Around the Majors: Epstein resigns

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November 1, 2005

1) Red Sox GM Theo Epstein resigned when he was unable to agree to a new contract before it expired yesterday.

2) White Sox DH Frank Thomas exercised his $10 million player option to stay with the team. The team still needs to exercise their option for him to return at that price. They are reportedly expected to buy out his contract for $3.5 million and then work out a deal at a lower price.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35   48  .390  .562  .952  .710   8.07  .267  42  105    0  153  White Sox    
2004   36   26  .434  .563  .997  .728   9.45  .271  18   49    0   74  White Sox    
2005   37    4  .315  .590  .905  .596   6.21  .219  12   26    0   34  White Sox    
CAR        800  .427  .568  .995  .751   9.18  .307 448 1465   32 1959 
LG AVG       0  .339  .424  .763  .500   5.04  .269 202  892  124 
POS AVG    192  .361  .469  .830  .578   6.05  .276 296 1100   53

3) The White Sox exercised their option on P Cliff Politte ($1.2 million) and declined their option on DH Carl Everett.

POLITTE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29   -5   5.66   54   0   49.1   40  7.30 12.77   1   5  12   3   3  Blue Jays    
2004 30    3   4.38   54   0   51.1   48  8.42 13.32   0   3   1   2   1  White Sox    
2005 31   19   2.00   68   0   67.1   57  7.62  8.82   7   1   1   7   1  White Sox    
CAREER    21   4.06  300  16  381.1  327  7.72 12.08  20  21  15  25  16 
LG AVG     0   4.47           381.1  274  6.47 12.92  21  21 

EVERETT
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33   24  .366  .510  .876  .619   6.85  .287  28   92    8  147  Rangers/White Sox
2004   34   -9  .319  .402  .721  .390   4.14  .260   7   35    1   82  Expos/White Sox
2005   35   -9  .311  .435  .745  .440   4.40  .251  23   87    4  135  White Sox    
CAR         73  .344  .469  .812  .543   5.75  .274 191  759  106 1313 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .769  .500   5.14  .270 141  602   87 
POS AVG     23  .341  .439  .780  .512   5.34  .272 147  602  127

4) The Astros gave manager Phil Garner a contract extension through 2007.

5) The Mets exercised their option on P Steve Trachsel ($2.5 million and declined their options on 1B Doug Mientkiewicz ($4 million) and P Braden Looper ($5.5 million).

TRACHSEL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32   10   3.78   33  33  204.2  111  4.88 11.96  16  10   0  14  12  Mets         
2004 33    6   4.00   33  33  202.2  117  5.20 12.92  12  13   0  13  12  Mets         
2005 34    0   4.14    6   6   37     24  5.84 12.16   1   4   0   3   2  Mets         
CAREER    21   4.23  351 350 2138.2 1440  6.06 12.54 119 135   0 129 125 
LG AVG     0   4.33          2138.2 1588  6.68 12.88 120 119 

MIENTKIEWICZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   23  .393  .450  .843  .630   6.84  .300  11   65    4  142  Twins        
2004   30  -19  .326  .350  .676  .344   3.75  .238   6   35    2  127  Twins/Red Sox
2005   31   -7  .322  .407  .729  .411   4.08  .240  11   29    0   87  Mets         
CAR         -1  .359  .405  .763  .498   5.16  .268  55  305   11  779 
LG AVG       0  .337  .431  .768  .500   5.09  .269  82  343   44 
POS AVG     66  .360  .472  .831  .572   6.03  .275 113  420   15 

LOOPER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28    3   3.68   74   0   80.2   56  6.25 12.50   6   4  28   5   5  Marlins      
2004 29   15   2.70   71   0   83.1   60  6.48 11.34   2   5  29   5   2  Mets         
2005 30    1   3.94   60   0   59.1   27  4.10 13.96   4   7  28   6   5  Mets         
CAREER    37   3.57  503   0  534    333  5.61 12.67  25  29 103  29  25 
LG AVG     0   4.35           534    400  6.74 12.92  30  30

6) The Cubs re-signed P Glendon Rusch to a 2 year, $6 million contract.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28  -28   6.42   32  19  123.1   93  6.79 16.05   1  12   1   4   9  Brewers      
2004 29   16   3.47   32  16  129.2   90  6.25 11.38   6   2   2   5   3  Cubs         
2005 30   -4   4.52   46  19  145.1  111  6.87 14.18   9   8   0   8   9  Cubs         
CAREER   -72   4.88  271 202 1308.2  961  6.61 13.44  57  86   4  65  78 
LG AVG     0   4.40          1308.2  970  6.67 12.97  73  74

7) Cardinals P Randy Flores had surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow and is expected to be ready for spring training.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 26   -8   7.45   28   2   29     14  4.34 18.31   0   2   1   0   2  Rangers/Rockies
2004 28    3   1.93    9   1   14      7  4.50 12.21   1   0   0   1   0  Cardinals    
2005 29    4   3.46   50   0   41.2   43  9.29 11.45   3   1   1   2   2  Cardinals    
CAREER    -1   4.57   87   3   84.2   64  6.80 13.93   4   3   2   3   4 
LG AVG     0   4.25            84.2   62  6.59 12.76   5   5

8) The Devil Rays exercised their options on SS Julio Lugo ($4.95 million) and P Danys Baez ($4 million).

LUGO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -2  .333  .410  .743  .482   4.85  .271  15   55   12  139  Astros/Devil Rays
2004   28    0  .338  .396  .734  .500   4.93  .275   7   75   21  157  Devil Rays   
2005   29   16  .362  .403  .765  .580   5.79  .295   6   57   39  158  Devil Rays   
CAR        -28  .340  .400  .739  .468   4.89  .276  56  299  115  798 
LG AVG       0  .338  .433  .772  .500   5.15  .269  97  399   50 
POS AVG    -56  .325  .398  .723  .436   4.49  .266  63  323   62 

BAEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    3   3.81   73   0   75.2   66  7.85 10.94   2   9  25   6   5  Indians      
2004 26    6   3.57   62   0   68     52  6.88 12.71   4   4  30   5   3  Devil Rays   
2005 27   12   2.86   67   0   72.1   51  6.35 12.19   5   4  41   6   3  Devil Rays   
CAREER    34   3.69  284  26  431.2  351  7.32 12.38  26  31 102  34  23 
LG AVG     0   4.49           431.2  301  6.27 12.86  24  24

9) The Angels declined their option on P Jason Christiansen ($1.525 million).

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33   -3   5.19   40   0   26     22  7.62 12.81   0   0   0   0   0  Giants       
2004 34    0   4.50   60   0   36     22  5.50 15.75   4   3   3   3   4  Giants       
2005 35   -5   5.12   68   0   45.2   21  4.14 14.19   6   1   0   3   4  Giants/Angels
CAREER     1   4.30  528   0  433.2  384  7.97 13.30  27  26  16  26  27 
LG AVG     0   4.32           433.2  325  6.74 12.86  24  24

10) According to the NY Daily News, Braves SS Rafael Furcal’s agent says he’s interested in the Mets and would be willing to move to 2B. Furcal will become a free agent.

11) Today’s birthdays–

KID BALDWIN, 1864-97
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1885   20  -20  .155  .167  .322  .050   1.19  .135   1    0    0   34  Reds         
1887   22  -30  .271  .351  .622  .307   4.84  .253   1    0   13   96  Reds         
1890   25  -18  .235  .228  .464  .181   2.80  .198   0   10    4   46  Reds/Athletics
CAR       -118  .243  .299  .543  .290   3.74  .221   7   69   40  441 
LG AVG       0  .318  .345  .663  .500   6.08  .258  10   76  109 
POS AVG    -74  .282  .300  .582  .379   4.65  .231   8   66   65 

COCO CRISP, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  -12  .302  .353  .655  .390   3.63  .266   3   27   15   99  Indians      
2004   24    2  .344  .446  .790  .515   5.23  .297  15   71   20  139  Indians      
2005   25   20  .345  .465  .810  .606   5.80  .300  16   69   15  145  Indians      
CAR          9  .332  .424  .756  .518   4.96  .287  35  176   54  415 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  52  216   26 
POS AVG      1  .334  .424  .758  .501   5.01  .275  44  204   45 

LARRY FRENCH, 1907-87
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1932 24   25   3.02   47  33  274     72  2.36 11.96  18  16   4  21  13  Pirates      
1934 26   22   3.58   49  35  264    103  3.51 12.31  12  18   1  18  12  Pirates      
1935 27   24   2.96   42  30  246     90  3.29 11.89  17  10   2  17  10  Cubs         
CAREER   175   3.44  570 384 3152   1187  3.39 12.10 197 171  17 209 159 
LG AVG     0   3.95          3152   1158  3.31 12.74 175 175 

RYAN GLYNN, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 26  -13   7.04   12   9   46     15  2.93 16.63   1   5   0   2   4  Rangers      
2004 29    2   4.05    6   2   20     14  6.30 13.50   1   0   0   1   0  Blue Jays    
2005 30   -5   6.88    5   3   17     15  7.94 16.41   0   4   0   1   3  A's          
CAREER   -33   6.24   52  40  226.1  116  4.61 16.06   9  20   0  12  17 
LG AVG     0   4.75           226.1  159  6.31 13.43  13  13 

RUSS KEMMERER, AGE: 74
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1957 25  -21   4.95   40  26  176.1   82  4.19 15.01   7  11   0   7  11  Red Sox/Senators
1958 26  -22   4.62   40  30  224    111  4.46 12.54   6  15   0   8  13  Senators     
1959 27  -14   4.50   37  28  206     89  3.89 12.93   8  17   0  11  14  Senators     
CAREER   -74   4.46  302 109 1066.1  505  4.26 13.08  43  59   8  45  57 
LG AVG     0   3.83          1066.1  585  4.94 12.36  59  59 

BID MCPHEE, 1859-1943
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1886   26   29  .343  .395  .738  .640   7.17  .268   8    0   40  140  Reds         
1890   30   18  .362  .386  .748  .586   7.48  .256   3   39   55  132  Reds         
1892   32   26  .373  .370  .743  .621   7.38  .274   4   60   44  144  Reds         
CAR        129  .355  .372  .727  .540   6.84  .271  53  727  568 2135 
LG AVG       0  .333  .363  .696  .500   6.18  .270  55  786  410 
POS AVG   -102  .329  .342  .671  .469   5.75  .260  42  727  421 

VIC POWER, AGE: 78
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1954   26  -21  .287  .366  .652  .325   3.20  .255   8   38    2  127  A's          
1957   29  -12  .291  .385  .676  .399   3.71  .259  14   42    3  129  A's          
1961   33  -18  .309  .369  .679  .380   3.69  .268   5   63    4  147  Indians      
CAR        -46  .315  .411  .725  .466   4.38  .284 126  658   45 1627 
LG AVG       0  .335  .400  .735  .500   4.67  .262 160  731   60 
POS AVG     72  .343  .427  .770  .533   5.09  .268 205  876   37 

GARY REDUS, AGE: 49
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1983   26   12  .352  .444  .795  .573   5.55  .247  17   51   39  125  Reds         
1985   28   12  .366  .415  .781  .631   6.24  .252   6   28   48  101  Reds         
1989   32   21  .372  .462  .834  .711   6.53  .283   6   33   25   98  Pirates      
CAR         72  .342  .410  .752  .558   5.30  .252  90  352  322 1159 
LG AVG       0  .329  .394  .724  .500   4.52  .262  87  427   92 
POS AVG     50  .339  .415  .754  .540   5.01  .267 105  471  125 

FERNANDO VALENZUELA, AGE: 45
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1981 20   18   2.48   25  25  192.1  180  8.42  9.45  13   7   0  13   7  Dodgers      
1984 23   19   3.03   34  34  261    240  8.28 11.24  12  17   0  17  12  Dodgers      
1985 24   25   2.45   35  35  272.1  208  6.87 10.34  17  10   0  17  10  Dodgers      
CAREER    24   3.54  453 424 2930   2074  6.37 11.96 173 153   2 168 158 
LG AVG     0   3.78          2930   1881  5.78 12.19 163 163


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