Around the Majors: Red Sox rehire Epstein
1) The Red Sox rehired Theo Epstein, with his exact job title not determined yet.
2) The Red Sox re-signed P Bronson Arroyo to a 3 year, $12 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 5 2.08 6 0 17.1 14 7.27 7.79 0 0 1 0 0 Red Sox 2004 27 18 4.03 32 29 178.2 142 7.15 11.99 10 9 0 11 8 Red Sox 2005 28 -2 4.51 35 32 205.1 100 4.38 12.32 14 10 0 12 12 Red Sox CAREER 0 4.59 126 90 588.1 367 5.61 12.91 33 33 1 33 33 LG AVG 0 4.47 588.1 423 6.47 12.90 33 33
3) The White Sox signed OFs Ben Grieve and Darren Blakely, INF Jorge Velandia and Ps Chad Bentz, Javier Lopez, Stephen Randolph, Agustin Montero and Tim Redding to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
GRIEVE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -1 .371 .345 .716 .472 4.70 .230 4 17 0 55 Devil Rays 2004 28 0 .361 .424 .785 .508 5.48 .260 8 35 0 123 Brewers/Cubs 2005 29 -1 .400 .250 .650 .344 3.60 .250 0 1 0 23 Cubs CAR 54 .367 .442 .809 .546 5.64 .269 118 492 24 976 LG AVG 0 .341 .434 .775 .500 5.21 .271 105 441 59 POS AVG 27 .346 .451 .798 .521 5.52 .273 119 471 65 VELANDIA YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 25 -4 .176 .129 .306 .042 0.96 .097 0 2 0 33 A's/Mets 2001 26 -2 .182 .000 .182 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 9 Mets 2003 28 -5 .304 .276 .580 .226 2.60 .190 0 8 0 23 Mets CAR -20 .231 .201 .432 .120 1.72 .151 0 12 2 150 LG AVG 0 .344 .435 .779 .500 5.28 .272 7 28 4 POS AVG -4 .334 .393 .727 .433 4.62 .269 4 21 5 BENTZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 24 -5 5.86 36 0 27.2 18 5.86 15.61 0 3 0 1 2 Expos 2005 25 -6 31.50 4 0 2 0 0.00 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 Marlins CAREER -11 7.58 40 0 29.2 18 5.46 16.99 0 3 0 1 2 LG AVG 0 4.31 29.2 22 6.72 12.83 2 2 LOPEZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 7 3.70 75 0 58.1 40 6.17 11.42 4 1 1 3 2 Rockies 2004 26 -11 7.52 64 0 40.2 20 4.43 16.38 1 2 0 1 2 Rockies 2005 27 -12 11.02 32 0 16.1 12 6.61 20.94 1 1 2 0 2 Rockies/Diamondbacks CAREER -16 6.09 171 0 115.1 72 5.62 14.51 6 4 3 4 6 LG AVG 0 4.29 115.1 85 6.67 12.81 6 6 RANDOLPH YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 5 4.05 50 0 60 50 7.50 14.25 8 1 0 5 4 Diamondbacks 2004 30 -10 5.51 45 6 81.2 62 6.83 16.53 2 5 0 3 4 Diamondbacks CAREER -5 4.89 95 6 141.2 112 7.12 15.56 10 6 0 8 8 LG AVG 0 4.30 141.2 105 6.70 12.83 8 8 REDDING YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 15 3.68 33 32 176 116 5.93 12.84 10 14 0 14 10 Astros 2004 26 -15 5.72 27 17 100.2 56 5.01 15.47 5 7 0 5 7 Astros 2005 27 -23 10.57 10 7 30.2 19 5.58 18.49 0 6 0 1 5 Padres/Yankees CAREER -38 5.16 101 79 436.1 309 6.37 14.21 21 34 0 26 29 LG AVG 0 4.27 436.1 326 6.73 12.77 25 24
4) The Reds removed P Josh Hancock from the 40 man roster and invited him to spring training as a nonroster invitee.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 0 3.00 2 0 3 4 12.00 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 Phillies 2004 26 -8 5.09 16 11 63.2 36 5.09 14.42 5 2 0 3 4 Phillies/Reds 2005 27 4 1.93 11 0 14 5 3.21 7.71 1 0 0 1 0 Reds CAREER -3 4.40 32 12 88 51 5.22 12.58 6 3 0 5 4 LG AVG 0 4.31 88 65 6.67 12.82 5 5
5) The Padres claimed 1B Walter Young off waivers from the Orioles.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 25 1 .378 .424 .803 .592 5.63 .303 1 3 0 14 Orioles CAR 1 .378 .424 .803 .592 5.63 .303 1 3 0 14 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 1 4 0 POS AVG 1 .346 .452 .798 .554 5.48 .267 1 5 0
6) Today’s birthdays–
JOE DOBSON, 1917-94 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1947 30 29 2.95 33 31 229 110 4.32 10.89 18 8 1 17 9 Red Sox 1950 33 28 4.17 39 27 207 81 3.52 12.96 15 10 4 15 10 Red Sox 1952 35 25 2.51 29 25 201 101 4.52 10.03 14 10 1 16 8 White Sox CAREER 128 3.62 414 273 2172 992 4.11 12.05 137 103 18 138 102 LG AVG 0 3.98 2172 905 3.75 13.10 121 121 DAVID ECKSTEIN, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -12 .325 .325 .651 .405 3.76 .252 3 31 16 120 Angels 2004 29 -17 .339 .332 .671 .399 4.09 .276 2 35 16 142 Angels 2005 30 0 .363 .395 .758 .499 5.14 .294 8 61 11 158 Cardinals CAR -32 .351 .362 .713 .462 4.64 .282 25 231 93 725 LG AVG 0 .335 .429 .764 .500 5.04 .268 91 380 49 POS AVG -37 .325 .408 .733 .457 4.63 .269 68 330 66 FRANKLYN GERMAN, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 23 -9 6.04 45 0 44.2 41 8.26 18.94 2 4 5 2 4 Tigers 2004 24 -5 7.36 16 0 14.2 8 4.91 17.18 1 0 0 0 1 Tigers 2005 25 4 3.66 58 0 59 38 5.80 15.86 4 0 1 2 2 Tigers CAREER -7 4.75 126 0 125 93 6.70 16.70 8 4 7 5 7 LG AVG 0 4.46 125 86 6.18 12.79 7 7 OZZIE GUILLEN, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1986 22 -35 .265 .311 .576 .245 2.55 .250 2 47 8 159 White Sox 1995 31 -29 .270 .318 .588 .228 2.58 .248 1 41 6 122 White Sox 1996 32 -29 .273 .367 .640 .290 3.16 .263 4 45 6 150 White Sox CAR -305 .287 .338 .626 .321 3.19 .264 28 619 169 1993 LG AVG 0 .335 .412 .747 .500 4.82 .266 196 888 135 POS AVG -171 .317 .367 .684 .405 3.97 .260 105 707 136 TONY MULLANE, 1859-1944 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1883 24 63 2.19 53 49 460.2 191 3.73 8.71 35 15 1 35 15 Cardinals 1884 25 49 2.52 67 65 567 325 5.16 9.56 36 26 0 38 24 Blue Stockin 1887 28 59 3.24 48 48 416.1 97 2.10 12.26 31 17 0 31 17 Reds CAREER 241 3.05 555 504 4531.1 1803 3.58 11.29 284 220 15 289 215 LG AVG 0 3.53 4531.1 1713 3.40 12.04 253 253 CAMILO PASCUAL, AGE: 72 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1959 25 34 2.64 32 30 239 185 6.97 10.32 17 10 0 18 9 Senators 1961 27 26 3.46 35 33 252 221 7.89 11.00 15 16 0 19 12 Twins 1963 29 31 2.47 31 31 248 202 7.33 10.49 21 9 0 20 10 Twins CAREER 49 3.63 529 404 2930 2167 6.66 11.77 174 170 10 184 160 LG AVG 0 3.71 2930 1735 5.33 12.13 163 163 JOHN RODRIGUEZ, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 27 6 .382 .436 .818 .613 6.63 .295 5 24 2 56 Cardinals CAR 6 .382 .436 .818 .613 6.63 .295 5 24 2 56 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 4 18 2 POS AVG 3 .350 .456 .805 .556 5.73 .269 6 21 2 JULIO SANTANA, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2000 27 -8 5.67 36 4 66.2 58 7.83 14.04 1 5 0 2 4 Expos 2002 29 8 2.84 38 0 57 38 6.00 12.47 3 5 0 5 3 Tigers 2005 32 -1 4.50 41 0 42 49 10.50 11.36 3 5 1 4 4 Brewers CAREER -33 5.26 202 42 470.2 304 5.81 14.40 17 31 1 22 26 LG AVG 0 4.60 470.2 336 6.43 13.23 26 27
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