Around the Majors: Marlins-Red Sox trade

1) The Marlins traded P Josh Beckett and 3B Mike Lowell to the Red Sox for minor leaguers SS Hanley Ramirez and Ps Anibal Sanchez and Jesus Delgado.

The trade is contingent on the players passing physicals.

BECKETT
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   15   3.04   24  23  142    152  9.63 12.04   9   8   0  11   6  Marlins      
2004 24    5   3.79   26  26  156.2  152  8.73 11.32   9   9   0  10   8  Marlins      
2005 25   12   3.38   29  29  178.2  166  8.36 10.98  15   8   0  13  10  Marlins      
CAREER    38   3.46  106 103  609    607  8.97 11.36  41  34   0  43  32 
LG AVG     0   4.25           609    452  6.68 12.77  34  34 

LOWELL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   22  .350  .530  .881  .626   6.37  .276  32  105    3  130  Marlins      
2004   30   26  .365  .505  .870  .623   6.57  .293  27   85    5  158  Marlins      
2005   31  -18  .298  .360  .658  .371   3.59  .236   8   58    4  150  Marlins      
CAR         53  .339  .461  .800  .542   5.52  .272 143  578   21  989 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .777  .500   5.25  .270 117  476   63 
POS AVG    -16  .337  .435  .772  .483   5.10  .269 121  506   37 

RAMIREZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   21    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Red Sox      
CAR          0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .335  .413  .747  .501   4.88  .277   0    0    0 

2) The Padres re-signed free agent utilityman Eric Young to a 1 year, $700,000 contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   36  -10  .336  .392  .727  .436   4.57  .251  15   34   28  135  Brewers/Giants
2004   37   -6  .377  .381  .758  .450   5.10  .288   1   27   14  104  Rangers      
2005   38   -2  .356  .380  .737  .461   4.19  .275   2   12    7   56  Padres       
CAR        -60  .361  .392  .752  .466   5.17  .285  76  528  457 1670 
LG AVG       0  .341  .429  .770  .500   5.17  .270 189  809  125 
POS AVG    -58  .339  .402  .740  .465   4.85  .271 131  663  163 

3) The Pirates traded INF Bobby Hill to the Padres for a player to be named later.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25    0  .444  .286  .730  .452   4.50  .286   0    0    0    6  Cubs/Pirates
2004   26  -10  .353  .339  .692  .351   3.59  .266   2   27    0  126  Pirates      
2005   27   -3  .343  .333  .676  .400   4.13  .269   0   11    0   58  Pirates      
CAR        -15  .343  .350  .693  .405   4.05  .262   6   58    6  249 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .771  .500   5.14  .268  17   70    9 
POS AVG     -5  .337  .409  .746  .473   4.84  .272  13   61   10 

4) The Mariners signed C Kenji Johjima to a 3 year, $16.5 million contract.

5) The Devil Rays hired Mike Butcher (pitching) and George Hendrick (1B) as coaches.

6) The Brewers re-signed free agent 3B Jeff Cirillo to a 1 year contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33  -19  .284  .271  .555  .224   2.48  .205   2   23    1   87  Mariners     
2004   34   -5  .259  .293  .553  .256   2.70  .213   1    7    0   33  Padres       
2005   35    4  .373  .427  .800  .559   5.77  .281   4   23    4   77  Brewers      
CAR         13  .368  .433  .801  .501   5.72  .297 107  677   60 1427 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .778  .500   5.27  .271 159  667   91 
POS AVG    -13  .340  .438  .778  .487   5.19  .268 172  704   50 

7) The A’s signed P Matt Roney to a 1 year, $340,000 contract and added minor leaguers OFs Andre Ethier and Javier Herrera and P Shane Komine to the 40 man roster.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23  -13   5.45   45  11  100.2   47  4.20 13.77   1   9   0   4   6  Tigers       
CAREER   -13   5.45   45  11  100.2   47  4.20 13.77   1   9   0   4   6 
LG AVG     0   4.53           100.2   68  6.11 12.86   6   6 

8) The Reds removed minor league P Ben Kozlowski from the 40 man roster and invited him to spring training.

9) Today’s birthdays–

DICK BARTELL, 1907-95
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1931   23  -20  .325  .392  .717  .390   4.35  .289   0   34    6  135  Phillies     
1933   25  -25  .340  .336  .675  .367   4.17  .271   1   37    6  152  Phillies     
1940   32  -33  .335  .330  .665  .322   4.09  .233   7   53   12  139  Tigers       
CAR        -81  .355  .391  .747  .468   5.06  .284  79  710  109 2016 
LG AVG       0  .344  .404  .749  .500   5.14  .283 124  993   88 
POS AVG   -167  .332  .365  .697  .427   4.39  .269  71  811   89 

MIKE BENJAMIN, AGE: 40
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1998   32  -16  .312  .372  .684  .345   3.76  .272   4   39    3  124  Red Sox      
1999   33  -21  .288  .364  .652  .313   3.66  .247   1   37   10  110  Pirates      
2002   36  -19  .202  .183  .385  .025   0.72  .150   0    3    0  108  Pirates      
CAR       -118  .277  .339  .616  .282   3.08  .229  24  169   44  818 
LG AVG       0  .341  .426  .767  .500   5.14  .270  63  276   46 
POS AVG    -35  .331  .392  .724  .438   4.54  .265  44  236   40 

WADE BLASINGAME, AGE: 62
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1966 22  -13   5.29   16  12   68     34  4.50 12.97   3   7   0   3   7  Braves       
1967 23  -26   5.63   25  18  102.1   66  5.80 14.86   5   7   0   3   9  Braves/Astros
1971 27  -26   4.61   30  28  158     93  5.30 13.39   9  11   0   7  13  Astros       
CAREER  -102   4.52  222 128  864.1  512  5.33 13.46  46  51   5  38  59 
LG AVG     0   3.53           864.1  555  5.78 11.76  48  48 

LEW BURDETTE, AGE: 79
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1962 35  -17   4.88   37  19  144     59  3.69 12.31  10   9   2   7  12  Braves       
1964 37  -14   4.66   36  17  141     43  2.74 11.81  10   9   0   8  11  Cardinals/Cubs
1965 38  -21   5.44   26  12   91     28  2.77 14.64   3   5   0   3   5  Cubs/Phillies
CAREER   -30   3.66  626 373 3067.2 1074  3.15 11.35 203 144  31 173 174 
LG AVG     0   3.86          3067.2 1730  5.08 12.27 171 171 

JONNY GOMES, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22   -1  .188  .200  .388  .167   2.08  .133   0    0    0    8  Devil Rays   
2004   23   -2  .133  .071  .205  .000   0.00  .071   0    1    0    5  Devil Rays   
2005   24   22  .372  .534  .906  .667   7.08  .282  21   54    9  101  Devil Rays   
CAR         19  .357  .504  .861  .633   6.54  .268  21   55    9  114 
LG AVG       0  .331  .426  .757  .500   4.91  .268  12   50    6 
POS AVG      8  .345  .464  .809  .561   5.61  .266  17   62    3 

LEE GUETTERMAN, AGE: 47
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1986 27  -24   7.34   41   4   76     38  4.50 16.82   0   4   0   1   3  Mariners     
1992 33  -26   7.09   58   0   66     20  2.73 16.36   4   5   2   2   7  Yankees/Mets
CAREER   -15   4.33  425  23  658.1  287  3.92 13.06  38  36  25  39  35 
LG AVG     0   4.09           658.1  420  5.74 12.57  37  37 

RICKY LEDEE, AGE: 32
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29    5  .334  .475  .809  .562   5.59  .247  13   46    0  121  Phillies     
2004   30   -2  .337  .403  .740  .467   4.94  .233   7   30    3  104  Phillies/Giants
2005   31    2  .335  .443  .778  .533   5.19  .278   7   39    0  102  Dodgers      
CAR        -25  .329  .416  .745  .459   4.70  .246  60  303   27  768 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .777  .500   5.24  .271  64  268   34 
POS AVG     13  .346  .445  .791  .516   5.48  .273  69  273   50 

GREG LUZINSKI, AGE: 55
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1975   24   50  .394  .540  .934  .712   7.68  .300  34  120    3  161  Phillies     
1977   26   58  .394  .594  .988  .742   8.69  .309  39  130    3  149  Phillies     
1978   27   40  .388  .526  .914  .689   7.23  .265  35  101    8  155  Phillies     
CAR        289  .363  .478  .840  .626   6.16  .276 307 1128   37 1821 
LG AVG       0  .330  .390  .720  .500   4.46  .264 143  742  129 
POS AVG    107  .343  .420  .763  .550   5.05  .271 190  852  129 

JOE NATHAN, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   11   2.96   78   0   79     83  9.46  9.91  12   4   0  11   5  Giants       
2004 29   25   1.62   73   0   72.1   89 11.07  9.08   1   2  44   3   0  Twins        
2005 30   13   2.70   69   0   70     94 12.09  8.74   7   4  43   8   3  Twins        
CAREER    40   3.44  263  29  408.2  383  8.43 11.36  32  16  88  30  18 
LG AVG     0   4.50           408.2  298  6.56 13.08  23  23 

JAY PAYTON, AGE: 33
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30    0  .354  .512  .865  .501   5.78  .302  28   89    6  157  Rockies      
2004   31   -9  .326  .367  .693  .431   4.16  .260   8   55    2  143  Padres       
2005   32   -5  .306  .444  .749  .461   4.60  .267  18   63    0  124  Red Sox/A's
CAR        -25  .330  .443  .773  .470   4.90  .282  95  363   25  839 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .269  91  370   47 
POS AVG     16  .344  .443  .786  .516   5.43  .269 100  375   71 

HARRY RICE, 1901-71
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1925   23   34  .450  .568 1.018  .697  10.03  .359  11   47    8  103  Browns       
1926   24   18  .384  .441  .826  .591   6.22  .313   9   59   10  148  Browns       
CAR         22  .368  .421  .789  .517   5.61  .299  48  506   60 1034 
LG AVG       0  .355  .410  .766  .500   5.30  .290  47  493   61 
POS AVG     58  .365  .437  .802  .544   5.85  .302  58  526   68 

OSCAR VILLARREAL, AGE: 24
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 21   24   2.57   86   1   98     80  7.35 11.85  10   7   0  13   4  Diamondbacks 
2004 22   -5   7.00   17   0   18     17  8.50 16.50   0   2   0   1   1  Diamondbacks 
2005 23   -1   5.27   11   0   13.2    5  3.29 11.85   2   0   0   1   1  Diamondbacks 
CAREER    18   3.47  114   1  129.2  102  7.08 12.49  12   9   0  15   6 
LG AVG     0   4.28           129.2   96  6.65 12.81   7   7 

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