Around the Majors: Furcal wants $50 million
1) According to free agent SS Rafael Furcal’s agent, he’s looking for a $50 million contract over 5 or 6 years.
2) According to the Arizona Republic, the Mets, Phillies, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Tigers and Cardinals are expected to be go after Diamondbacks P Javier Vazquez.
3) According to the LA Daily News, the Dodgers are expected to make a preliminary offer to free agent LF Brian Giles this weekend.
4) Today’s birthdays–
BRUCE BOCHTE, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1979 28 25 .385 .493 .878 .622 6.35 .316 16 100 2 150 Mariners 1980 29 20 .381 .456 .836 .609 6.10 .300 13 78 2 148 Mariners 1985 34 17 .367 .439 .806 .623 5.66 .295 14 60 3 137 A's CAR 85 .360 .396 .756 .551 4.93 .282 100 658 43 1538 LG AVG 0 .328 .393 .721 .500 4.42 .263 124 619 99 POS AVG 93 .343 .424 .766 .553 5.04 .274 155 722 93 JODY DAVIS, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 27 -13 .315 .421 .736 .410 4.02 .256 19 94 5 150 Cubs 1985 28 -20 .300 .400 .700 .357 3.88 .232 17 58 1 142 Cubs 1986 29 -13 .300 .428 .728 .413 4.15 .250 21 74 0 148 Cubs 1989 32 -20 .246 .242 .489 .153 1.74 .169 4 19 0 78 Braves CAR -89 .307 .403 .710 .409 3.98 .245 127 490 7 1082 LG AVG 0 .329 .390 .719 .500 4.47 .262 83 430 104 POS AVG -64 .316 .371 .687 .429 3.87 .247 88 442 23 GREG GAGNE, AGE: 44 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1992 30 -22 .280 .346 .626 .301 2.91 .246 7 39 6 146 Twins 1994 32 -26 .314 .392 .706 .283 3.53 .259 7 51 10 107 Royals 1995 33 -21 .316 .374 .690 .337 3.80 .256 6 49 3 120 Royals CAR -194 .302 .382 .684 .373 3.69 .254 111 604 108 1798 LG AVG 0 .333 .407 .741 .500 4.73 .264 161 744 121 POS AVG -142 .317 .361 .678 .406 3.90 .259 82 580 120 AARON HEILMAN, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 -18 6.75 14 13 65.1 51 7.03 16.94 2 7 0 3 6 Mets 2004 25 -4 5.46 5 5 28 22 7.07 12.86 1 3 0 2 2 Mets 2005 26 12 3.17 53 7 108 106 8.83 10.83 5 3 5 5 3 Mets CAREER -10 4.65 72 25 201.1 179 8.00 13.10 8 13 5 10 11 LG AVG 0 4.26 201.1 148 6.62 12.78 11 11 JOE HOERNER, 1936-96 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1966 29 17 1.54 57 0 76 63 7.46 9.71 5 1 13 5 1 Cardinals 1971 34 13 1.97 49 0 73 57 7.03 9.74 4 5 9 7 2 Phillies CAREER 37 2.99 493 0 563 412 6.59 11.48 39 34 99 45 28 LG AVG 0 3.55 563 349 5.58 11.91 31 31 CARL MAYS, 1891-1971 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1917 25 33 1.74 35 33 289 91 2.83 9.90 22 9 0 22 9 Red Sox 1919 27 30 2.11 34 29 265 107 3.63 10.66 14 14 2 18 10 Red Sox/Yankees 1921 29 49 3.04 49 38 337 70 1.87 11.14 27 9 7 24 12 Yankees CAREER 184 2.92 490 325 3020.2 862 2.57 11.13 207 126 31 194 139 LG AVG 0 3.56 3020.2 1028 3.06 12.55 167 167 FRED RAYMER, 1875-1957 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1901 25 -37 .257 .272 .529 .227 2.64 .233 0 43 18 120 Cubs 1904 28 -28 .236 .260 .496 .234 2.22 .210 1 27 17 114 Braves 1905 29 -41 .232 .247 .479 .186 2.06 .211 0 31 15 137 Braves CAR -106 .242 .259 .501 .214 2.30 .218 1 101 50 371 LG AVG 0 .325 .346 .671 .500 4.77 .266 7 156 61 POS AVG -33 .313 .313 .626 .428 3.99 .250 3 125 56 JEFF REED, AGE: 43 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1987 24 -21 .254 .280 .535 .151 2.10 .213 1 21 0 75 Expos 1989 26 -12 .306 .293 .598 .336 3.09 .223 3 23 0 102 Reds 1996 33 -15 .365 .419 .784 .381 5.34 .284 8 37 2 116 Rockies 1999 36 -12 .373 .371 .744 .374 4.97 .258 3 28 1 103 Rockies/Cubs CAR -105 .334 .361 .695 .384 4.23 .250 61 323 7 1234 LG AVG 0 .336 .412 .748 .500 4.87 .266 88 403 77 POS AVG -68 .319 .385 .704 .419 4.14 .251 83 391 21 JACK RYAN, 1868-1952 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1890 21 -33 .244 .288 .531 .236 3.64 .217 0 0 6 93 Colonels 1898 29 -27 .233 .252 .485 .187 2.21 .189 0 24 5 87 Dodgers 1901 32 -31 .218 .250 .468 .144 1.84 .197 0 31 5 83 Cardinals 1902 33 -27 .195 .225 .420 .106 1.35 .180 0 14 2 76 Cardinals CAR -206 .249 .281 .529 .212 2.88 .217 4 154 32 616 LG AVG 0 .344 .365 .709 .500 5.88 .277 14 263 124 POS AVG -92 .310 .329 .640 .386 4.54 .254 11 246 67 SAMMY SOSA, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 25 .358 .553 .911 .631 6.80 .279 40 103 0 137 Cubs 2004 35 5 .332 .517 .849 .529 5.93 .253 35 80 0 126 Cubs 2005 36 -15 .295 .376 .671 .359 3.34 .221 14 45 1 102 Orioles CAR 338 .345 .537 .882 .606 6.44 .274 588 1575 234 2240 LG AVG 0 .339 .422 .761 .500 5.04 .269 250 1093 171 POS AVG 152 .348 .459 .807 .549 5.67 .276 325 1273 215