Around the Majors: Martinez will miss Opening Day

1) Mets P Pedro Martinez will miss Opening Day, due to his toe injury.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   53   2.22   29  29  186.2  206  9.93  9.79  14   4   0  14   4  Red Sox      
2004 32   24   3.90   33  33  217    227  9.41 11.20  16   9   0  15  10  Red Sox      
2005 33   32   2.82   31  31  217    208  8.63  8.71  15   8   0  15   8  Mets         
CAREER   509   2.72  419 352 2513   2861 10.25  9.62 197  84   3 202  79 
LG AVG     0   4.45          2513   1797  6.43 13.00 141 141 

2) The Mets named Tom Glavine as Opening Day starter.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 37   -6   4.52   32  32  183.1   82  4.03 13.40   9  14   0  11  12  Mets         
2004 38   16   3.60   33  33  212.1  109  4.62 11.61  11  14   0  14  11  Mets         
2005 39   14   3.53   33  33  211.1  105  4.47 12.39  13  13   0  15  11  Mets         
CAREER   308   3.44  603 603 3951.2 2350  5.35 11.85 275 184   0 270 189 
LG AVG     0   4.09          3951.2 2821  6.42 12.54 221 221 

3) The Orioles named Rodrigo Lopez as Opening Day starter.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27  -25   5.82   26  26  147    103  6.31 14.76   7  10   0   6  11  Orioles      
2004 28   23   3.59   37  23  170.2  121  6.38 11.60  14   9   0  15   8  Orioles      
2005 29  -19   4.90   35  35  209.1  118  5.07 12.98  15  12   0  11  16  Orioles      
CAREER   -15   4.56  137 118  748.1  495  5.95 12.69  51  43   0  47  47 
LG AVG     0   4.49           748.1  521  6.26 12.87  42  42 

4) Nationals LF Alfonso Soriano agreed to start playing that position.

5) After previously agreeing in principle to a contract with the Red Sox, Juan Gonzalez left them to join the A’s.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33    7  .329  .572  .901  .560   6.33  .294  24   70    1   82  Rangers      
2004   34   -1  .326  .441  .767  .481   4.73  .276   5   17    0   33  Royals       
2005   35    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    1  Indians      
CAR        277  .343  .561  .904  .611   6.65  .295 434 1404   26 1689 
LG AVG       0  .339  .423  .762  .500   5.03  .269 191  850  121 
POS AVG     74  .347  .445  .792  .530   5.45  .274 225  932  144 

6) The Orioles released INF Luis Lopez and P Ricky Bottalico and sent 1B Alejandro Freire, 1B-3B Andy Tracy, SS Brandon Fahey, OFs Val Majewski and Jeff Fiorentino and Ps Hayden Penn, Winston Abreu and Scott Rice to the minors.

LOPEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   31  -10  .230  .299  .529  .161   1.95  .197   2   10    1   58  Brewers/Orioles
2004   33  -10  .211  .273  .483  .112   1.73  .182   1    8    0   56  Orioles      
2005   34   -2  .250  .333  .583  .191   2.45  .222   0    2    0   17  Reds         
CAR        -89  .293  .343  .636  .301   3.28  .241  22  151   10  721 
LG AVG       0  .342  .431  .773  .500   5.20  .271  54  230   35 
POS AVG    -32  .331  .396  .727  .435   4.57  .266  36  189   37 

BOTTALICO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33    0   5.40    2   0    1.2    2 10.80 27.00   1   0   0   0   1  Diamondbacks 
2004 34    7   3.38   60   0   69.1   61  7.92 11.94   3   2   0   3   2  Mets         
2005 35   -1   4.54   40   0   41.2   29  6.26 14.04   2   2   2   2   2  Brewers      
CAREER    30   3.99  562   0  628.2  575  8.23 12.94  33  42 116  40  35 
LG AVG     0   4.36           628.2  468  6.70 12.91  35  35 

FREIRE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   30   -3  .319  .338  .658  .323   3.06  .246   1    4    0   25  Orioles      
CAR         -3  .319  .338  .658  .323   3.06  .246   1    4    0   25 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   2    9    1 
POS AVG      1  .346  .452  .798  .554   5.48  .267   3   11    0 

TRACY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   26    2  .339  .484  .824  .519   5.88  .260  11   32    1   83  Expos        
2001   27   -8  .190  .236  .427  .085   1.56  .109   2    8    0   38  Expos        
2004   30   -2  .235  .250  .485  .116   2.08  .188   0    1    0   15  Rockies      
CAR         -8  .302  .418  .720  .402   4.58  .224  13   41    1  136 
LG AVG       0  .347  .444  .792  .500   5.49  .272  10   39    5 
POS AVG     -1  .343  .446  .789  .484   5.36  .272  10   41    3 

MAJEWSKI
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   23   -2  .154  .231  .385  .000   0.00  .154   0    1    0    9  Orioles      
CAR         -2  .154  .231  .385  .000   0.00  .154   0    1    0    9 
LG AVG       0  .338  .434  .773  .500   5.16  .271   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .342  .434  .777  .511   5.28  .280   0    2    0 

FIORENTINO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   22   -1  .277  .364  .640  .434   3.97  .250   1    5    1   13  Orioles      
CAR         -1  .277  .364  .640  .434   3.97  .250   1    5    1   13 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   1    6    1 
POS AVG      0  .325  .407  .732  .475   4.61  .267   1    5    1 

PENN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 20  -10   6.34    8   8   38.1   18  4.23 15.73   3   2   0   2   3  Orioles      
CAREER   -10   6.34    8   8   38.1   18  4.23 15.73   3   2   0   2   3 
LG AVG     0   4.36            38.1   26  6.16 12.63   2   2 

7) The Indians sent Ps Andrew Brown and Fausto Carmona to the minors.

8) The Marlins sent P Yusmiero Petit to the minors.

9) The Mets sent Ps Mike Pelfrey, Bartolome Fortunato and Jeremi Gonzalez to the minors.

FORTUNATO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 29    2   3.81   18   0   26     25  8.65 13.50   1   0   1   1   0  Devil Rays/Mets
CAREER     2   3.81   18   0   26     25  8.65 13.50   1   0   1   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.41            26     19  6.65 12.93   1   1 

GONZALEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   10   3.91   25  25  156.1   97  5.58 12.20   6  11   0  10   7  Devil Rays   
2004 29  -14   6.97   11   8   50.1   22  3.93 16.99   0   5   0   2   3  Devil Rays   
2005 30  -10   6.11   28   3   56     28  4.50 13.18   2   1   0   1   2  Red Sox      
CAREER   -23   4.84  107  79  516.2  310  5.40 13.13  26  33   0  29  30 
LG AVG     0   4.37           516.2  374  6.51 12.81  29  29 

10) The Cardinals sent C Michel Hernandez and Ps Anthony Reyes, Carmen Cali and Tyler Johnson to the minors.

HERNANDEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -1  .400  .250  .650  .000   0.00  .250   0    0    0    5  Yankees      
CAR         -1  .400  .250  .650  .000   0.00  .250   0    0    0    5 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .762  .500   5.01  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .310  .400  .709  .410   4.11  .255   0    0    0 

REYES
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 23    2   2.70    4   1   13.1   12  8.10  6.75   1   1   0   1   1  Cardinals    
CAREER     2   2.70    4   1   13.1   12  8.10  6.75   1   1   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.23            13.1   10  6.57 12.76   1   1 

CALI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -4   8.59   10   0    7.1    8  9.82 23.32   0   0   0   0   0  Cardinals    
2005 26   -4  10.50    6   0    6      5  7.50 24.00   0   0   0   0   0  Cardinals    
CAREER    -8   9.45   16   0   13.1   13  8.78 23.63   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.28            13.1   10  6.66 12.80   1   1 

JOHNSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    1   0.00    5   0    2.2    4 13.50 20.25   0   0   0   0   0  Cardinals    
CAREER     1   0.00    5   0    2.2    4 13.50 20.25   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23             2.2    2  6.57 12.76   0   0 

11) The Blue Jays sent P Ben Weber to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33   13   2.69   62   0   80.1   46  5.15 11.88   5   1   0   4   2  Angels       
2004 34   -9   8.06   18   0   22.1   11  4.43 20.96   0   2   0   1   1  Angels       
2005 35   -5   8.03   10   0   12.1    8  5.84 21.89   0   0   0   0   0  Reds         
CAREER    20   3.77  228   0  284    162  5.13 13.28  19   8   7  18   9 
LG AVG     0   4.52           284    199  6.30 12.95  16  16 

12) The Brewers sent OF Dave Krynzel and Ps Ben Hendrickson and Dennis Sarfate to the minors.

KRYNZEL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   22   -2  .319  .244  .563  .299   3.38  .220   0    3    0   16  Brewers      
2005   23   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    5  Brewers      
CAR         -3  .278  .208  .486  .232   2.77  .188   0    3    0   21 
LG AVG       0  .341  .435  .776  .500   5.22  .269   2    7    1 
POS AVG      1  .351  .458  .809  .542   5.76  .268   2    7    1 

HENDRICKSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23   -9   6.22   10   9   46.1   29  5.63 15.93   1   8   0   3   6  Brewers      
CAREER    -9   6.22   10   9   46.1   29  5.63 15.93   1   8   0   3   6 
LG AVG     0   4.31            46.1   35  6.74 12.84   3   3 

13) The Padres signed P Bubba Nelson to a minor league contract.

14) Today’s birthdays–

MARK BUEHRLE, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24    8   4.14   35  35  230.1  119  4.65 12.35  14  14   0  15  13  White Sox    
2004 25   29   3.89   35  35  245.1  165  6.05 11.59  16  10   0  16  10  White Sox    
2005 26   36   3.12   33  33  236.2  149  5.67 10.80  16   8   0  16   8  White Sox    
CAREER   138   3.63  197 172 1224    730  5.37 11.30  85  53   0  85  53 
LG AVG     0   4.51          1224    855  6.28 12.92  69  69 

GAVVY CRAVATH, 1881-1963
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1913   32   58  .407  .568  .974  .761   9.18  .341  19  128   10  147  Phillies     
1914   33   47  .402  .499  .901  .746   7.61  .299  19  100   14  149  Phillies     
1915   34   52  .393  .510  .902  .774   7.29  .285  24  115   11  150  Phillies     
CAR        291  .379  .478  .857  .709   6.85  .287 119  719   89 1221 
LG AVG       0  .323  .347  .670  .500   4.09  .261  23  378  134 
POS AVG     50  .334  .370  .704  .551   4.53  .267  35  413  129 

RAY KREMER, 1893-1965
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1924 31   24   3.20   41  30  259     64  2.22 11.02  18  10   1  17  11  Pirates      
1926 33   44   2.61   37  26  231     74  2.88 10.75  20   6   5  19   7  Pirates      
1927 34   35   2.47   35  28  226     63  2.51 10.27  19   8   2  19   8  Pirates      
CAREER   112   3.76  308 247 1955    516  2.38 12.06 143  85  10 131  97 
LG AVG     0   4.17          1955    631  2.90 13.12 109 109 

JIM LEMON, AGE: 78
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1959   31   21  .334  .510  .844  .615   6.08  .279  33  100    5  147  Senators     
1960   32   25  .354  .508  .861  .626   6.48  .269  38  100    2  148  Senators     
CAR         39  .332  .460  .792  .530   5.24  .262 164  529   13 1010 
LG AVG       0  .337  .401  .738  .500   4.72  .263  92  428   34 
POS AVG     61  .346  .436  .782  .550   5.33  .268 123  504   37 

JOHNNY LOGAN, AGE: 79
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1951   24  -12  .298  .272  .570  .244   2.64  .219   0   16    0   62  Braves       
1958   31  -17  .286  .326  .612  .365   3.10  .226  11   53    1  145  Braves       
1960   33  -10  .309  .334  .643  .412   3.44  .245   7   42    1  136  Braves       
CAR        -30  .330  .378  .708  .477   4.30  .268  93  547   19 1503 
LG AVG       0  .336  .414  .751  .500   4.89  .268 152  668   54 
POS AVG    -94  .327  .381  .708  .436   4.29  .262 103  552   52 

LEE MAY, AGE: 63
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1969   26   27  .331  .529  .860  .633   5.97  .278  38  110    5  158  Reds         
1971   28   32  .332  .532  .864  .674   6.12  .278  39   98    3  147  Reds         
1972   29   22  .343  .490  .833  .610   5.90  .284  29   98    3  148  Astros       
CAR         86  .313  .459  .772  .534   4.68  .267 354 1244   39 2071 
LG AVG       0  .328  .385  .713  .500   4.35  .261 170  867  131 
POS AVG    120  .337  .425  .762  .548   4.92  .264 268 1099   65 

RAMON ORTIZ, AGE: 33
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30  -20   5.20   32  32  180     94  4.70 14.20  16  13   0  12  17  Angels       
2004 31    2   4.43   34  14  128     82  5.77 12.73   5   7   0   6   6  Angels       
2005 32  -16   5.36   30  30  171.1   96  5.04 13.87   9  11   0   8  12  Reds         
CAREER   -21   4.72  187 167 1065    686  5.80 12.94  68  60   0  61  67 
LG AVG     0   4.53          1065    751  6.34 13.02  60  60 

JOEL PERALTA, AGE: 30
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 29    1   3.89   28   0   34.2   30  7.79 10.90   1   0   0   1   0  Angels       
CAREER     1   3.89   28   0   34.2   30  7.79 10.90   1   0   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.36            34.2   24  6.16 12.63   2   2 

MIKE REMLINGER, AGE: 40
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 37    4   3.65   73   0   69     83 10.83 12.39   6   5   0   6   5  Cubs         
2004 38    5   3.44   48   0   36.2   35  8.59 12.27   1   2   2   2   1  Cubs         
2005 39  -10   6.58   43   0   39.2   35  7.94 14.75   0   3   0   1   2  Cubs/Red Sox
CAREER    38   3.90  603  59  856.2  835  8.77 12.67  51  51  18  56  46 
LG AVG     0   4.28           856.2  639  6.72 12.81  48  48 

GEORGE SCOTT, AGE: 62
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1967   23   25  .373  .465  .839  .628   6.11  .303  19   82   10  159  Red Sox      
1973   29   36  .370  .488  .858  .679   6.31  .306  24  107    9  158  Brewers      
1975   31   22  .341  .515  .857  .608   5.56  .285  36  109    6  158  Brewers      
CAR         46  .333  .435  .767  .515   4.66  .268 271 1051   69 2034 
LG AVG       0  .324  .378  .702  .500   4.19  .255 172  837  127 
POS AVG    118  .337  .410  .746  .549   4.74  .259 243 1017   80 

ELMER SMITH, 1868-1945
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1893   25   60  .435  .525  .960  .712  12.19  .346   7  103   26  128  Pirates      
1894   26   46  .436  .538  .974  .682  11.28  .356   6   72   33  125  Pirates      
1896   28   65  .454  .500  .954  .767  11.47  .362   6   94   33  122  Pirates      
1898   30   40  .425  .432  .858  .702   8.77  .342   1   66   20  123  Reds         
CAR        264  .398  .434  .831  .635   8.39  .310  37  638  232 1235 
LG AVG       0  .354  .384  .738  .500   6.42  .287  33  611  247 
POS AVG    122  .370  .411  .781  .570   7.39  .301  41  648  278 

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