Around the Majors: Devil Rays find a manager
1) The Devil Rays have reportedly selected Joe Maddon as manager and will have an announcement tomorrow.
2) According to the LA Daily News, the Dodgers may have offered their GM job to Theo Epstein.
3) According to the LA Times, the Dodgers offered CF Milton Bradley and P Odalis Perez in trade talks during the GM meetings and are interested in free agents SS Nomar Garciaparra, 3B Bill Mueller and Joe Randa, LF Brian Giles and CF Johnny Damon.
4) Today’s birthdays–
TIM HAMULACK, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 28 -5 23.14 6 0 2.1 2 7.71 30.86 0 0 0 0 0 Mets CAREER -5 23.14 6 0 2.1 2 7.71 30.86 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.23 2.1 2 6.57 12.76 0 0 WILLIE HERNANDEZ, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1977 22 18 3.03 67 1 110 78 6.38 10.06 8 7 4 10 5 Cubs 1984 29 29 1.92 80 0 140.1 112 7.18 8.72 9 3 32 9 3 Tigers 1985 30 20 2.70 74 0 106.2 76 6.41 8.18 8 10 31 13 5 Tigers CAREER 72 3.38 744 11 1044.2 788 6.79 11.42 70 63 147 77 56 LG AVG 0 3.88 1044.2 621 5.35 12.33 58 58 HARRY HOWELL, 1876-1956 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1905 28 18 1.98 38 37 323 198 5.52 10.17 15 22 0 22 15 Browns 1907 30 17 1.93 42 35 316.1 118 3.36 10.07 16 15 3 19 12 Browns 1908 31 19 1.89 41 32 324.1 117 3.25 10.16 18 18 1 22 14 Browns CAREER 70 2.74 340 282 2567.2 986 3.46 11.25 131 146 6 154 123 LG AVG 0 2.95 2567.2 986 3.45 11.52 142 142 XAVIER NADY, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -8 .321 .391 .712 .426 3.99 .267 9 39 6 110 Padres 2004 25 -3 .301 .416 .717 .347 3.43 .247 3 9 0 34 Padres 2005 26 3 .321 .439 .760 .533 4.90 .261 13 43 2 124 Padres CAR -7 .320 .414 .734 .469 4.35 .263 25 91 8 269 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .770 .500 5.13 .269 25 102 12 POS AVG 18 .357 .470 .827 .565 5.93 .278 32 120 10 JIMMY PIERSALL, AGE: 76 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1953 23 -24 .329 .354 .683 .368 3.99 .272 3 52 11 151 Red Sox 1958 28 -15 .303 .350 .653 .371 3.64 .237 8 48 12 130 Red Sox 1962 32 -23 .301 .329 .630 .316 3.20 .244 4 31 12 135 Senators CAR -98 .332 .386 .718 .438 4.36 .272 104 591 115 1734 LG AVG 0 .337 .399 .736 .500 4.70 .263 155 737 59 POS AVG 46 .343 .408 .751 .521 4.99 .264 167 719 96 CURT SCHILLING, AGE: 39 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 36 34 2.95 24 24 168 194 10.39 9.59 8 9 0 12 5 Diamondbacks 2004 37 42 3.26 32 32 226.2 203 8.06 9.77 21 6 0 18 9 Red Sox 2005 38 -13 5.69 32 11 93.1 87 8.39 14.08 8 8 9 6 10 Red Sox CAREER 314 3.40 514 381 2906 2832 8.77 10.28 192 131 22 197 126 LG AVG 0 4.22 2906 2110 6.54 12.71 163 162
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