Around the Majors: Red Sox rehire Epstein

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January 20, 2006

1) The Red Sox rehired Theo Epstein, with his exact job title not determined yet.

2) The Red Sox re-signed P Bronson Arroyo to a 3 year, $12 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

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

3) The White Sox signed OFs Ben Grieve and Darren Blakely, INF Jorge Velandia and Ps Chad Bentz, Javier Lopez, Stephen Randolph, Agustin Montero and Tim Redding to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.

GRIEVE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -1  .371  .345  .716  .472   4.70  .230   4   17    0   55  Devil Rays   
2004   28    0  .361  .424  .785  .508   5.48  .260   8   35    0  123  Brewers/Cubs
2005   29   -1  .400  .250  .650  .344   3.60  .250   0    1    0   23  Cubs         
CAR         54  .367  .442  .809  .546   5.64  .269 118  492   24  976 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .271 105  441   59 
POS AVG     27  .346  .451  .798  .521   5.52  .273 119  471   65 

VELANDIA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   25   -4  .176  .129  .306  .042   0.96  .097   0    2    0   33  A's/Mets
2001   26   -2  .182  .000  .182  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    9  Mets         
2003   28   -5  .304  .276  .580  .226   2.60  .190   0    8    0   23  Mets         
CAR        -20  .231  .201  .432  .120   1.72  .151   0   12    2  150 
LG AVG       0  .344  .435  .779  .500   5.28  .272   7   28    4 
POS AVG     -4  .334  .393  .727  .433   4.62  .269   4   21    5 

BENTZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 24   -5   5.86   36   0   27.2   18  5.86 15.61   0   3   0   1   2  Expos        
2005 25   -6  31.50    4   0    2      0  0.00 36.00   0   0   0   0   0  Marlins      
CAREER   -11   7.58   40   0   29.2   18  5.46 16.99   0   3   0   1   2 
LG AVG     0   4.31            29.2   22  6.72 12.83   2   2 

LOPEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    7   3.70   75   0   58.1   40  6.17 11.42   4   1   1   3   2  Rockies      
2004 26  -11   7.52   64   0   40.2   20  4.43 16.38   1   2   0   1   2  Rockies      
2005 27  -12  11.02   32   0   16.1   12  6.61 20.94   1   1   2   0   2  Rockies/Diamondbacks
CAREER   -16   6.09  171   0  115.1   72  5.62 14.51   6   4   3   4   6 
LG AVG     0   4.29           115.1   85  6.67 12.81   6   6 

RANDOLPH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    5   4.05   50   0   60     50  7.50 14.25   8   1   0   5   4  Diamondbacks 
2004 30  -10   5.51   45   6   81.2   62  6.83 16.53   2   5   0   3   4  Diamondbacks 
CAREER    -5   4.89   95   6  141.2  112  7.12 15.56  10   6   0   8   8 
LG AVG     0   4.30           141.2  105  6.70 12.83   8   8 

REDDING
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   15   3.68   33  32  176    116  5.93 12.84  10  14   0  14  10  Astros       
2004 26  -15   5.72   27  17  100.2   56  5.01 15.47   5   7   0   5   7  Astros       
2005 27  -23  10.57   10   7   30.2   19  5.58 18.49   0   6   0   1   5  Padres/Yankees
CAREER   -38   5.16  101  79  436.1  309  6.37 14.21  21  34   0  26  29 
LG AVG     0   4.27           436.1  326  6.73 12.77  25  24

4) The Reds removed P Josh Hancock from the 40 man roster and invited him to spring training as a nonroster invitee.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    0   3.00    2   0    3      4 12.00  6.00   0   0   0   0   0  Phillies     
2004 26   -8   5.09   16  11   63.2   36  5.09 14.42   5   2   0   3   4  Phillies/Reds
2005 27    4   1.93   11   0   14      5  3.21  7.71   1   0   0   1   0  Reds         
CAREER    -3   4.40   32  12   88     51  5.22 12.58   6   3   0   5   4 
LG AVG     0   4.31            88     65  6.67 12.82   5   5

5) The Padres claimed 1B Walter Young off waivers from the Orioles.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    1  .378  .424  .803  .592   5.63  .303   1    3    0   14  Orioles      
CAR          1  .378  .424  .803  .592   5.63  .303   1    3    0   14 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   1    4    0 
POS AVG      1  .346  .452  .798  .554   5.48  .267   1    5    0

6) Today’s birthdays–

JOE DOBSON, 1917-94
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1947 30   29   2.95   33  31  229    110  4.32 10.89  18   8   1  17   9  Red Sox      
1950 33   28   4.17   39  27  207     81  3.52 12.96  15  10   4  15  10  Red Sox      
1952 35   25   2.51   29  25  201    101  4.52 10.03  14  10   1  16   8  White Sox    
CAREER   128   3.62  414 273 2172    992  4.11 12.05 137 103  18 138 102 
LG AVG     0   3.98          2172    905  3.75 13.10 121 121 

DAVID ECKSTEIN, AGE: 31
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -12  .325  .325  .651  .405   3.76  .252   3   31   16  120  Angels       
2004   29  -17  .339  .332  .671  .399   4.09  .276   2   35   16  142  Angels       
2005   30    0  .363  .395  .758  .499   5.14  .294   8   61   11  158  Cardinals    
CAR        -32  .351  .362  .713  .462   4.64  .282  25  231   93  725 
LG AVG       0  .335  .429  .764  .500   5.04  .268  91  380   49 
POS AVG    -37  .325  .408  .733  .457   4.63  .269  68  330   66 

FRANKLYN GERMAN, AGE: 26
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   -9   6.04   45   0   44.2   41  8.26 18.94   2   4   5   2   4  Tigers       
2004 24   -5   7.36   16   0   14.2    8  4.91 17.18   1   0   0   0   1  Tigers       
2005 25    4   3.66   58   0   59     38  5.80 15.86   4   0   1   2   2  Tigers       
CAREER    -7   4.75  126   0  125     93  6.70 16.70   8   4   7   5   7 
LG AVG     0   4.46           125     86  6.18 12.79   7   7 

OZZIE GUILLEN, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   22  -35  .265  .311  .576  .245   2.55  .250   2   47    8  159  White Sox    
1995   31  -29  .270  .318  .588  .228   2.58  .248   1   41    6  122  White Sox    
1996   32  -29  .273  .367  .640  .290   3.16  .263   4   45    6  150  White Sox    
CAR       -305  .287  .338  .626  .321   3.19  .264  28  619  169 1993 
LG AVG       0  .335  .412  .747  .500   4.82  .266 196  888  135 
POS AVG   -171  .317  .367  .684  .405   3.97  .260 105  707  136 

TONY MULLANE, 1859-1944
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1883 24   63   2.19   53  49  460.2  191  3.73  8.71  35  15   1  35  15  Cardinals    
1884 25   49   2.52   67  65  567    325  5.16  9.56  36  26   0  38  24  Blue Stockin 
1887 28   59   3.24   48  48  416.1   97  2.10 12.26  31  17   0  31  17  Reds         
CAREER   241   3.05  555 504 4531.1 1803  3.58 11.29 284 220  15 289 215 
LG AVG     0   3.53          4531.1 1713  3.40 12.04 253 253 

CAMILO PASCUAL, AGE: 72
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1959 25   34   2.64   32  30  239    185  6.97 10.32  17  10   0  18   9  Senators     
1961 27   26   3.46   35  33  252    221  7.89 11.00  15  16   0  19  12  Twins        
1963 29   31   2.47   31  31  248    202  7.33 10.49  21   9   0  20  10  Twins        
CAREER    49   3.63  529 404 2930   2167  6.66 11.77 174 170  10 184 160 
LG AVG     0   3.71          2930   1735  5.33 12.13 163 163 

JOHN RODRIGUEZ, AGE: 28
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   27    6  .382  .436  .818  .613   6.63  .295   5   24    2   56  Cardinals    
CAR          6  .382  .436  .818  .613   6.63  .295   5   24    2   56 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   4   18    2 
POS AVG      3  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   6   21    2 

JULIO SANTANA, AGE: 33
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 27   -8   5.67   36   4   66.2   58  7.83 14.04   1   5   0   2   4  Expos        
2002 29    8   2.84   38   0   57     38  6.00 12.47   3   5   0   5   3  Tigers       
2005 32   -1   4.50   41   0   42     49 10.50 11.36   3   5   1   4   4  Brewers      
CAREER   -33   5.26  202  42  470.2  304  5.81 14.40  17  31   1  22  26 
LG AVG     0   4.60           470.2  336  6.43 13.23  26  27

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