Around the Majors: Roster moves

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March 16, 2006

1) The Braves sent INFs Scott Thorman, Luis Hernandez, Martin Prado and Jonathan Schuerholz, OF Josh Burrus, C Clint Sammons and Ps Brad Baker, Jose Ascanio and Kevin Barry to the minors.

2) The Reds claimed INF Matt Kata off waivers from the Phillies.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -10  .315  .420  .736  .390   4.50  .257   7   29    3   78  Diamondbacks 
2004   26   -6  .301  .364  .665  .373   4.07  .247   2   13    4   42  Diamondbacks 
2005   27   -3  .286  .297  .583  .195   2.45  .189   0    0    0   40  Diamondbacks/Phillies
CAR        -19  .308  .392  .701  .370   4.19  .248   9   42    7  160 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .773  .500   5.18  .269  16   66    8 
POS AVG     -5  .338  .406  .744  .466   4.82  .273  11   53    9

3) The Reds released RHP Allan Simpson.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26    0   5.08   32   0   39     46 10.62 15.69   2   1   0   2   1  Rockies      
2005 27   -7  12.27   11   0    7.1    6  7.36 18.41   0   1   0   0   1  Rockies/Reds
CAREER    -7   6.22   43   0   46.1   52 10.10 16.12   2   2   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.30            46.1   35  6.71 12.83   3   3

4) The Indians sent INF Michael Aubrey, C Javi Herrera and Ps Jake Dittler, Edward Mujica, Brian Slocum, Jason Stanford, Rafael Perez, Tony Sipp and Jeremy Sowers to the minors.

STANFORD
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26    3   3.60   13   8   50     30  5.40 11.70   1   3   0   2   2  Indians      
2004 27    5   0.82    2   2   11      5  4.09 14.73   0   1   0   1   0  Indians      
CAREER     8   3.10   15  10   61     35  5.16 12.25   1   4   0   3   2 
LG AVG     0   4.55            61     42  6.17 12.92   3   3

5) The Marlins sent Ps Adam Bostick, Anibal Sanchez, Scott Tyler, Renyel Pinto, Jesus Delgado, Harvey Garcia and Jose Garcia to the minors.

6) The Astros sent Cs Alan Zinter and J.R. House and Ps Jason Hirsh, Jimmy Barthmaier, Juan Gutierrez, Jared Gothreaux and Mark McLemore to the minors.

ZINTER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   34   -5  .136  .318  .455  .084   1.42  .136   2    3    0   39  Astros       
2004   36   -2  .300  .353  .653  .349   3.86  .206   1    6    0   28  Diamondbacks 
CAR         -7  .214  .333  .548  .195   2.45  .167   3    9    0   67 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.12  .267   3   11    1 
POS AVG      2  .360  .466  .825  .573   5.99  .274   4   13    1 

HOUSE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23    1 1.000 1.000 2.000              1.000   0    0    0    1  Pirates      
2004   24   -2  .111  .222  .333  .000   0.00  .111   0    0    0    5  Pirates      
CAR         -1  .200  .300  .500  .282   3.00  .200   0    0    0    6 
LG AVG       0  .341  .437  .778  .500   5.26  .270   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .319  .385  .705  .380   4.01  .254   0    1    0

7) The Pirates sent C Steve Lerud to the minors.

8) The Padres released INF Bobby Hill.

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

9) The Mariners sent INFs Oswaldo Navarro and Rayon Lampe, OF Wladimir Balentien, C Andy Dominique and Ps Renee Cortez, Travis Blackley, Cesar Jimenez, Yorman Bazardo, Marcos Carvajal and Lindsay Gulin to the minors and released P Jeff Heaverlo.

DOMINIQUE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28   -2  .182  .182  .364  .000   0.00  .182   0    1    0    7  Red Sox      
2005   29    0  .333  .000  .333  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Blue Jays    
CAR         -2  .214  .154  .368  .000   0.00  .154   0    1    0    9 
LG AVG       0  .337  .433  .770  .500   5.11  .270   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .343  .441  .784  .510   5.27  .265   1    2    0 

BLACKLEY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21  -17  10.04    6   6   26     16  5.54 20.08   1   3   0   1   3  Mariners     
CAREER   -17  10.04    6   6   26     16  5.54 20.08   1   3   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.64            26     19  6.45 13.15   1   1

10) The Tigers sent C Chris Robinson to the minors.

11) The Angels sent INF Brandon Wood and Cs Bobby Wilson and Michael Collins and P David Austen to the minors.

12) A MRI on Braves P John Foster showed an inflamed ulnar nerve. He’ll rest for the next couple of weeks and then will start throwing again. He might need Tommy John surgery.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 24   -4  10.80    5   0    5      6 10.80 23.40   1   0   0   0   1  Braves       
2003 25   -1   4.71   23   0   21     16  6.86 16.71   2   0   0   1   1  Brewers      
2005 27    1   4.15   62   0   34.2   32  8.31 12.46   4   2   1   3   3  Braves       
CAREER    -4   4.90   90   0   60.2   54  8.01 14.84   7   2   1   4   5 
LG AVG     0   4.24            60.2   45  6.61 12.77   3   3

13) Today’s birthdays–

DON BLASINGAME, 1932-2005
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1958   26  -13  .343  .356  .700  .415   4.45  .274   2   36   20  143  Cardinals    
1961   29  -32  .288  .286  .574  .243   2.76  .222   1   21    4  126  Giants/Reds
1965   33  -16  .287  .290  .577  .330   2.95  .223   1   18    5  129  Senators     
CAR       -113  .329  .327  .656  .415   3.98  .258  21  308  105 1444 
LG AVG       0  .331  .409  .739  .500   4.68  .264 151  641   61 
POS AVG   -134  .316  .350  .667  .400   3.81  .254  71  437   78 

HEE SEOP CHOI, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24    0  .350  .421  .771  .506   5.13  .218   8   28    1   80  Cubs         
2004   25   13  .370  .449  .819  .598   6.22  .251  15   46    1  126  Marlins/Dodgers
2005   26    1  .336  .453  .789  .508   4.92  .253  15   42    1  133  Dodgers      
CAR         10  .349  .437  .786  .531   5.30  .240  40  120    3  363 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.15  .269  30  124   15 
POS AVG     25  .361  .475  .835  .573   6.06  .278  42  151    6 

JERRY DENNY, 1859-1927
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1889   30  -22  .314  .417  .731  .418   6.08  .282  18  112   22  133  Hoosiers     
1890   31  -26  .270  .307  .576  .325   3.70  .213   3   42   11  114  Giants       
1893   34  -15  .283  .337  .620  .290   4.33  .246   1   22    4   44  Colonels     
CAR        -81  .287  .384  .671  .462   5.36  .260  74  667  130 1237 
LG AVG       0  .317  .362  .679  .500   6.06  .264  40  613  191 
POS AVG    -58  .308  .353  .661  .474   5.64  .261  39  620  164 

PATSY DONOVAN, 1865-1953
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1891   26   12  .358  .350  .707  .563   6.68  .305   2   56   28  122  Colonels/Senators
1896   31   14  .370  .387  .757  .574   7.04  .319   3   59   48  131  Pirates      
1902   37   18  .363  .355  .718  .623   5.71  .315   0   35   34  126  Cardinals    
CAR         11  .347  .355  .702  .511   5.79  .301  16  736  518 1821 
LG AVG       0  .347  .373  .721  .500   5.96  .281  49  970  358 
POS AVG    138  .361  .396  .757  .554   6.66  .297  57  984  400 

CURTIS GRANDERSON, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   23   -1  .321  .360  .681  .408   4.05  .240   0    0    0    9  Tigers       
2005   24    2  .314  .494  .808  .544   5.27  .272   8   20    1   47  Tigers       
CAR          1  .315  .476  .791  .526   5.10  .267   8   20    1   56 
LG AVG       0  .332  .427  .758  .500   4.93  .268   6   24    3 
POS AVG     -1  .327  .411  .738  .480   4.71  .269   5   21    5 

BRANDON LEAGUE, AGE: 23
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21    3   0.00    3   0    4.2    2  3.86  7.71   1   0   0   1   0  Blue Jays    
2005 22   -8   6.56   20   0   35.2   17  4.29 16.15   1   0   0   0   1  Blue Jays    
CAREER    -5   5.80   23   0   40.1   19  4.24 15.17   2   0   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.39            40.1   28  6.19 12.69   2   2 

QUINTON MCCRACKEN, AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33  -20  .276  .271  .547  .184   2.54  .227   0   18    5  115  Diamondbacks 
2004   34   -6  .328  .381  .709  .397   4.24  .273   2   13    3   74  Mariners/Diamondbacks
2005   35  -13  .313  .298  .610  .290   3.24  .237   1   13    4  134  Diamondbacks 
CAR        -88  .337  .375  .712  .383   4.40  .276  20  242   87  954 
LG AVG       0  .341  .429  .770  .500   5.15  .270  78  330   50 
POS AVG     19  .347  .436  .783  .520   5.41  .273  79  318   82 

BUDDY MYER, 1904-74
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1933   29   16  .374  .436  .810  .590   5.96  .302   4   61    6  131  Senators     
1935   31   52  .440  .468  .907  .707   8.54  .349   5  100    7  151  Senators     
1938   34   34  .454  .465  .918  .681   8.81  .336   6   71    9  127  Senators     
CAR        111  .389  .406  .795  .544   5.96  .303  38  850  156 1923 
LG AVG       0  .359  .418  .777  .500   5.57  .288 111  977  105 
POS AVG   -112  .351  .392  .744  .451   5.03  .280  77  885  106 

ABRAHAM NUNEZ, AGE: 30
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -14  .310  .357  .667  .344   3.59  .248   4   35    9  118  Pirates      
2004   28  -15  .275  .319  .593  .192   2.29  .236   2   13    1  112  Pirates      
2005   29   -9  .343  .361  .704  .431   4.43  .285   5   44    0  139  Cardinals    
CAR        -98  .314  .326  .640  .321   3.50  .248  16  161   35  769 
LG AVG       0  .342  .433  .775  .500   5.22  .270  65  265   35 
POS AVG    -37  .331  .397  .728  .438   4.59  .267  42  217   35 

BLONDIE PURCELL, 1854-1912
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1880   26   12  .303  .378  .681  .621   6.33  .292   1   24    0   77  Red Stocking 
1887   33  -17  .318  .344  .662  .424   5.87  .250   4    0   88  140  Orioles      
CAR          0  .314  .340  .654  .502   5.87  .267  13  310  197 1097 
LG AVG       0  .308  .349  .657  .500   5.92  .260  25  351  174 
POS AVG     48  .318  .363  .681  .530   6.35  .269  26  338  215 

LLOYD WANER, 1906-82
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1927   21   22  .396  .410  .806  .612   6.36  .355   2   27   14  150  Pirates      
1929   23   19  .395  .479  .874  .575   7.29  .353   5   74    6  151  Pirates      
1932   26   15  .367  .430  .798  .585   6.02  .333   2   38    6  134  Pirates      
CAR         34  .353  .393  .747  .515   5.35  .316  27  598   67 1993 
LG AVG       0  .345  .404  .749  .500   5.12  .284 112  931   87 
POS AVG     34  .346  .414  .760  .514   5.29  .289 124  883  105

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