Around the Majors: Royals sign DeJesus
1) The Royals re-signed CF David DeJesus to a 5 year, $13.8 million contract, with an option for 2011.
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
2) The Nationals gave GM Jim Bowden a contract extension through the end of the 2006 season. Bowden’s contract was going to expire at the end of April.
3) The Reds released Ps Luke Hudson and Bubba Nelson and sent INFs Aaron Herr, Anderson Machado and Derek Wathan and P Josh Hall to the minors.
HUDSON YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 25 0 4.50 3 0 6 7 10.50 16.50 0 0 0 0 0 Reds 2004 27 8 2.42 9 9 48.1 38 7.08 11.73 4 2 0 4 2 Reds 2005 28 -18 6.38 19 16 84.2 53 5.63 15.31 6 9 0 5 10 Reds CAREER -10 4.92 31 25 139 98 6.35 14.12 10 11 0 9 12 LG AVG 0 4.25 139 102 6.64 12.78 8 8 MACHADO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 22 0 0 0 1 1 Phillies 2004 23 1 .379 .393 .772 .579 5.79 .268 0 4 3 17 Reds 2005 24 -2 .133 .000 .133 .000 0.00 .000 0 2 0 6 Reds/Rockies CAR -1 .333 .324 .657 .440 4.42 .221 0 6 4 24 LG AVG 0 .341 .435 .776 .500 5.21 .269 2 9 1 POS AVG -2 .316 .378 .694 .397 4.15 .259 1 7 2 HALL YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 -6 6.57 6 5 24.2 18 6.57 17.51 0 2 0 1 1 Reds CAREER -6 6.57 6 5 24.2 18 6.57 17.51 0 2 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.29 24.2 18 6.65 12.81 1 1
4) The Nationals sent 1B Larry Broadway, INFs Josh Labandeira and Kory Casto, OFs Frank Diaz, Ruben Mateo and Cristian Guerrero, C Erick San Pedro and Ps Michael Hinckley, Andrew Good, Francis Beltran, Mike Bacsik, Micah Bowie and Jim Crowell to the minors.
MATEO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 24 -2 .319 .395 .714 .421 4.57 .256 2 7 0 46 Reds 2003 25 -12 .290 .329 .619 .290 3.15 .242 3 18 0 74 Reds 2004 26 -7 .270 .357 .627 .300 3.12 .206 3 14 1 51 Pirates/Royals CAR -33 .303 .386 .689 .368 3.99 .250 21 89 11 295 LG AVG 0 .342 .435 .777 .500 5.24 .271 29 121 15 POS AVG 5 .346 .445 .791 .514 5.46 .273 31 124 23 GOOD YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 23 -4 5.29 16 10 66.1 42 5.70 12.62 4 2 0 3 3 Diamondbacks 2004 24 -4 5.31 17 2 40.2 26 5.75 13.06 1 2 0 1 2 Diamondbacks 2005 25 -1 5.40 2 0 5 7 12.60 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 Tigers CAREER -9 5.30 35 12 112 75 6.03 12.62 5 4 0 4 5 LG AVG 0 4.30 112 83 6.66 12.81 6 6 BELTRAN YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 21 -5 7.50 11 0 12 11 8.25 22.50 0 0 0 0 0 Cubs 2004 23 -5 5.47 45 0 49.1 48 8.76 13.86 2 2 1 2 2 Cubs/Expos CAREER -10 5.87 56 0 61.1 59 8.66 15.55 2 2 1 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.28 61.1 46 6.74 12.81 3 3 BACSIK YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 24 -3 4.37 11 9 55.2 30 4.85 13.90 3 2 0 2 3 Mets 2003 25 -12 10.19 5 3 17.2 12 6.11 18.34 1 2 0 1 2 Mets 2004 26 1 4.60 3 3 15.2 6 3.45 10.91 1 1 0 1 1 Rangers CAREER -18 5.88 22 15 98 52 4.78 14.51 5 5 0 4 6 LG AVG 0 4.26 98 73 6.66 12.79 6 5 BOWIE YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1999 24 -31 10.24 14 11 51 41 7.24 20.65 2 7 0 2 7 Braves/Cubs 2002 27 4 1.50 13 0 12 8 6.00 15.75 2 0 0 2 0 A's 2003 28 -3 7.56 6 0 8.1 4 4.32 16.20 0 1 0 0 1 A's CAREER -30 8.45 33 11 71.1 53 6.69 19.30 4 8 0 4 8 LG AVG 0 4.55 71.1 52 6.55 13.16 4 4 CROWELL YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1997 23 -4 9.95 2 1 6.1 3 4.26 24.16 0 1 0 0 1 Reds 2004 30 0 3.00 4 0 3 1 3.00 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 Phillies 2005 31 -7 21.60 4 0 3.1 2 5.40 32.40 0 0 0 0 0 Marlins CAREER -11 11.37 10 1 12.2 6 4.26 24.87 0 1 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 4.24 12.2 10 6.77 12.79 1 1
5) The Indians sent OFs Ben Francisco and Trevor Crowe to the minors.
6) Today’s birthdays–
JOHN BRIGGS, AGE: 62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1971 27 22 .377 .453 .830 .656 6.33 .259 21 62 1 135 Phillies/Brewers 1972 28 22 .347 .455 .801 .672 5.48 .266 21 65 1 135 Brewers 1973 29 20 .361 .426 .787 .623 5.53 .246 18 57 15 142 Brewers CAR 126 .355 .416 .771 .595 5.28 .253 139 507 64 1366 LG AVG 0 .324 .379 .703 .500 4.22 .258 92 460 64 POS AVG 57 .335 .404 .738 .542 4.70 .266 112 504 81 JOHN CANGELOSI, AGE: 43 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM CAR -2 .370 .319 .690 .491 4.64 .250 12 134 154 1038 LG AVG 0 .334 .410 .745 .500 4.80 .265 58 264 49 POS AVG 15 .340 .414 .754 .516 5.06 .268 58 249 88 STEVE HOWE, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1982 24 14 2.08 66 0 99.1 49 4.44 9.42 7 5 13 8 4 Dodgers 1983 25 16 1.44 46 0 68.2 52 6.82 8.91 4 7 18 9 2 Dodgers 1991 33 13 1.68 37 0 48.1 34 6.33 9.12 3 1 3 3 1 Yankees CAREER 55 3.03 497 0 606 328 4.87 11.03 47 41 91 53 35 LG AVG 0 3.98 606 371 5.51 12.49 34 34 DONNIE MURPHY, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 21 -3 .185 .296 .481 .068 1.17 .185 0 3 1 7 Royals 2005 22 -9 .241 .260 .501 .108 1.52 .156 1 8 0 32 Royals CAR -12 .228 .269 .497 .097 1.44 .163 1 11 1 39 LG AVG 0 .333 .427 .760 .500 4.96 .269 4 16 2 POS AVG -1 .325 .411 .735 .469 4.63 .267 3 14 3 TIKE REDMAN, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 12 .374 .483 .857 .646 7.09 .330 3 19 7 56 Pirates 2004 27 -13 .310 .374 .684 .416 4.17 .280 8 51 18 155 Pirates 2005 28 -18 .292 .332 .625 .296 3.20 .251 2 26 4 135 Pirates CAR -29 .312 .378 .690 .415 4.23 .277 15 101 33 392 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.20 .269 40 161 20 POS AVG -4 .335 .428 .763 .489 5.08 .268 39 146 40 MIKE TIMLIN, AGE: 40 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 37 11 3.55 72 0 83.2 65 6.99 9.68 6 4 2 6 4 Red Sox 2004 38 7 4.13 76 0 76.1 56 6.60 11.67 5 4 1 5 4 Red Sox 2005 39 19 2.24 81 0 80.1 59 6.61 12.10 7 3 13 8 2 Red Sox CAREER 116 3.50 893 4 1035.2 779 6.77 11.75 63 62 130 79 46 LG AVG 0 4.49 1035.2 720 6.25 13.06 58 58
Correction from yesterday–San Antonio is willing to pay $200 million for a stadium for the Marlins, not $200.
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