chris Seddon, James Shields and Brian Stokes to the minors.
WITT YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1999 23 -3 .250 .324 .574 .234 2.89 .206 1 5 0 15 Blue Jays 2001 25 -1 .233 .407 .641 .358 3.52 .185 2 5 0 14 Padres 2003 27 -5 .301 .407 .708 .439 4.15 .263 10 26 1 93 Tigers CAR -10 .287 .393 .681 .399 3.87 .249 13 36 1 127 LG AVG 0 .336 .431 .767 .500 5.08 .269 11 46 6 POS AVG 8 .358 .465 .823 .568 5.90 .269 16 56 2 CORTEZ YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 23 -2 .143 .077 .220 .000 0.00 .077 0 1 0 8 Devil Rays CAR -2 .143 .077 .220 .000 0.00 .077 0 1 0 8 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 0 2 0 POS AVG 0 .324 .412 .735 .477 4.63 .268 0 2 0 UPTON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 19 0 .324 .409 .733 .494 4.87 .258 4 12 4 45 Devil Rays CAR 0 .324 .409 .733 .494 4.87 .258 4 12 4 45 LG AVG 0 .338 .434 .773 .500 5.16 .271 5 22 3 POS AVG -2 .326 .417 .743 .456 4.72 .272 4 19 3 MCDONALD YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 25 -4 .206 .188 .393 .044 1.00 .156 0 1 1 17 Orioles CAR -4 .206 .188 .393 .044 1.00 .156 0 1 1 17 LG AVG 0 .338 .434 .773 .500 5.16 .271 1 5 1 POS AVG 0 .342 .439 .781 .511 5.32 .275 1 5 1
9) The Rangers sent Ps John Danks, Thomas Diamond and Jayson Durocher to the minors.
DUROCHER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 27 11 1.88 39 0 48 44 8.25 9.38 1 1 0 2 0 Brewers 2003 28 -5 11.05 6 0 7.1 7 8.59 14.73 2 0 0 0 2 Brewers CAREER 6 3.09 45 0 55.1 51 8.30 10.08 3 1 0 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.14 55.1 42 6.75 12.69 3 3
10) The Brewers sent INF Hernan Iribarren, OF Tony Gwynn Jr. and Ps Chris Demaria, Dana Eveland and Wilfredo Rodriguez to the minors.
DEMARIA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 24 -5 9.00 8 0 9 11 11.00 19.00 1 0 0 0 1 Royals CAREER -5 9.00 8 0 9 11 11.00 19.00 1 0 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 4.36 9 6 6.16 12.63 1 1 EVELAND YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 21 -6 5.97 27 0 31.2 23 6.54 16.77 1 1 1 1 1 Brewers CAREER -6 5.97 27 0 31.2 23 6.54 16.77 1 1 1 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.23 31.2 23 6.57 12.76 2 2 RODRIGUEZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 22 -3 15.00 2 0 3 3 9.00 21.00 0 0 0 0 0 Astros CAREER -3 15.00 2 0 3 3 9.00 21.00 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.36 3 2 6.99 12.69 0 0
11) The Mets sent Ps Anderson Garcia, Alay Soler, Tim Levighne and Mike Venafro to the minors.
VENAFRO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 28 0 4.62 47 0 37 16 3.89 14.84 2 2 0 2 2 A's 2003 29 0 4.74 24 0 19 9 4.26 14.21 1 0 0 0 1 Devil Rays 2004 30 0 4.00 17 0 9 6 6.00 16.00 0 0 0 0 0 Dodgers CAREER 19 4.11 300 0 249.2 129 4.65 13.45 14 10 5 13 11 LG AVG 0 4.68 249.2 175 6.31 13.30 14 14
12) The Blue Jays sent 2B Ryan Roberts and Rob Cosby, SS Sergio Santos, 3B John Hattig, C Curtis Thigpen and Ps Josh Banks, Ismael Ramirez and Casey Janssen to the minors.
13) The Diamondbacks sent C Miguel Montero and P Enrique Gonzalez to the minors.
14) Today’s birthdays–
Goodbye for now.
SCOTT DOWNS, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -3 15.00 1 1 3 4 12.00 24.00 0 1 0 0 1 Expos 2004 28 -7 5.14 12 12 63 38 5.43 15.00 3 6 0 4 5 Expos 2005 29 1 4.31 26 13 94 75 7.18 12.64 4 3 0 4 3 Blue Jays CAREER -20 5.01 58 45 257 180 6.30 14.43 11 13 0 11 13 LG AVG 0 4.45 257 186 6.53 12.97 14 14 CHICK FRASER, 1871-1940 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1898 27 -51 5.36 32 32 245 77 2.83 15.43 9 20 0 9 20 Colonels/Spiders 1903 32 -39 4.50 31 29 250 104 3.74 13.43 12 17 1 10 19 Phillies 1904 33 -20 3.25 42 36 302 127 3.78 11.86 14 24 1 16 22 Phillies CAREER -108 3.68 433 388 3355.2 1098 2.94 13.33 176 213 5 183 206 LG AVG 0 3.38 3355.2 1104 2.96 12.48 188 188 CITO GASTON, AGE: 62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1969 25 -20 .275 .309 .585 .281 2.63 .230 2 28 4 129 Padres 1971 27 -13 .264 .386 .650 .392 3.27 .228 17 61 1 141 Padres 1974 30 -14 .259 .322 .581 .281 2.57 .213 6 33 0 106 Padres CAR -40 .298 .397 .695 .445 3.92 .256 91 387 13 1026 LG AVG 0 .331 .388 .719 .500 4.47 .262 72 362 53 POS AVG 49 .343 .415 .758 .547 5.04 .274 81 380 79 BILL MUELLER, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 38 .398 .540 .938 .683 8.00 .326 19 85 1 146 Red Sox 2004 33 5 .365 .446 .811 .534 5.90 .283 12 57 2 110 Red Sox 2005 34 7 .369 .430 .799 .540 5.41 .295 10 62 0 150 Red Sox CAR 77 .373 .425 .798 .553 5.73 .292 82 478 19 1184 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.19 .270 130 545 77 POS AVG -2 .339 .436 .776 .494 5.16 .269 139 574 52 FRED PFEFFER, 1860-1932 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1889 29 -25 .302 .322 .624 .385 4.95 .228 7 77 45 134 Cubs 1890 30 -25 .319 .361 .680 .386 5.61 .257 5 80 27 124 Pirates 1896 36 -32 .292 .337 .629 .287 4.35 .241 2 56 22 98 Giants/Cubs CAR -124 .312 .369 .682 .460 5.84 .255 94 1019 382 1670 LG AVG 0 .329 .370 .699 .500 6.27 .270 56 878 293 POS AVG -115 .318 .349 .667 .460 5.66 .258 50 833 277 ROBB QUINLAN, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 -3 .330 .372 .702 .397 3.70 .287 0 4 1 38 Angels 2004 27 15 .401 .525 .926 .727 8.75 .344 5 23 3 56 Angels 2005 28 -6 .273 .403 .676 .335 3.22 .231 5 14 0 54 Angels CAR 6 .340 .446 .786 .548 5.40 .291 10 41 4 148 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .764 .500 5.02 .269 12 50 6 POS AVG 1 .338 .434 .772 .512 5.13 .266 13 51 5 PETE REISER, 1919-81 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1941 22 62 .406 .558 .964 .773 9.30 .343 14 76 4 137 Dodgers 1942 23 38 .375 .463 .838 .729 7.19 .310 10 64 20 125 Dodgers 1947 28 17 .415 .418 .832 .615 7.08 .309 5 46 14 110 Dodgers CAR 139 .380 .450 .829 .647 6.77 .295 58 368 87 861 LG AVG 0 .339 .383 .722 .500 4.78 .266 46 302 27 POS AVG 34 .348 .404 .751 .542 5.24 .276 50 310 34 FERNANDO RODNEY, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 25 -4 6.00 20 0 18 10 5.00 17.50 1 3 0 1 3 Tigers 2003 26 -6 6.07 27 0 29.2 33 10.01 16.08 1 3 3 1 3 Tigers 2005 28 7 2.86 39 0 44 42 8.59 11.86 2 3 9 3 2 Tigers CAREER -3 4.52 86 0 91.2 85 8.35 14.33 4 9 12 5 8 LG AVG 0 4.44 91.2 63 6.16 12.75 5 5 CHARLIE ROOT, 1899-1970 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1926 27 36 2.82 42 32 271 127 4.22 11.13 18 17 2 23 12 Cubs 1929 30 34 3.47 43 31 272 124 4.10 12.31 19 6 5 16 9 Cubs 1930 31 23 4.34 37 30 220 124 5.07 12.97 16 14 3 18 12 Cubs CAREER 134 3.59 632 341 3197 1459 4.11 11.88 201 160 40 197 164 LG AVG 0 4.00 3197 1111 3.13 12.85 178 178 HANK SAUER, 1917-2001 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1949 32 22 .349 .507 .856 .625 6.49 .275 31 99 0 138 Reds/Cubs 1952 35 34 .361 .531 .892 .661 6.89 .270 37 121 1 151 Cubs 1954 37 35 .375 .563 .938 .668 7.72 .288 41 103 2 142 Cubs CAR 143 .347 .496 .843 .584 6.18 .266 288 876 11 1399 LG AVG 0 .341 .410 .750 .500 5.02 .269 124 601 47 POS AVG 91 .352 .446 .799 .555 5.72 .277 166 717 31 ROD SCURRY, 1956-92 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1982 26 27 1.74 76 0 103.2 94 8.16 12.76 4 5 14 7 2 Pirates CAREER 29 3.24 332 7 460.2 431 8.42 13.23 19 32 39 28 23 LG AVG 0 3.68 460.2 274 5.36 12.10 26 26 JOHN SMILEY, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1992 27 25 3.21 34 34 241 163 6.09 10.31 16 9 0 15 10 Twins 1995 30 12 3.46 28 27 176.2 124 6.32 11.00 12 5 0 10 7 Reds 1996 31 14 3.64 35 34 217.1 171 7.08 10.97 13 14 0 15 12 Reds CAREER 19 3.80 361 280 1907.2 1284 6.06 11.21 126 103 4 115 114 LG AVG 0 3.92 1907.2 1289 6.08 12.31 106 106 OSCAR STANAGE, 1883-1964 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1911 28 -33 .297 .336 .633 .298 3.50 .264 3 51 3 141 Tigers 1914 31 -25 .242 .233 .474 .219 1.84 .193 0 25 2 122 Tigers 1920 37 -18 .277 .303 .579 .241 2.86 .231 0 17 0 78 Tigers CAR -165 .284 .295 .579 .321 2.94 .234 8 321 30 1094 LG AVG 0 .334 .347 .681 .500 4.34 .265 16 371 142 POS AVG -118 .303 .296 .598 .374 3.25 .235 7 328 63 VANCE WILSON, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 30 -13 .293 .373 .666 .337 3.52 .243 8 39 1 96 Mets 2004 31 -2 .335 .427 .762 .466 4.83 .274 4 21 1 79 Mets 2005 32 -12 .275 .283 .558 .201 2.25 .197 3 19 0 61 Tigers CAR -35 .301 .365 .666 .350 3.55 .243 20 111 2 346 LG AVG 0 .339 .430 .769 .500 5.10 .268 27 110 14 POS AVG -21 .322 .395 .717 .414 4.22 .256 22 102 4
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