Around the Majors: Ayala’s for the season

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March 18, 2006

1) Nationals P Luis Ayala will have reconstructive surgery for an acute ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his elbow and will miss the entire 2006 season.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   17   2.92   65   0   71     46  5.83 10.52  10   3   5  10   3  Expos        
2004 26   14   2.69   81   0   90.1   63  6.28 11.16   6  12   2  12   6  Expos        
2005 27   10   2.66   68   0   71     40  5.07 12.04   8   7   1  10   5  Nationals    
CAREER    41   2.75  214   0  232.1  149  5.77 11.23  24  22   8  32  14 
LG AVG     0   4.28           232.1  172  6.66 12.80  13  13

2) Mets 2B Kaz Matsui has a sprained ligament in his right knee and will probably start the season on the DL.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28   -4  .331  .396  .727  .472   4.89  .272   7   44   14  114  Mets         
2005   29   -9  .300  .352  .652  .384   3.84  .255   3   24    6   87  Mets         
CAR        -13  .320  .380  .700  .441   4.49  .265  10   68   20  201 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .774  .500   5.19  .269  24   95   12 
POS AVG    -14  .326  .397  .723  .438   4.53  .268  14   75   15

3) The Red Sox sent INF Jed Lowrie, OF Luke Allen and Ps Matt Ginter, Craig Breslow, Mike Bumatay, Phil Seiber and Cla Meredith to the minors and signed C Javier Cardona to a minor league contract.

ALLEN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   23    0  .333  .286  .619  .494   4.50  .143   0    0    0    6  Dodgers      
2003   24   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Rockies      
CAR         -1  .273  .222  .495  .296   3.00  .111   0    0    0    8 
LG AVG       0  .340  .426  .766  .500   5.07  .267   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .329  .419  .747  .552   5.70  .248   0    2    0 

GINTER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -3  13.50    3   0    3.1    0  0.00 13.50   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
2004 26   -2   4.54   15  14   69.1   38  4.93 13.89   1   3   0   2   2  Mets         
2005 27   -7   6.17   14   1   35     15  3.86 15.43   0   1   0   0   1  Tigers       
CAREER   -23   5.46   92  15  211    120  5.12 14.20   4   4   1   3   5 
LG AVG     0   4.42           211    151  6.43 12.86  12  12 

BRESLOW
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    3   2.20   14   0   16.1   14  7.71 15.98   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
CAREER     3   2.20   14   0   16.1   14  7.71 15.98   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23            16.1   12  6.57 12.76   1   1 

MEREDITH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 22   -6  27.00    3   0    2.1    0  0.00 42.43   0   0   0   0   0  Red Sox      
CAREER    -6  27.00    3   0    2.1    0  0.00 42.43   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.36             2.1    2  6.16 12.63   0   0 

CARDONA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   24   -5  .190  .275  .465  .092   1.54  .175   1    2    0   26  Tigers       
2001   25   -5  .280  .375  .655  .298   3.16  .260   1   10    0   46  Tigers       
2002   26   -5  .143  .128  .271  .033   0.73  .103   0    2    0   15  Padres       
CAR        -15  .228  .297  .525  .178   2.17  .206   2   14    0   87 
LG AVG       0  .339  .431  .770  .500   5.14  .269   6   26    4 
POS AVG     -6  .316  .397  .713  .398   4.16  .255   5   24    1

4) The White Sox sent OF Jerry Owens and P Paulino Reynoso to the minors.

5) The Tigers sent SS Tony Giarratano, 3B Kody Kirkland, INF Kevin Hooper, OF Brent Clevlen, Cs Mike Rabelo and Danilo Sanchez and Ps Eulogio De La Cruz, Preston Larrison, Humberto Sanchez, Jordan Tata, Tim Crabtree and Colby Lewis to the minors and released P Matt Mantei.

HOOPER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   28   -1  .200  .200  .400  .000   0.00  .200   0    0    0    6  Tigers       
CAR         -1  .200  .200  .400  .000   0.00  .200   0    0    0    6 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .329  .423  .753  .500   4.89  .275   0    1    0 

CRABTREE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1999 29   11   3.46   68   0   65     54  7.48 12.46   5   1   0   4   2  Rangers      
2000 30    0   5.15   68   0   80.1   54  6.05 13.33   2   7   2   4   5  Rangers      
2001 31   -5   6.56   21   0   23.1   16  6.17 20.06   0   5   4   2   3  Rangers      
CAREER    32   4.20  342   0  394    288  6.58 13.66  21  22   9  24  19 
LG AVG     0   4.79           394    276  6.30 13.53  22  22 

LEWIS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 22   -5   6.29   15   4   34.1   28  7.34 18.35   1   3   0   2   2  Rangers      
2003 23  -32   7.30   26  26  127     88  6.24 16.87  10   9   0   6  13  Rangers      
2004 24    2   4.11    3   3   15.1   11  6.46 15.85   1   1   0   1   1  Rangers      
CAREER   -35   6.83   44  33  176.2  127  6.47 17.07  12  13   0   9  16 
LG AVG     0   4.53           176.2  121  6.17 12.88  10  10 

MANTEI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29   13   2.62   50   0   55     68 11.13  9.33   5   4  29   7   2  Diamondbacks 
2004 30   -9  11.81   12   0   10.2   13 10.97 19.41   0   3   4   0   3  Diamondbacks 
2005 31   -6   6.49   34   0   26.1   22  7.52 17.77   1   0   0   0   1  Red Sox      
CAREER    11   4.07  315   0  322.2  396 11.05 13.17  14  18  93  17  15 
LG AVG     0   4.37           322.2  240  6.68 12.93  18  18

6) The A’s sent 1B Daric Barton, SS Cliff Pennington and P Chris Mabeus.

7) The Mariners sent OF T.J. Bohn.

8) The Rangers sent INFs Travis Metcalf and Joaquin Arias and C Nick Trzesniak to the minors.

9) The Blue Jays sent OFs John-Ford Griffin and Miguel Negron and Ps Brandon League, Shaun Marcum, Francisco Rosario and Ty Taubenheim to the minors.

GRIFFIN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    1  .308  .692 1.000  .746   9.00  .308   1    6    0    7  Blue Jays    
CAR          1  .308  .692 1.000  .746   9.00  .308   1    6    0    7 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .344  .464  .808  .560   5.58  .266   1    2    0 

LEAGUE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21    3   0.00    3   0    4.2    2  3.86  7.71   1   0   0   1   0  Blue Jays    
2005 22   -8   6.56   20   0   35.2   17  4.29 16.15   1   0   0   0   1  Blue Jays    
CAREER    -5   5.80   23   0   40.1   19  4.24 15.17   2   0   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.39            40.1   28  6.19 12.69   2   2

10) The Angels sent OF Nick Gorneault to the minors.

11) Today’s birthdays–

AL BENTON, 1911-68
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1942 31   29   2.89   35  30  227    110  4.36 11.66   7  13   2  13   7  Tigers       
1945 34   32   2.02   31  27  192     76  3.56 11.25  13   8   3  15   6  Tigers       
1949 38   27   2.12   40  11  136     41  2.71 11.12   9   6  10  11   4  Indians      
CAREER   109   3.66  455 167 1689    697  3.71 12.90  98  88  66 109  77 
LG AVG     0   4.05          1689    680  3.63 13.20  94  94 

RAUL CHAVEZ, AGE: 33
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30   -3  .289  .432  .722  .223   2.70  .270   1    4    0   19  Astros       
2004   31  -19  .256  .259  .515  .113   1.71  .210   0   23    0   64  Astros       
2005   32  -12  .210  .263  .472  .072   1.23  .172   2    6    1   37  Astros       
CAR        -42  .256  .292  .548  .123   1.82  .215   4   40    3  154 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.22  .270  14   56    7 
POS AVG    -12  .323  .394  .717  .402   4.22  .255  11   52    2 

JOHNNY COONEY, 1901-86
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1936   35  -26  .315  .335  .650  .330   3.79  .282   0   30    3  130  Dodgers      
1937   36  -15  .327  .358  .686  .384   4.19  .293   0   37    5  120  Dodgers      
1939   38  -11  .317  .318  .635  .382   3.48  .274   2   27    2  118  Braves       
CAR        -73  .329  .342  .671  .423   4.05  .286   2  219   30 1172 
LG AVG       0  .342  .393  .735  .500   4.95  .278  51  417   39 
POS AVG    -23  .332  .385  .717  .479   4.74  .272  51  380   35 

CHAD CORDERO, AGE: 24
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 21    4   1.64   12   0   11     12  9.82  5.73   1   0   1   1   0  Expos        
2004 22   11   2.94   69   0   82.2   83  9.04 12.19   7   3  14   6   4  Expos        
2005 23   18   1.82   74   0   74.1   61  7.39  8.96   2   4  47   5   1  Nationals    
CAREER    33   2.36  155   0  168    156  8.36 10.34  10   7  62  12   5 
LG AVG     0   4.27           168    124  6.66 12.80   9   9 

ELBIE FLETCHER, 1916-94
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1940   24   36  .418  .437  .856  .685   7.27  .273  16  104    5  147  Pirates      
1941   25   46  .421  .457  .878  .724   8.09  .288  11   74    5  151  Pirates      
1942   26   35  .417  .393  .810  .699   6.93  .289   7   57    0  145  Pirates      
CAR        164  .384  .390  .774  .603   5.85  .271  79  616   32 1415 
LG AVG       0  .338  .384  .722  .500   4.78  .270  77  576   51 
POS AVG    135  .359  .424  .783  .585   5.77  .283 114  710   43 

CORKY MILLER, AGE: 30
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -1  .395  .267  .661  .440   4.50  .267   0    1    0   14  Reds         
2004   28   -8  .204  .026  .230  .000   0.00  .026   0    3    0   13  Reds         
2005   29   -2  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    5  Twins        
CAR        -18  .289  .316  .604  .266   3.01  .193   6   26    1   88 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .770  .500   5.12  .268   9   36    5 
POS AVG     -8  .320  .391  .711  .399   4.09  .253   7   33    1 

DWAYNE MURPHY, AGE: 51
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1980   25   16  .384  .380  .764  .583   5.13  .274  13   68   26  159  A's          
1981   26   19  .369  .408  .777  .649   5.42  .251  15   60   10  107  A's          
1984   29   21  .342  .472  .814  .614   5.38  .256  33   88    4  153  A's          
CAR         90  .356  .402  .757  .562   4.91  .246 166  609  100 1360 
LG AVG       0  .328  .400  .728  .500   4.51  .264 117  557   86 
POS AVG     21  .332  .402  .734  .510   4.69  .267 110  521  162 

TOMO OHKA, AGE: 30
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   21   4.16   34  34  199    118  5.34 12.98  10  12   0  13   9  Expos        
2004 28    6   3.40   15  15   84.2   38  4.04 12.65   3   7   0   6   4  Expos        
2005 29    2   4.04   32  29  180.1   98  4.89 12.33  11   9   0  10  10  Nationals/Brewers
CAREER    51   3.95  156 144  846    488  5.19 12.66  44  53   0  54  43 
LG AVG     0   4.32           846    624  6.64 12.86  48  47 

SCOTT PODSEDNIK, AGE: 30
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   18  .379  .443  .822  .591   6.46  .314   9   58   43  154  Brewers      
2004   28  -20  .313  .364  .677  .402   4.33  .244  12   39   70  154  Brewers      
2005   29   -8  .351  .349  .700  .451   4.51  .290   0   25   59  129  White Sox    
CAR        -12  .345  .385  .730  .480   5.00  .279  22  130  172  456 
LG AVG       0  .338  .431  .769  .500   5.11  .269  56  231   27 
POS AVG      0  .334  .429  .764  .499   5.10  .271  54  215   55 

TERRMEL SLEDGE, AGE: 29
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   27    7  .336  .462  .799  .555   5.61  .269  15   62    3  133  Expos        
2005   28   -1  .348  .378  .726  .422   3.97  .243   1    8    2   20  Nationals    
CAR          6  .337  .455  .793  .543   5.45  .267  16   70    5  153 
LG AVG       0  .341  .436  .777  .500   5.24  .269  15   58    7 
POS AVG      9  .355  .465  .820  .559   5.92  .271  18   63    6 

HAL WHITE, AGE: 87
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1942 23   28   2.90   34  25  217     93  3.86 12.40  12  12   1  16   8  Tigers       
1953 34   14   2.94   59   0   95     34  3.22 12.79   6   5   7   7   4  Browns/Cardinals
CAREER    21   3.78  336  67  921    349  3.41 13.08  46  54  25  55  45 
LG AVG     0   3.84           921    382  3.73 12.81  51  51

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