Around the Majors: Diamondbacks-Blue Jays trade
1) According to ESPN’s Peter Gammons and mlb.com, the Blue Jays and Diamondbacks on the verge of making a Troy Glaus and a prospect for Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista trade.
GLAUS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 8 .343 .464 .807 .575 5.49 .248 16 50 7 91 Angels 2004 27 9 .355 .575 .930 .611 6.55 .251 18 42 2 58 Angels 2005 28 25 .363 .522 .885 .621 6.93 .258 37 97 4 149 Diamondbacks CAR 114 .358 .501 .859 .585 6.32 .253 219 612 53 976 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .772 .500 5.17 .270 115 484 63 POS AVG -36 .330 .426 .756 .464 4.83 .262 117 490 33 HUDSON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -13 .328 .395 .723 .412 4.34 .268 9 57 5 142 Blue Jays 2004 26 -5 .341 .438 .779 .468 5.13 .270 12 58 7 135 Blue Jays 2005 27 -5 .315 .412 .728 .461 4.58 .271 10 63 7 131 Blue Jays CAR -25 .328 .418 .746 .450 4.67 .270 35 201 19 462 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 52 216 26 POS AVG -24 .324 .401 .725 .450 4.50 .265 36 181 37 BATISTA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 27 3.54 36 29 193.1 142 6.61 12.34 10 9 0 12 7 Diamondbacks 2004 33 3 4.80 38 31 198.2 104 4.71 13.82 10 13 5 12 11 Blue Jays 2005 34 3 4.10 71 0 74.2 54 6.51 13.14 5 8 31 7 6 Blue Jays CAREER 21 4.44 363 152 1175.1 760 5.82 13.33 57 71 37 68 60 LG AVG 0 4.39 1175.1 869 6.65 12.91 66 66
2) The Cardinals signed free agents OF Juan Encarnacion (3 years, $15 million) and 2B Junior Spivey (1 year, $1.2 million).
ENCARNACION YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -5 .313 .446 .759 .474 4.55 .270 19 94 19 156 Marlins 2004 28 -17 .299 .405 .704 .386 3.90 .236 16 62 5 135 Dodgers/Marlins 2005 29 10 .349 .447 .795 .564 5.51 .287 16 76 6 141 Marlins CAR -55 .316 .440 .757 .454 4.62 .268 128 541 119 1028 LG AVG 0 .342 .433 .775 .500 5.21 .270 126 527 68 POS AVG 35 .347 .450 .797 .524 5.53 .272 144 559 90 SPIVEY YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -10 .326 .433 .759 .422 4.83 .255 13 50 4 106 Diamondbacks 2004 29 -2 .359 .421 .780 .478 5.13 .272 7 28 5 59 Brewers 2005 30 -6 .315 .378 .693 .421 4.17 .232 7 24 9 77 Brewers/Nationals CAR 3 .354 .436 .790 .505 5.51 .270 48 201 32 457 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .770 .500 5.12 .268 50 203 26 POS AVG -17 .336 .401 .737 .464 4.75 .271 33 163 31
3) The Royals signed free agents RF Reggie Sanders (2 years, $10 million) and P Joe Mays (1 year, $1 million).
SANDERS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 35 22 .345 .567 .913 .629 6.81 .285 31 87 15 130 Pirates 2004 36 4 .315 .482 .797 .529 5.42 .260 22 67 21 135 Cardinals 2005 37 12 .340 .546 .886 .609 6.57 .271 21 54 14 93 Cardinals CAR 145 .344 .491 .835 .566 5.92 .267 292 923 297 1665 LG AVG 0 .340 .426 .766 .500 5.11 .270 179 771 121 POS AVG 104 .350 .459 .808 .547 5.74 .277 226 873 159 MAYS YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 26 -11 5.38 17 17 95.1 38 3.59 13.22 4 8 0 5 7 Twins 2003 27 -24 6.30 31 21 130 50 3.46 13.98 8 8 0 6 10 Twins 2005 29 -22 5.65 31 26 156 59 3.40 14.25 6 10 0 6 10 Twins CAREER -10 4.85 193 146 946.1 487 4.63 13.06 48 65 0 58 55 LG AVG 0 4.61 946.1 659 6.27 13.14 53 53
4) The Giants signed free agent INF Jose Vizcaino to a 1 year, $1.25 million contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 35 -12 .281 .365 .646 .278 3.18 .249 3 26 0 91 Astros 2004 36 -14 .311 .374 .685 .366 3.91 .274 3 33 1 138 Astros 2005 37 -8 .299 .337 .636 .348 3.51 .246 1 23 2 98 Astros CAR -200 .318 .346 .664 .360 3.73 .271 34 472 74 1740 LG AVG 0 .340 .424 .764 .500 5.08 .270 159 697 114 POS AVG -134 .325 .373 .699 .409 4.22 .262 83 525 123
Vizcaino set a major league record in 2005 with his 17th consecutive negative RCAA–
1 Jose Vizcaino 1989-05 17 T2 Del Rice 1945-60 16 T2 Roy McMillan 1951-66 16 T2 Don Kessinger 1964-79 16 T2 Ozzie Guillen 1985-00 16 T6 Hod Ford 1919-33 15 T6 Tommy Thevenow 1924-38 15 T6 Luke Sewell 1925-39 15 T6 Jim Hegan 1946-60 15 T6 Bill Mazeroski 1958-72 15 T6 Ed Brinkman 1961-75 15 T6 Sandy Alomar Sr. 1964-78 15 T6 Tim Foli 1971-85 15 T6 Alfredo Griffin 1979-93 15 T6 Rafael Belliard 1984-98 15 T6 Mark McLemore 1986-00 15 T6 Joe Girardi 1989-03 15 T6 Royce Clayton 1991-05 15
5) The Indians signed free agent C Einar Diaz to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 30 -24 .294 .341 .635 .258 3.11 .257 4 35 3 101 Rangers 2004 31 -10 .293 .302 .595 .249 2.72 .223 1 11 2 55 Expos 2005 32 -15 .248 .277 .525 .113 1.67 .208 1 17 0 58 Cardinals CAR -120 .302 .346 .648 .297 3.33 .253 21 202 21 670 LG AVG 0 .339 .433 .772 .500 5.16 .270 70 293 38 POS AVG -64 .315 .395 .711 .395 4.13 .256 56 266 11
6) The Mariners signed free agent OF Matt Lawton to a 1 year, $400,000 contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 6 .343 .420 .762 .548 5.16 .249 15 53 10 99 Indians 2004 32 5 .366 .421 .787 .524 5.33 .277 20 70 23 150 Indians 2005 33 -1 .356 .396 .752 .499 5.11 .254 13 53 18 141 Pirates/Cubs/Yankees CAR 46 .368 .418 .786 .525 5.60 .267 138 630 165 1323 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .774 .500 5.19 .271 155 652 85 POS AVG 71 .350 .461 .812 .540 5.73 .277 188 733 87
7) The Mets signed free agent OF Endy Chavez to a 1 year contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -37 .294 .354 .648 .268 3.55 .251 5 47 18 141 Expos 2004 26 -9 .318 .371 .688 .440 4.36 .277 5 34 32 132 Expos 2005 27 -12 .260 .302 .562 .180 2.36 .216 0 11 2 98 Nationals/Phillies CAR -71 .299 .359 .659 .325 3.68 .259 11 106 55 436 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .269 44 179 22 POS AVG 0 .337 .430 .767 .500 5.16 .270 43 162 47
8) Today’s birthdays–
MATT GINTER, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 -3 13.50 3 0 3.1 0 0.00 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox 2004 26 -2 4.54 15 14 69.1 38 4.93 13.89 1 3 0 2 2 Mets 2005 27 -7 6.17 14 1 35 15 3.86 15.43 0 1 0 0 1 Tigers CAREER -23 5.46 92 15 211 120 5.12 14.20 4 4 1 3 5 LG AVG 0 4.42 211 151 6.43 12.86 12 12 KEVIN MILLWOOD, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 1 4.01 35 35 222 169 6.85 11.43 14 12 0 13 13 Phillies 2004 29 -8 4.85 25 25 141 125 7.98 13.60 9 6 0 7 8 Phillies 2005 30 26 2.86 30 30 192 146 6.84 11.16 9 11 0 13 7 Indians CAREER 85 3.76 258 250 1559.1 1280 7.39 11.40 107 75 0 102 80 LG AVG 0 4.36 1559.1 1158 6.68 12.90 88 87 FRANK TAVERAS, AGE: 56 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 25 -21 .284 .257 .541 .277 2.65 .212 0 23 17 134 Pirates 1977 27 -19 .306 .331 .637 .376 3.77 .252 1 29 70 147 Pirates 1979 29 -25 .298 .335 .633 .354 3.27 .262 1 34 44 164 Pirates/Mets CAR -149 .301 .313 .614 .353 3.27 .255 2 214 300 1150 LG AVG 0 .332 .389 .721 .500 4.50 .265 87 484 101 POS AVG -137 .304 .326 .631 .364 3.37 .252 23 317 120 JOE VALENTINE, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 23 -3 18.00 2 0 2 1 4.50 27.00 0 0 0 0 0 Reds 2004 24 -4 5.22 24 1 29.1 29 8.90 15.34 2 3 4 2 3 Reds 2005 25 -6 8.16 16 0 14.1 9 5.65 19.47 0 1 0 0 1 Reds CAREER -13 6.70 42 1 45.2 39 7.69 17.15 2 4 4 2 4 LG AVG 0 4.29 45.2 34 6.68 12.81 3 3 JAMEY WRIGHT, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 3 4.26 4 4 25.1 19 6.75 12.43 1 2 0 2 1 Royals 2004 29 9 4.12 14 14 78.2 41 4.69 15.22 2 3 0 3 2 Rockies 2005 30 -12 5.46 34 27 171.1 101 5.31 15.60 8 16 0 11 13 Rockies CAREER -31 5.13 226 216 1305.2 702 4.84 15.20 61 88 0 71 78 LG AVG 0 4.32 1305.2 982 6.77 12.85 73 73
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