Around the Majors: Twins sign White
1) The Twins signed free agent LF Rondell White to a 1 year, $3.25 million contract, with an option for 2007 that becomes guaranteed if he has 400+ PA.
They will move him to DH.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 11 .341 .488 .829 .568 5.63 .289 22 87 1 137 Padres/Royals 2004 32 2 .337 .453 .790 .511 5.09 .270 19 67 1 121 Tigers 2005 33 14 .348 .489 .837 .618 6.22 .313 12 53 1 97 Tigers CAR 68 .343 .472 .815 .538 5.58 .289 187 710 93 1337 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .771 .500 5.16 .270 152 646 96 POS AVG 49 .348 .443 .791 .526 5.54 .275 161 641 137
2) The Dodgers signed free agent P Brett Tomko to a 2 year, $8.7 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 -26 5.28 33 32 202.2 114 5.06 13.94 13 9 0 9 13 Cardinals 2004 31 9 4.04 32 31 194 108 5.01 12.06 11 7 0 10 8 Giants 2005 32 -7 4.48 33 30 190.2 114 5.38 12.70 8 15 1 11 12 Giants CAREER -44 4.52 262 216 1427.1 932 5.88 12.45 81 73 2 75 79 LG AVG 0 4.32 1427.1 1060 6.69 12.89 80 80
3) The Padres signed free agent 2B Mark Bellhorn ($800,000) and P Brian Sikorski to 1 year contracts.
BELLHORN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -12 .353 .293 .646 .342 3.76 .221 2 26 5 99 Cubs/Rockies 2004 29 10 .373 .444 .817 .555 6.17 .264 17 82 6 138 Red Sox 2005 30 -8 .324 .357 .681 .413 4.09 .210 8 30 3 94 Red Sox/Yankees CAR -2 .349 .403 .753 .496 5.16 .236 61 218 30 603 LG AVG 0 .338 .429 .767 .500 5.08 .269 60 251 32 POS AVG -26 .328 .405 .733 .454 4.62 .265 46 217 35 SIKORSKI YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2000 25 -2 5.73 10 5 37.2 32 7.65 17.20 1 3 0 2 2 Rangers CAREER -2 5.73 10 5 37.2 32 7.65 17.20 1 3 0 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.92 37.2 26 6.27 13.72 2 2
4) The Cubs and Orioles are reportedly having Mark Prior for Miguel Tejada trade talks, with the Chicago Sun-Times reporting the talks “have intensified.”
5) According to the Dallas Morning News, the Rangers made a 3 year, $30+ million offer to free agent P Kevin Millwood, while the Fort Worth Star Telegram reports the sides aren’t even close to a deal.
6) According to ESPN.com’s Peter Gammons, the Blue Jays are expected to trade for Diamondbacks 3B Troy Glaus. According to the Boston Herald, the Red Sox are still interested in him.
7) The Astros signed INFs Danny Klassen, Eric Munson and Kevin Orie and Ps Joe Borowski and Steve Sparks to minor league contracts.
KLASSEN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 24 -4 .318 .355 .673 .337 3.98 .237 2 8 1 29 Diamondbacks 2002 26 0 .333 .333 .667 .000 0.00 .333 0 0 0 4 Diamondbacks 2003 27 -3 .286 .356 .642 .335 3.26 .247 1 7 0 22 Tigers CAR -16 .289 .341 .630 .282 3.15 .226 6 23 2 85 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .773 .500 5.21 .270 9 38 5 POS AVG -2 .336 .417 .753 .470 4.95 .268 8 35 5 MUNSON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 1 .312 .441 .753 .510 4.86 .240 18 50 3 99 Tigers 2004 26 -5 .289 .445 .735 .448 4.43 .212 19 49 1 109 Tigers 2005 27 -2 .333 .222 .556 .105 1.50 .167 0 2 0 11 Devil Rays CAR -18 .288 .409 .698 .419 4.06 .214 40 113 4 257 LG AVG 0 .336 .431 .766 .500 5.07 .269 27 112 14 POS AVG 4 .337 .441 .778 .514 5.22 .266 31 119 10 ORIE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1998 25 -17 .291 .346 .636 .337 3.47 .219 8 38 2 112 Cubs/Marlins 1999 26 -7 .322 .396 .718 .400 4.29 .254 6 29 1 77 Marlins 2002 29 -1 .306 .375 .681 .423 4.15 .281 0 5 0 13 Cubs CAR -30 .320 .389 .709 .399 4.22 .249 22 116 5 316 LG AVG 0 .343 .429 .772 .500 5.21 .271 32 141 23 POS AVG 7 .349 .444 .794 .514 5.45 .274 37 156 13 BOROWSKI YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 12 2.63 68 0 68.1 66 8.69 9.61 2 2 33 3 1 Cubs 2004 33 -8 8.02 22 0 21.1 17 7.17 17.72 2 4 9 2 4 Cubs 2005 34 -1 4.47 43 0 46.1 27 5.24 9.71 1 5 0 3 3 Cubs/Devil Rays CAREER 12 3.90 264 1 302.1 241 7.17 12.15 14 23 44 18 19 LG AVG 0 4.25 302.1 223 6.64 12.76 17 17 SPARKS YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 36 -29 5.52 32 30 189 98 4.67 15.10 8 16 0 9 15 Tigers 2003 37 -7 4.88 51 0 107 54 4.54 12.95 0 6 2 3 3 Tigers/A's 2004 38 -21 6.04 29 18 120.2 57 4.25 14.10 3 7 0 4 6 Diamondbacks CAREER -36 4.88 270 182 1319.2 658 4.49 13.80 59 76 3 66 69 LG AVG 0 4.63 1319.2 924 6.30 13.23 74 74
8) The Red Sox signed free agent C John Flaherty to a 1 year, $650,000 contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 35 -4 .297 .457 .754 .375 3.64 .267 4 14 0 40 Yankees 2004 36 -5 .286 .465 .750 .361 3.63 .252 6 16 0 47 Yankees 2005 37 -15 .206 .252 .458 .091 1.42 .165 2 11 0 47 Yankees CAR -168 .290 .377 .667 .322 3.46 .252 80 395 10 1047 LG AVG 0 .341 .431 .772 .500 5.18 .271 111 480 69 POS AVG -86 .321 .403 .723 .414 4.34 .258 99 449 19
9) Yesterday, I got the day wrong and presented today’s birthdays. So, here’s yesterday’s birthdays–
MATTY ALOU, AGE: 67 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1967 28 26 .372 .413 .785 .656 6.02 .338 2 28 16 139 Pirates 1968 29 23 .362 .396 .758 .648 5.28 .332 0 52 18 146 Pirates 1969 30 35 .369 .411 .780 .664 6.08 .331 1 48 22 162 Pirates CAR 78 .345 .381 .726 .544 4.82 .307 31 427 156 1667 LG AVG 0 .326 .386 .712 .500 4.35 .260 128 621 80 POS AVG 71 .334 .410 .744 .539 4.81 .270 145 645 127 STEVE CARLTON, AGE: 61 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1972 27 54 1.97 41 41 346.1 310 8.06 8.97 27 10 0 27 10 Phillies 1977 32 39 2.64 36 36 283 198 6.30 10.24 23 10 0 22 11 Phillies 1980 35 52 2.34 38 38 304 286 8.47 9.92 24 9 0 24 9 Phillies CAREER 282 3.22 741 709 5217.1 4136 7.13 11.31 329 244 2 327 246 LG AVG 0 3.63 5217.1 3155 5.44 12.08 290 290 STEVE GARVEY, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1974 25 34 .342 .469 .811 .670 5.95 .312 21 111 5 156 Dodgers 1975 26 32 .351 .476 .827 .654 5.97 .319 18 95 11 160 Dodgers 1978 29 33 .353 .499 .852 .657 6.23 .316 21 113 10 162 Dodgers CAR 163 .329 .446 .775 .559 4.96 .294 272 1308 83 2332 LG AVG 0 .331 .388 .719 .500 4.47 .264 183 987 208 POS AVG 107 .342 .414 .756 .536 4.92 .269 249 1219 96 MIKE JACKSON, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1988 23 19 2.63 62 0 99.1 76 6.89 10.78 6 5 4 8 3 Mariners 1994 29 13 1.49 36 0 42.1 51 10.84 7.65 3 2 4 4 1 Giants 1998 33 22 1.55 69 0 64 55 7.73 8.44 1 1 40 2 0 Indians CAREER 115 3.42 1005 7 1188.1 1006 7.62 11.38 62 67 142 77 52 LG AVG 0 4.23 1188.1 800 6.06 12.74 66 67 KEN LANDREAUX, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 29 -12 .295 .374 .670 .392 3.59 .251 11 47 10 134 Dodgers 1987 32 -10 .269 .324 .593 .281 2.75 .203 6 23 5 115 Dodgers CAR -8 .317 .400 .718 .486 4.39 .268 91 479 145 1264 LG AVG 0 .330 .392 .723 .500 4.49 .265 93 487 103 POS AVG 32 .333 .404 .738 .520 4.77 .271 96 470 181 JASON LANE, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 3 .296 .815 1.111 .758 9.95 .296 4 10 0 18 Astros 2004 27 3 .348 .463 .812 .555 5.97 .272 4 19 1 107 Astros 2005 28 6 .316 .499 .815 .539 5.39 .267 26 78 6 145 Astros CAR 16 .327 .507 .834 .565 5.83 .271 38 117 8 314 LG AVG 0 .339 .429 .769 .500 5.10 .268 23 95 12 POS AVG 10 .348 .456 .804 .542 5.62 .269 29 105 12 CONNIE MACK, 1862-1956 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1887 24 -39 .228 .226 .454 .156 2.59 .201 0 20 26 82 Statesmen 1891 28 -22 .286 .250 .536 .271 3.43 .214 0 29 4 75 Pirates 1894 31 -25 .321 .303 .624 .250 4.08 .250 1 21 8 69 Pirates CAR -137 .305 .300 .605 .361 4.52 .245 5 265 127 723 LG AVG 0 .342 .377 .719 .500 6.50 .274 26 393 169 POS AVG -67 .325 .356 .681 .443 5.66 .262 21 380 120 HARVEY MCCLELLAN, 1894-1925 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1921 26 -25 .237 .224 .461 .100 1.70 .179 1 14 2 63 White Sox 1922 27 -24 .272 .322 .594 .247 2.88 .226 2 28 3 91 White Sox 1923 28 -45 .270 .304 .574 .222 2.56 .235 1 41 14 141 White Sox CAR -102 .267 .292 .559 .211 2.56 .221 4 98 23 344 LG AVG 0 .361 .408 .768 .500 5.33 .293 15 170 24 POS AVG -36 .341 .363 .704 .411 4.38 .276 7 146 21 WES OBERMUELLER, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -5 5.07 12 11 65.2 34 4.66 15.35 2 5 0 3 4 Brewers 2004 27 -18 5.80 25 20 118 59 4.50 13.96 6 8 0 5 9 Brewers 2005 28 -7 5.26 23 8 65 33 4.57 15.92 1 4 0 2 3 Brewers CAREER -36 5.65 62 41 256.1 131 4.60 14.96 9 19 0 10 18 LG AVG 0 4.29 256.1 190 6.66 12.81 14 14 LONNIE SMITH, AGE: 50 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1982 26 27 .381 .434 .815 .630 6.13 .307 8 69 68 156 Cardinals 1983 27 26 .381 .453 .834 .652 6.31 .321 8 45 43 130 Cardinals 1989 33 54 .415 .533 .948 .767 8.47 .315 21 79 25 134 Braves CAR 192 .371 .420 .791 .607 5.93 .288 98 533 370 1613 LG AVG 0 .329 .393 .721 .500 4.49 .262 119 599 129 POS AVG 63 .338 .410 .748 .536 4.94 .269 133 630 196 TOM UNDERWOOD, AGE: 52 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1979 25 20 3.69 33 32 227 127 5.04 12.57 9 16 0 15 10 Blue Jays 1982 28 11 3.29 56 10 153 79 4.65 12.06 10 6 7 9 7 A's CAREER 2 3.89 379 203 1586 948 5.38 12.73 86 87 18 87 86 LG AVG 0 3.90 1586 849 4.82 12.46 88 88 GLENN WILSON, AGE: 47 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1987 28 -26 .308 .381 .689 .337 3.67 .264 14 54 3 154 Phillies 1988 29 -20 .286 .341 .628 .305 2.95 .256 5 32 1 115 Mariners/Pirates 1990 31 -14 .293 .364 .657 .340 3.05 .245 10 55 0 118 Astros CAR -77 .306 .398 .704 .425 3.92 .265 98 521 27 1201 LG AVG 0 .329 .395 .724 .500 4.52 .262 101 496 106 POS AVG 39 .333 .423 .756 .525 4.86 .268 128 561 112
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