Around the Majors: Mariners sign Washburn
1) The Mariners signed free agent P Jarrod Washburn to a 4 year, $37.5 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 -5 4.43 32 32 207.1 118 5.12 11.72 10 15 0 12 13 Angels 2004 29 -1 4.64 25 25 149.1 86 5.18 12.23 11 8 0 9 10 Angels 2005 30 19 3.20 29 29 177.1 94 4.77 12.33 8 8 0 10 6 Angels CAREER 71 3.93 193 183 1153.1 699 5.45 11.77 75 57 0 73 59 LG AVG 0 4.55 1153.1 805 6.28 13.00 65 65
Washburn ranks 6th on the Angels career RSAA list–
RSAA 1 Chuck Finley 194 2 Troy Percival 110 3 Nolan Ryan 100 4 Frank Tanana 96 5 Dean Chance 81 6 Jarrod Washburn 71 7 Scot Shields 69 8 Mark Langston 62 9 Mike Witt 55 10 Bob Lee 52
2) Free agent 1B Travis Lee agreed to salary arbitration with the Devil Rays.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 9 .348 .459 .807 .551 5.60 .275 19 70 6 145 Devil Rays 2004 29 -3 .150 .158 .308 .000 0.00 .105 0 2 0 7 Yankees 2005 30 1 .331 .426 .757 .509 4.94 .272 12 49 7 129 Devil Rays CAR -25 .339 .412 .751 .473 4.85 .259 104 457 54 985 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .773 .500 5.19 .269 111 461 63 POS AVG 71 .358 .465 .823 .556 5.91 .273 146 559 32
3) Free agent INF Tony Graffanino agreed to salary arbitration with the Red Sox.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 4 .331 .428 .759 .552 5.54 .260 7 23 8 90 White Sox 2004 32 -7 .332 .335 .667 .415 4.09 .263 3 26 10 75 Royals 2005 33 5 .366 .425 .791 .544 5.38 .309 7 38 7 110 Royals/Red Sox CAR -25 .336 .394 .731 .461 4.70 .268 42 213 48 759 LG AVG 0 .338 .429 .767 .500 5.09 .269 67 285 38 POS AVG -17 .333 .413 .745 .471 4.83 .267 56 256 46
4) The following free agents who were offered salary arbitration didn’t accept it. They are only eligible to return to their old team if they re-sign by January 8 (or they could return after May 1)–
Red Sox–CF Johnny Damon
Yankees–CF Bernie Williams, P Al Leiter
Nationals–P Tony Armas
Twins–RF Jacque Jones
Rockies–P Byung-Hyun Kim
Padres–P Pedro Astacio
Devil Rays–3B Alex Gonzalez, 1B Eduardo Perez
Reds–INF Rich Aurilia
Dodgers–P Jeff Weaver
Braves–LF Brian Jordan, C Eddie Perez
5) The Rockies re-signed P Brian Fuentes to a 2 year, $5.5 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration, and signed Ps Bret Prinz and Steve Colyer to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
FUENTES YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 17 2.75 75 0 75.1 82 9.80 12.42 3 3 4 4 2 Rockies 2004 28 -2 5.64 47 0 44.2 48 9.67 13.90 2 4 0 3 3 Rockies 2005 29 16 2.91 78 0 74.1 91 11.02 12.47 2 5 31 5 2 Rockies CAREER 31 3.67 241 0 232.2 269 10.41 12.92 10 13 35 14 9 LG AVG 0 4.26 232.2 172 6.64 12.79 13 13 PRINZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -2 12.00 3 0 3 3 9.00 33.00 0 0 0 0 0 Diamondbacks/Yankees 2004 27 -2 5.08 26 0 28.1 22 6.99 13.66 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees 2005 28 0 3.00 3 0 3 1 3.00 15.00 0 1 0 1 0 Angels CAREER -2 4.77 98 0 88.2 63 6.39 14.82 5 4 9 5 4 LG AVG 0 4.42 88.2 66 6.73 12.83 5 5 COLYER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 3 2.75 13 0 19.2 16 7.32 14.19 0 0 0 0 0 Dodgers 2004 25 -7 6.47 41 0 32 31 8.72 16.31 1 0 0 0 1 Tigers CAREER -4 5.05 54 0 51.2 47 8.19 15.50 1 0 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 4.50 51.2 37 6.52 13.02 3 3
6) The Indians signed free agent Ps Danny Graves and Steve Karsay to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
GRAVES YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 -20 5.33 30 26 169 60 3.20 13.42 4 15 2 8 11 Reds 2004 30 0 3.95 68 0 68.1 40 5.27 12.12 1 6 41 4 3 Reds 2005 31 -10 6.52 40 0 38.2 20 4.66 19.09 1 1 10 1 1 Reds/Mets CAREER 37 4.02 505 30 794.1 426 4.83 12.81 41 43 182 50 34 LG AVG 0 4.38 794.1 593 6.72 12.95 45 44 KARSAY YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 30 11 3.26 78 0 88.1 65 6.62 12.12 6 4 12 6 4 Yankees 2004 32 1 2.70 7 0 6.2 4 5.40 9.45 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees 2005 33 -6 7.06 20 0 21.2 14 5.82 17.86 0 1 0 0 1 Yankees/Rangers CAREER 42 3.98 348 40 594 453 6.86 12.74 31 39 41 40 30 LG AVG 0 4.61 594 417 6.32 13.23 33 33
7) The White Sox re-signed C A.J. Pierzynski to a 3 year, $15 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 11 .360 .464 .824 .566 5.92 .312 11 74 3 137 Twins 2004 27 -23 .319 .410 .729 .344 3.81 .272 11 77 0 131 Giants 2005 28 -12 .308 .420 .728 .412 4.14 .257 18 56 0 128 White Sox CAR -27 .330 .434 .765 .462 4.74 .287 55 326 6 689 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.05 .268 75 310 39 POS AVG -68 .313 .390 .703 .396 4.02 .254 59 278 10
8) The Yankees re-signed free agent P Ramiro Mendoza to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 -15 6.75 37 5 66.2 36 4.86 16.61 3 5 0 3 5 Red Sox 2004 32 5 3.52 27 0 30.2 13 3.82 9.68 2 1 0 2 1 Red Sox 2005 33 -2 18.00 1 0 1 1 9.00 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees CAREER 22 4.30 342 62 797 463 5.23 12.50 59 40 16 52 47 LG AVG 0 4.66 797 560 6.32 13.28 45 45
9) The Mets released P Kazuhisa Ishii and signed Ps Darren Oliver, Pedro Feliciano and Jose Parra to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
Ishii signed with a team in Japan.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 2 3.86 27 27 147 140 8.57 14.45 9 7 0 8 8 Dodgers 2004 30 -11 4.71 31 31 172 99 5.18 13.45 13 8 0 9 12 Dodgers 2005 31 -10 5.14 19 16 91 53 5.24 13.75 3 9 0 5 7 Mets CAREER -28 4.44 105 102 564 435 6.94 14.03 39 34 0 33 40 LG AVG 0 4.24 564 420 6.69 12.77 32 32 OLIVER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 31 -2 4.66 14 9 58 32 4.97 15.98 4 5 0 4 5 Red Sox 2003 32 -5 5.04 33 32 180.1 88 4.39 13.48 13 11 0 11 13 Rockies 2004 33 -14 5.94 27 10 72.2 46 5.70 13.50 3 3 0 3 3 Marlins/Astros CAREER -48 5.07 306 228 1407 834 5.33 14.37 87 79 2 80 86 LG AVG 0 4.59 1407 1009 6.46 13.24 79 79 FELICIANO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 25 -2 7.50 6 0 6 4 6.00 15.00 0 0 0 0 0 Mets 2003 26 5 3.35 23 0 48.1 43 8.01 14.15 0 0 0 0 0 Mets 2004 27 -2 5.40 22 0 18.1 14 6.87 13.25 1 1 0 1 1 Mets CAREER 1 4.21 51 0 72.2 61 7.56 14.00 1 1 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.28 72.2 54 6.68 12.80 4 4 PARRA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2000 27 -3 6.94 6 2 11.2 9 6.94 19.29 0 1 0 0 1 Pirates 2002 29 2 3.21 16 0 14 8 5.14 16.07 0 1 0 1 0 Diamondbacks 2004 31 2 3.21 13 0 14 14 9.00 12.86 1 0 0 1 0 Mets CAREER -26 6.09 82 19 181.2 117 5.80 15.46 7 12 0 8 11 LG AVG 0 4.71 181.2 127 6.32 13.47 10 10
10) According to NY Newsday, the Yankees could sign free agent P Octavio Dotel today.
11) According to the Dallas Morning News, free agent P Kevin Millwood already has 4 year, $45-50 million offers from the Mariners and an unnamed east coast team (Orioles, Red Sox, Nationals being possibilities) and he will meet with the Rangers today.
12) The Angels traded C Josh Paul to the Devil Rays for league INF Travis Schlichting.
PAUL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 0 .346 .261 .607 .452 4.50 .261 0 4 0 16 White Sox/Cubs 2004 29 -3 .308 .371 .679 .344 3.60 .243 2 10 2 46 Angels 2005 30 -3 .231 .378 .609 .244 2.53 .189 2 4 0 34 Angels CAR -19 .310 .361 .671 .362 3.84 .251 8 56 11 228 LG AVG 0 .337 .431 .768 .500 5.10 .269 16 66 8 POS AVG -13 .316 .397 .713 .403 4.17 .256 13 60 2
13) The Reds re-signed utilityman Ryan Freel to a 2 year, $3 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration, and signed INF Aaron Holbert and OF Andy Abad to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
FREEL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 1 .344 .431 .775 .514 5.30 .285 4 12 9 43 Reds 2004 28 8 .375 .368 .743 .547 5.40 .277 3 28 37 143 Reds 2005 29 -2 .371 .371 .743 .483 5.20 .271 4 21 36 103 Reds CAR 7 .369 .377 .746 .517 5.30 .276 11 64 84 298 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .773 .500 5.17 .269 34 137 17 POS AVG 0 .339 .433 .771 .498 5.16 .273 32 134 20 HOLBERT YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1996 23 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Cardinals 2005 32 -2 .290 .333 .624 .299 3.38 .222 0 2 1 22 Reds CAR -3 .265 .300 .565 .258 3.00 .200 0 2 1 23 LG AVG 0 .339 .427 .766 .500 5.07 .269 1 4 1 POS AVG 0 .337 .402 .739 .470 4.80 .270 1 4 1 ABAD YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2001 28 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 A's 2003 30 -3 .211 .118 .328 .000 0.00 .118 0 0 0 9 Red Sox CAR -3 .200 .111 .311 .000 0.00 .111 0 0 0 10 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 1 3 0 POS AVG 0 .352 .449 .801 .546 5.53 .266 1 4 0
14) The Rangers traded P Ricardo Rodriguez to the Phillies as the player to be named later in the Vicente Padilla trade.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 -14 5.73 15 15 81.2 41 4.52 13.22 3 9 0 4 8 Indians 2004 26 9 2.03 5 4 26.2 15 5.06 13.50 3 1 0 3 1 Rangers 2005 27 -6 5.53 12 10 57 24 3.79 13.42 2 3 0 2 3 Rangers CAREER -16 5.18 39 36 206.2 104 4.53 13.54 10 15 0 11 14 LG AVG 0 4.48 206.2 142 6.20 12.83 12 12
15) The A’s re-signed P Joe Kennedy to a 1 year, $2.4 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 -24 6.13 32 22 133.2 77 5.18 15.15 3 12 1 5 10 Devil Rays 2004 25 27 3.66 27 27 162.1 117 6.49 13.20 9 7 0 10 6 Rockies 2005 26 -22 6.01 35 24 152.2 97 5.72 15.50 8 13 0 9 12 Rockies/A's CAREER -19 4.91 144 123 763 478 5.64 13.68 35 51 1 41 45 LG AVG 0 4.41 763 542 6.39 12.83 43 43
16) The Devil Rays re-signed 3B Sean Burroughs to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract, with an option for 2007, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 22 5 .352 .402 .755 .534 5.05 .286 7 58 7 146 Padres 2004 23 -1 .348 .365 .713 .495 4.79 .298 2 47 5 130 Padres 2005 24 -10 .318 .299 .618 .366 3.38 .250 1 17 4 93 Padres CAR -12 .340 .360 .700 .473 4.43 .282 11 133 18 432 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .772 .500 5.15 .269 47 193 24 POS AVG -10 .332 .429 .761 .478 4.92 .265 49 205 15
17) Today’s birthdays–
CECIL COOPER, AGE: 56 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1980 30 57 .387 .539 .926 .745 7.73 .352 25 122 17 153 Brewers 1982 32 45 .342 .528 .870 .704 6.84 .313 32 121 2 155 Brewers 1983 33 35 .341 .508 .849 .665 6.04 .307 30 126 2 160 Brewers CAR 226 .337 .466 .803 .597 5.54 .298 241 1125 89 1896 LG AVG 0 .328 .395 .723 .500 4.45 .263 173 845 133 POS AVG 115 .342 .425 .767 .549 5.03 .272 223 1002 68 SPUD DAVIS, 1904-84 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1932 27 22 .399 .522 .921 .636 7.96 .336 14 70 1 125 Phillies 1933 28 16 .395 .473 .867 .590 6.85 .349 9 65 2 141 Phillies 1940 35 11 .404 .435 .839 .619 6.20 .326 5 39 0 99 Pirates CAR 28 .369 .430 .799 .519 5.81 .308 77 647 6 1458 LG AVG 0 .344 .405 .749 .500 5.14 .285 65 527 46 POS AVG -78 .332 .379 .711 .435 4.49 .273 59 533 20 DAVID DEJESUS, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 1 .444 .571 1.016 .698 9.00 .286 0 0 0 12 Royals 2004 24 -1 .360 .402 .763 .492 4.85 .287 7 39 8 96 Royals 2005 25 13 .359 .445 .804 .585 5.82 .293 9 56 5 122 Royals CAR 13 .361 .427 .788 .548 5.42 .290 16 95 13 230 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .764 .500 5.01 .269 26 111 13 POS AVG -2 .333 .420 .752 .492 4.91 .273 22 99 23 JOSE DELEON, AGE: 45 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1987 26 20 4.02 33 31 206 153 6.68 12.41 11 12 0 14 9 White Sox 1989 28 13 3.05 36 36 244.2 201 7.39 9.53 16 12 0 16 12 Cardinals 1991 30 14 2.71 28 28 162.2 118 6.53 11.67 5 9 0 9 5 Cardinals CAREER 22 3.76 415 264 1897.1 1594 7.56 11.66 86 119 6 104 101 LG AVG 0 3.81 1897.1 1221 5.79 12.16 106 106 OSCAR GAMBLE, AGE: 56 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1977 27 45 .386 .588 .974 .761 8.72 .297 31 83 1 137 White Sox 1979 29 46 .456 .609 1.065 .834 11.18 .358 19 64 2 100 Rangers/Yankees 1982 32 29 .387 .522 .910 .731 7.62 .272 18 57 6 108 Yankees CAR 207 .356 .454 .811 .637 5.92 .265 200 666 47 1584 LG AVG 0 .328 .388 .716 .500 4.38 .262 101 517 83 POS AVG 54 .336 .415 .751 .537 4.82 .268 132 592 78 GABBY HARTNETT, 1900-72 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1930 29 36 .404 .630 1.034 .648 9.51 .339 37 122 0 141 Cubs 1935 34 37 .404 .545 .949 .724 8.47 .344 13 91 1 116 Cubs 1937 36 38 .424 .548 .971 .748 9.41 .354 12 82 0 110 Cubs CAR 254 .370 .489 .858 .610 6.57 .297 236 1179 28 1990 LG AVG 0 .346 .407 .753 .500 5.16 .287 95 814 81 POS AVG -108 .334 .382 .716 .443 4.58 .275 88 823 36 AUBREY HUFF, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 36 .367 .555 .922 .654 7.08 .311 34 107 2 162 Devil Rays 2004 27 28 .360 .493 .853 .635 6.67 .297 29 104 5 157 Devil Rays 2005 28 -5 .321 .428 .749 .471 4.55 .261 22 92 8 154 Devil Rays CAR 51 .342 .478 .820 .556 5.63 .288 120 421 20 736 LG AVG 0 .335 .429 .764 .500 5.03 .268 87 367 46 POS AVG 15 .335 .446 .781 .516 5.20 .268 104 392 38 FRED MERKLE, 1888-1956 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1910 21 23 .353 .441 .793 .654 5.72 .292 4 70 23 144 Giants 1912 23 19 .374 .449 .823 .621 6.52 .309 11 84 37 129 Giants 1915 26 18 .348 .384 .732 .646 4.55 .299 4 62 20 140 Giants CAR 83 .331 .383 .714 .556 4.62 .273 60 733 272 1638 LG AVG 0 .328 .351 .679 .500 4.21 .263 35 581 206 POS AVG 49 .331 .373 .705 .535 4.51 .273 47 679 189 HARRY STOVEY, 1856-1937 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1883 26 49 .342 .504 .846 .720 10.17 .302 14 0 0 94 Athletics 1884 27 68 .368 .545 .913 .772 11.97 .326 10 0 0 104 Athletics 1885 28 61 .371 .488 .858 .741 11.09 .315 13 0 0 112 Athletics 1886 29 41 .377 .440 .817 .693 8.89 .294 7 0 68 123 Athletics 1888 31 52 .365 .460 .825 .726 8.74 .287 9 65 87 130 Athletics 1889 32 67 .393 .525 .918 .724 10.94 .308 19 119 63 137 Athletics 1890 33 48 .404 .470 .874 .681 11.31 .297 12 85 97 118 Red Stocking 1891 34 42 .372 .498 .870 .660 9.48 .279 16 95 57 134 Braves CAR 485 .360 .461 .821 .669 9.14 .288 122 549 509 1486 LG AVG 0 .316 .349 .665 .500 5.98 .259 35 465 244 POS AVG 208 .336 .392 .728 .587 7.22 .280 54 529 279 JIMMY WILLIAMS, 1876-1965 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1899 22 78 .417 .532 .949 .769 10.62 .355 9 116 26 152 Pirates 1901 24 36 .388 .495 .883 .667 8.74 .317 7 96 21 130 Orioles 1902 25 25 .361 .500 .861 .630 7.76 .313 8 83 14 125 Orioles CAR 133 .337 .396 .733 .578 5.63 .275 49 796 151 1456 LG AVG 0 .322 .346 .668 .500 4.60 .265 25 573 207 POS AVG 20 .321 .356 .677 .519 4.73 .266 29 622 201 DAVID WRIGHT, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 21 7 .332 .525 .857 .580 6.20 .293 14 40 6 69 Mets 2005 22 38 .388 .523 .912 .673 7.37 .306 27 102 17 160 Mets CAR 45 .371 .524 .895 .646 7.00 .302 41 142 23 229 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .770 .500 5.13 .269 25 104 13 POS AVG 0 .339 .433 .772 .500 5.13 .270 26 111 8
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