Around the Majors: Red Sox-Reds trade

1) The Reds traded OF Wily Mo Pena to the Red Sox for P Bronson Arroyo.

PENA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21   -9  .283  .358  .641  .299   3.22  .218   5   16    3   80  Reds         
2004   22    6  .316  .527  .843  .559   5.55  .259  26   66    5  110  Reds         
2005   23   -4  .304  .492  .796  .459   4.93  .254  19   51    2   99  Reds         
CAR         -9  .303  .477  .780  .466   4.76  .248  51  134   10  302 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .269  27  110   13 
POS AVG     11  .348  .454  .802  .539   5.65  .269  32  119   17 

ARROYO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26    5   2.08    6   0   17.1   14  7.27  7.79   0   0   1   0   0  Red Sox      
2004 27   18   4.03   32  29  178.2  142  7.15 11.99  10   9   0  11   8  Red Sox      
2005 28   -2   4.51   35  32  205.1  100  4.38 12.32  14  10   0  12  12  Red Sox      
CAREER     0   4.59  126  90  588.1  367  5.61 12.91  33  33   1  33  33 
LG AVG     0   4.47           588.1  423  6.47 12.90  33  33 

2) Nationals Alfonso Soriano refused to take the field when he was listed as the LF. The team says he will go on the disqualified list if he doesn’t agree to a position change this week.

This also appears to increase the chances that Soriano will be traded.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   32  .338  .525  .863  .638   6.56  .290  38   91   35  156  Yankees      
2004   28    0  .324  .484  .807  .498   5.67  .280  28   91   18  145  Rangers      
2005   29   15  .309  .512  .821  .570   5.92  .268  36  104   30  156  Rangers      
CAR         67  .320  .500  .820  .561   5.82  .280 162  465  169  802 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268 101  425   53 
POS AVG    -46  .325  .400  .725  .450   4.53  .265  70  354   76 

3) The White Sox traded OF Joe Borchard to the Mariners for P Matt Thornton.

BORCHARD
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -5  .246  .265  .511  .141   1.84  .184   1    5    0   16  White Sox    
2004   25  -18  .249  .338  .587  .211   2.68  .174   9   20    1   63  White Sox    
2005   26    1  .417  .583 1.000  .634   6.75  .417   0    0    0    7  White Sox    
CAR        -24  .254  .342  .596  .221   2.69  .191  12   30    1  102 
LG AVG       0  .337  .432  .769  .500   5.10  .269  11   44    5 
POS AVG      1  .340  .434  .773  .510   5.23  .273  11   44    7 

THORNTON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 27    0   4.13   19   1   32.2   30  8.27 15.15   1   2   0   2   1  Mariners     
2005 28   -6   5.21   55   0   57     57  9.00 15.16   0   4   0   2   2  Mariners     
CAREER    -6   4.82   74   1   89.2   87  8.73 15.16   1   6   0   4   3 
LG AVG     0   4.46            89.2   62  6.27 12.82   5   5 

4) The Reds sent P Tommy Phelps to the minors and released Ps Jimmy Journell and Ty Howington.

PHELPS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    0   4.00   27   7   63     43  6.14 13.57   3   2   0   3   2  Marlins      
2004 30   -3   4.76   19   4   34     28  7.41 12.18   1   1   0   1   1  Marlins      
2005 31   -1   4.63   29   0   23.1   14  5.40 15.04   0   2   1   1   1  Brewers      
CAREER    -4   4.34   75  11  120.1   85  6.36 13.46   4   5   1   5   4 
LG AVG     0   4.28           120.1   89  6.66 12.81   7   7 

JOURNELL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -2   6.00    7   0    9      8  8.00 21.00   0   0   0   0   0  Cardinals    
2005 27   -3  10.38    5   0    4.1    5 10.38 22.85   0   1   0   0   1  Cardinals    
CAREER    -5   7.43   12   0   13.1   13  8.78 21.60   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.27            13.1   10  6.62 12.79   1   1 

5) The Rockies sent C Dan Conway and Ps Nate Field, Bret Prinz, Keiichi Yabu, Steve Colyer and Randy Williams to the minors.

FIELD
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27    2   4.15   19   0   21.2   19  7.89 14.12   1   1   0   1   1  Royals       
2004 28    1   4.26   43   0   44.1   30  6.09 12.38   2   3   3   3   2  Royals       
2005 29   -4   9.45    7   0    6.2    4  5.40 24.30   0   0   0   0   0  Royals       
CAREER    -3   4.98   74   0   77.2   56  6.49 14.37   3   4   3   4   3 
LG AVG     0   4.57            77.2   55  6.32 13.00   4   4 

PRINZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -2  12.00    3   0    3      3  9.00 33.00   0   0   0   0   0  Diamondbacks/Yankees
2004 27   -2   5.08   26   0   28.1   22  6.99 13.66   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees      
2005 28    0   3.00    3   0    3      1  3.00 15.00   0   1   0   1   0  Angels       
CAREER    -2   4.77   98   0   88.2   63  6.39 14.82   5   4   9   5   4 
LG AVG     0   4.42            88.2   66  6.73 12.83   5   5 

YABU
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 36    0   4.50   40   0   58     44  6.83 15.21   4   0   1   2   2  A's          
CAREER     0   4.50   40   0   58     44  6.83 15.21   4   0   1   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.36            58     40  6.16 12.63   3   3 

COLYER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24    3   2.75   13   0   19.2   16  7.32 14.19   0   0   0   0   0  Dodgers      
2004 25   -7   6.47   41   0   32     31  8.72 16.31   1   0   0   0   1  Tigers       
CAREER    -4   5.05   54   0   51.2   47  8.19 15.50   1   0   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.50            51.2   37  6.52 13.02   3   3 

WILLIAMS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 28   -1   5.79    6   0    4.2    4  7.71 17.36   0   0   0   0   0  Mariners     
2005 29   -6   6.84   32   0   26.1   21  7.18 16.06   3   1   0   1   3  Padres/Rockies
CAREER    -7   6.68   38   0   31     25  7.26 16.26   3   1   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.29            31     23  6.55 12.81   2   2 

6) The Royals sent 1B Justin Huber, INFs Andres Blanco and Ruben Gotay, OFs Chad Allen and Kerry Robinson, C Mark Tupman and Ps Kyle Snyder, Adam Bernero, David Elder, Bobby Keppel, Joe Nelson and J.P. Howell to the minors.

HUBER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   22   -5  .271  .256  .527  .240   2.57  .218   0    6    0   25  Royals       
CAR         -5  .271  .256  .527  .240   2.57  .218   0    6    0   25 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   3   11    1 
POS AVG      1  .346  .452  .798  .554   5.48  .267   3   13    0 

BLANCO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   20    1  .379  .417  .795  .552   5.52  .317   0    5    1   19  Royals       
2005   21   -9  .220  .241  .460  .105   1.50  .215   0    5    0   26  Royals       
CAR         -8  .291  .317  .607  .295   3.03  .259   0   10    1   45 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .762  .500   4.99  .269   5   20    2 
POS AVG     -1  .325  .413  .738  .469   4.66  .270   4   18    3 

GOTAY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   21   -5  .315  .375  .690  .390   3.86  .270   1   16    0   44  Royals       
2005   22  -12  .288  .344  .632  .342   3.38  .227   5   29    2   86  Royals       
CAR        -17  .297  .355  .652  .359   3.54  .242   6   45    2  130 
LG AVG       0  .333  .428  .762  .500   4.98  .269  14   60    7 
POS AVG     -5  .325  .410  .735  .466   4.63  .267  11   53    9 

ALLEN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28   -2  .240  .333  .573  .259   2.70  .208   0    0    0   12  Marlins      
2004   29   -5  .262  .345  .607  .209   2.76  .241   0    6    0   20  Rangers      
2005   30   -3  .309  .340  .649  .303   3.21  .283   0    5    0   21  Rangers      
CAR        -34  .321  .389  .710  .368   4.17  .269  14   84   15  267 
LG AVG       0  .343  .436  .779  .500   5.27  .272  29  120   16 
POS AVG      1  .344  .437  .781  .499   5.32  .273  29  121   21 

ROBINSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   28   -5  .301  .359  .660  .401   3.80  .260   1   15    7  124  Cardinals    
2003   29  -11  .281  .322  .603  .301   3.13  .250   1   16    6  116  Cardinals    
2004   30   -1  .330  .337  .667  .467   4.50  .293   0    5   11   80  Padres       
CAR        -22  .305  .338  .644  .385   3.85  .267   3   51   35  445 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .268  22   90   11 
POS AVG     20  .362  .474  .836  .582   6.22  .277  29  104   13 

SNYDER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    0   5.17   15  15   85.1   39  4.11 12.34   1   6   0   3   4  Royals       
2005 27  -10   6.75   13   3   36     19  4.75 16.50   1   3   0   1   3  Royals       
CAREER   -10   5.64   28  18  121.1   58  4.30 13.57   2   9   0   4   7 
LG AVG     0   4.48           121.1   83  6.13 12.80   7   7 

BERNERO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26  -22   5.87   49  17  133.1   80  5.40 13.43   1  14   0   5  10  Tigers/Rockies
2004 27   -1   5.57   16   2   32.1   21  5.85 14.75   1   1   0   1   1  Rockies      
2005 28  -11   6.51   36   0   47     37  7.09 14.74   4   3   0   2   5  Braves       
CAREER   -59   5.91  146  34  361    235  5.86 13.94  10  26   0  13  23 
LG AVG     0   4.47           361    254  6.34 12.92  20  20 

ELDER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 26    4   3.13   15   0   23     23  9.00 12.91   0   2   0   1   1  Indians      
2003 27   -4  19.29    4   0    2.1    3 11.57 34.71   1   1   0   0   2  Indians      
CAREER     0   4.62   19   0   25.1   26  9.24 14.92   1   3   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.47            25.1   18  6.24 12.83   1   1 

NELSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 26   -7  36.00    2   0    2      0  0.00 45.00   0   0   0   0   0  Braves       
2004 29   -4  16.88    3   0    2.2    5 16.88 30.38   0   0   0   0   0  Red Sox      
CAREER   -11  25.07    5   0    4.2    5  9.64 36.64   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.52             4.2    3  6.68 12.95   0   0 

HOWELL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 22  -15   6.19   15  15   72.2   54  6.69 14.61   3   5   0   3   5  Royals       
CAREER   -15   6.19   15  15   72.2   54  6.69 14.61   3   5   0   3   5 
LG AVG     0   4.36            72.2   50  6.16 12.63   4   4 

7) The Twins sent 1B Garrett Jones, C Chris Heintz and P Boof Bonser to the minors.

8) The A’s sent OF Doug Clark to the minors.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   29   -1  .167  .000  .167  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    8  Giants       
CAR         -1  .167  .000  .167  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    8 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG     -1  .263  .000  .263  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0 

9) The Phillies sent 1B/OF Shawn Garrett, INFs Bobby Scales and Joe Thurston, OF Peter Bergeron and Ps Ryan Cameron, Clay Condrey, Travis Minix and Brian Sanches to the minors.

THURSTON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   22    1  .429  .538  .967  .778   9.00  .462   0    1    0    8  Dodgers      
2003   23    0  .273  .200  .473  .343   3.38  .200   0    0    0   12  Dodgers      
2004   24   -2  .167  .353  .520  .131   1.80  .176   0    1    0   17  Dodgers      
CAR         -1  .279  .375  .654  .440   4.22  .275   0    2    0   37 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .268   1    5    1 
POS AVG      0  .337  .406  .742  .467   4.80  .273   1    4    1 

BERGERON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   23  -37  .275  .285  .560  .179   2.48  .211   3   16   10  102  Expos        
2002   24   -8  .310  .244  .554  .284   3.06  .187   0    7   10   31  Expos        
2004   26   -4  .250  .214  .464  .105   1.54  .214   0    1    0   11  Expos        
CAR        -79  .303  .308  .612  .264   3.18  .226   8   56   31  308 
LG AVG       0  .345  .441  .786  .500   5.40  .271  41  164   22 
POS AVG     -6  .338  .432  .770  .479   5.22  .266  41  152   39 

CONDREY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 26    6   1.69    9   3   26.2   16  5.40 10.13   1   2   0   2   1  Padres       
2003 27  -17   8.47    9   6   34     25  6.62 17.74   1   2   0   1   2  Padres       
CAREER   -11   5.49   18   9   60.2   41  6.08 14.39   2   4   0   3   3 
LG AVG     0   4.21            60.2   45  6.70 12.75   3   3 

10) The Dodgers sent 1B James Loney, OFs Matt Kemp and Delwyn Young and Ps Chad Billingsley and Joe Beimel to the minors.

BEIMEL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -6   5.05   69   0   62.1   42  6.06 15.30   1   3   0   2   2  Pirates      
2004 27   -7  43.20    3   0    1.2    2 10.80 54.00   0   0   0   0   0  Twins        
2005 28    1   3.27    7   0   11      3  2.45 15.55   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
CAREER   -26   5.16  174  23  275.2  158  5.16 14.95  10  19   0  13  16 
LG AVG     0   4.27           275.2  209  6.81 12.71  15  15 

11) The White Sox signed OF Mark Quinn to a minor league contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   26    2  .342  .488  .830  .506   5.88  .294  20   78    5  135  Royals       
2001   27  -17  .298  .459  .757  .372   4.21  .269  17   60    9  118  Royals       
2002   28   -6  .301  .368  .670  .277   3.43  .237   2   11    2   23  Royals       
CAR        -12  .324  .481  .805  .462   5.24  .282  45  167   17  293 
LG AVG       0  .341  .436  .778  .500   5.26  .271  36  150   20 
POS AVG      6  .346  .447  .793  .510   5.48  .275  37  154   25 

12) Today’s birthdays–

JEFF BAJENARU, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26   -5  10.80    9   0    8.1    8  8.64 22.68   0   1   0   0   1  White Sox    
2005 27   -1   6.23    4   0    4.1    3  6.23  8.31   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
CAREER    -6   9.24   13   0   12.2   11  7.82 17.76   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.54            12.2    9  6.35 12.97   1   1 

TOMMY DAVIS, AGE: 67
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1962   23   52  .374  .535  .910  .717   7.43  .346  27  153   18  163  Dodgers      
1963   24   28  .359  .457  .816  .668   5.60  .326  16   88   15  146  Dodgers      
1967   28   17  .342  .440  .782  .596   5.24  .302  16   73    9  154  Mets         
CAR         63  .329  .405  .733  .526   4.51  .294 153 1052  136 1999 
LG AVG       0  .326  .387  .712  .500   4.34  .259 168  803  108 
POS AVG     87  .334  .412  .746  .537   4.78  .267 211  915  105 

SHAWON DUNSTON, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   23  -21  .278  .411  .690  .365   3.71  .250  17   68   13  150  Cubs         
1987   24  -20  .267  .358  .626  .290   3.18  .246   5   22   12   95  Cubs         
1988   25  -20  .271  .357  .627  .359   3.28  .249   9   56   30  155  Cubs         
CAR       -142  .296  .416  .712  .412   4.15  .269 150  668  212 1814 
LG AVG       0  .334  .407  .741  .500   4.78  .265 158  736  151 
POS AVG   -124  .318  .368  .686  .419   4.06  .256 101  592  148 

CRISTIAN GUZMAN, AGE: 28
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -18  .311  .365  .676  .388   3.99  .268   3   53   18  143  Twins        
2004   26  -24  .309  .384  .693  .360   3.86  .274   8   46   10  145  Twins        
2005   27  -32  .260  .314  .574  .234   2.47  .219   4   31    7  142  Nationals    
CAR       -165  .298  .374  .671  .348   3.75  .260  43  320  109  983 
LG AVG       0  .339  .433  .772  .500   5.16  .270 125  523   65 
POS AVG    -46  .330  .413  .743  .459   4.78  .272  94  459   86 

AARON HILL, AGE: 24
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   23   -2  .342  .385  .727  .484   4.81  .274   3   40    2  105  Blue Jays    
CAR         -2  .342  .385  .727  .484   4.81  .274   3   40    2  105 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268  11   47    6 
POS AVG      0  .330  .423  .753  .496   4.82  .266  11   44    7 

MANNY SANGUILLEN, AGE: 62
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1975   31   27  .391  .451  .842  .665   6.51  .328   9   58    5  133  Pirates      
1977   33  -14  .302  .354  .656  .394   3.51  .275   6   58    2  152  A's          
CAR          0  .326  .398  .724  .495   4.34  .296  65  585   35 1448 
LG AVG       0  .331  .387  .719  .500   4.46  .262 110  566   87 
POS AVG    -78  .319  .367  .685  .434   3.92  .250 104  573   23 

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