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Around the Majors: Free agents hit the open marketby Lee SininsNovember 11, 2005 1) The free agents hit the open market today Orioles--James Baldwin, rhp; Jason Grimsley, rhp; Eli Marrero, of; Rafael Palmeiro, 1b; B.J. Ryan, lhp; Sammy Sosa, of; B.J. Surhoff, of Red Sox--Johnny Damon, of; Tony Graffanino, 2b; Matt Mantei, rhp; Kevin Millar; 1b; Bill Mueller, 3b; Mike Myers, lhp; John Olerud, 1b Indians--Scott Elarton, rhp; Juan Gonzalez, of; Jose Hernandez, 1b; Bobby Howry, rhp; Kevin Millwood, rhp; Bob Wickman, rhp White Sox-- Geoff Blum, 3b; Raul Casanova, c; Carl Everett, dh; Paul Konerko, 1b; Frank Thomas, dh Tigers-- Jason Johnson, rhp; Bobby Higginson, of; Fernando Vina, 2b; Rondell White, of Royals-- Brian Anderson, lhp; Denny Hocking, of; Jose Lima, rhp; Joe McEwing, 3b; Scott Sullivan, rhp Angels--Paul Byrd, rhp; Jason Christiansen, lhp; Lou Merloni, 3b; Bengie Molina, c; Tim Salmon, dh; Jarrod Washburn, lhp Twins--Jacque Jones, of; Joe Mays, rhp; Terry Mulholland, lhp Yankees--Kevin Brown, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; John Flaherty, c; Tom Gordon, rhp; Matt Lawton, of; Al Leiter, lhp; Tino Martinez, 1b; Ramiro Mendoza, rhp; Felix Rodriguez, rhp; Rey Sanchez, ss; Ruben Sierra, dh; Tanyon Sturtze, rhp; Bernie Williams, of A's--Alberto Castillo, c; Octavio Dotel, rhp; Erubiel Durazo, dh; Scott Hatteberg, dh; Ricardo Rincon, lhp Mariners--Shigetoshi Hasegawa, rhp; Dave Hansen, 1b; Jamie Moyer, lhp; Jeff Nelson, rhp; Pokey Reese, ss; Dan Wilson, c Devil Rays--Roberto Alomar, 2b; Danny Bautista, of; Alex Gonzalez, 3b; Travis Lee, 1b; Eduardo A. Perez, 1b Rangers--Sandy Alomar Jr., c; Doug Brocail, rhp; Greg Colbrunn, 1b; Richard Hidalgo, of; Steve Karsay, rhp; Kenny Rogers, lhp; John Wasdin, rhp Diamondbacks--Royce Clayton, ss; Shawn Estes, lhp; Buddy Groom, lhp; Tim Worrell, rhp Braves--Kyle Farnsworth rhp; Julio Franco, 1b; Rafael Furcal, ss; Todd Hollandsworth, of; Brian Jordan, of; Eduardo Perez, c; Jay Powell, rhp Cubs--Jeromy Burnitz, of; Chad Fox, rhp; Nomar Garciaparra, ss Reds--Rich Aurilia, 2b; Jacob Cruz, of; Luis Lopez, 3b Rockies--Todd Greene, c; Byung-Hyun Kim, rhp; Dan Miceli, rhp; Jamey Wright, rhp Marlins--Antonio Alfonseca, rhp; A.J. Burnett, rhp; Jeff Conine, of; Damion Easley, 2b; Juan Encarnacion, of; Alex Gonzalez, ss; Lenny Harris, ph; Todd Jones, rhp; Jim Mecir, rhp; Brian Moehler, rhp; Mike Mordecai, 3b; Paul Quantrill, rhp; Ismael Valdez, rhp Astros--Brad Ausmus, c; Roger Clemens, rhp; Orlando Palmeiro, of; Russ Springer, rhp; Jose Vizcaino, 2b Dodgers--Wilson Alvarez, lhp; Paul Bako, c; Elmer Dessens, rhp; Darren Dreifort, rhp; Olmedo Saenz, 1b; Jose Valentin, 3b; Jeff Weaver, rhp Brewers--Jeff Cirillo, 3b; Rick Helling, rhp; Wes Helms, 3b Mets--Marlon Anderson, 1b; Miguel Cairo, 2b; Mike DiFelice, c; Danny Graves, rhp; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; Braden Looper, rhp; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Jose Offerman, 1b; Mike Piazza, c; Felix Heredia, lhp; Shingo Takatsu, rhp; Gerald Williams of Phillies--Terry Adams, rhp; Kenny Lofton, of; Ramon E. Martinez, ss; Todd Pratt, c; Michael Tucker, of; Ugueth Urbina, rhp; Billy Wagner, lhp Pirates--Brian Meadows, rhp; Jose Mesa, rhp; Daryle Ward, 1b; Rick White, rhp Cardinals--Einar Diaz, c; Cal Eldred, rhp; Mark Grudzielanek, 2b; John Mabry, of; Matt Morris, rhp; Abraham Nunez, 3b; Al Reyes, rhp; Reggie Sanders, of; Julian Tavarez, rhp; Larry Walker, of Padres--Pedro Astacio, rhp; Robert Fick, c; Brian Giles, of; Chris Hammond, lhp; Ramon J. Hernandez, c; Trevor Hoffman, rhp; Joe Randa, 3b; Rudy Seanez, rhp; Mark Sweeney, 1b; Eric Young, of Giants--Scott Eyre, lhp; J.T. Snow, 1b; Brett Tomko, rhp Nationals--Tony Armas Jr., rhp; Carlos Baerga, 3b; Gary Bennett, c; Hector Carrasco, rhp; Deivi Cruz, 2b; Joey Eischen, lhp; Jeffrey Hammonds, of; Esteban Loaiza, rhp; Preston Wilson, of 2) Devil Rays CF Rocco Baldelli's new contract is worth a guaranteed $9 million a year for 3 years and could be $32 million over 6 years. 3) Diamondbacks P Javier Vazquez demanded a trade. Players with 6+ years of service time who are traded in the middle of a multiyear contract have the right to demand a trade at the end of the subsequent season. If the player isn't traded by March 15, he would become a free agent. However, no player has ever become a free agent under this rule. In every case, the player has either withdrawn the demand or was traded. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 48 3.24 34 34 230.2 241 9.40 10.11 13 12 0 17 8 Expos 2004 27 -10 4.91 32 32 198 150 6.82 12.09 14 10 0 11 13 Yankees 2005 28 0 4.42 33 33 215.2 192 8.01 11.43 11 15 0 13 13 Diamondbacks CAREER 42 4.28 257 256 1643 1418 7.77 11.71 89 93 0 95 87 LG AVG 0 4.38 1643 1225 6.71 12.92 92 92 4) The Tigers sold INF John McDonald to the Blue Jays. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -16 .258 .280 .538 .208 2.24 .215 1 14 3 82 Indians 2004 29 -8 .237 .344 .581 .202 2.39 .204 2 7 0 66 Indians 2005 30 -6 .326 .325 .651 .372 3.68 .277 0 16 6 68 Blue Jays/Tigers CAR -48 .281 .312 .593 .274 2.88 .241 4 49 12 353 LG AVG 0 .334 .428 .762 .500 4.99 .267 27 112 13 POS AVG -12 .326 .398 .723 .452 4.51 .267 17 92 19 5) According to the Palm Beach Post, the Orioles, Mariners and Mets are interested in Marlins 1B Carlos Delgado. 6) Today's birthdays-- GEORGE CASE, 1915-89 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1942 26 26 .377 .407 .784 .655 6.57 .320 5 43 44 125 Senators 1943 27 17 .341 .374 .715 .593 5.30 .294 1 52 61 141 Senators 1945 29 14 .360 .357 .717 .599 4.85 .294 1 31 30 123 Senators CAR 16 .341 .358 .699 .509 4.81 .282 21 377 349 1226 LG AVG 0 .346 .391 .737 .500 4.99 .272 82 623 65 POS AVG 103 .360 .419 .779 .561 5.74 .285 97 649 99 DAMION EASLEY, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 -12 .202 .262 .464 .098 1.48 .187 1 7 0 36 Devil Rays 2004 34 1 .331 .457 .788 .512 5.13 .238 9 43 4 98 Marlins 2005 35 -3 .312 .419 .732 .457 4.35 .240 9 30 4 102 Marlins CAR -80 .328 .403 .732 .442 4.55 .251 138 586 113 1427 LG AVG 0 .341 .430 .771 .500 5.16 .271 157 674 93 POS AVG -56 .339 .400 .739 .459 4.79 .271 102 555 130 NATE FIELD, AGE: 30 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 JASON GRILLI, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 24 -6 6.08 6 5 26.2 17 5.74 14.51 2 2 0 1 3 Marlins 2004 27 -12 7.40 8 8 45 26 5.20 15.00 2 3 0 2 3 White Sox 2005 28 2 3.38 3 2 16 5 2.81 11.25 1 1 0 1 1 Tigers CAREER -17 6.20 18 16 94.1 51 4.87 14.60 6 6 0 4 8 LG AVG 0 4.51 94.1 69 6.57 12.95 5 5 ROBERTO HERNANDEZ, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 38 -1 4.35 66 0 60 45 6.75 16.05 5 3 0 4 4 Braves 2004 39 -3 4.76 63 0 56.2 44 6.99 15.25 3 5 0 4 4 Phillies 2005 40 12 2.58 67 0 69.2 61 7.88 11.24 8 6 4 10 4 Mets CAREER 125 3.33 892 3 961.1 866 8.11 12.34 64 65 324 83 46 LG AVG 0 4.53 961.1 668 6.25 13.18 54 54 RABBIT MARANVILLE, 1891-1954 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1930 38 -26 .344 .367 .711 .362 4.48 .281 2 43 9 142 Braves 1932 40 -29 .295 .284 .579 .301 2.88 .235 0 37 4 149 Braves 1933 41 -28 .274 .266 .539 .248 2.25 .218 0 38 2 143 Braves CAR -280 .318 .340 .658 .401 3.76 .258 28 884 291 2670 LG AVG 0 .340 .390 .731 .500 4.80 .282 119 1241 238 POS AVG -236 .323 .354 .677 .420 4.04 .268 62 1006 225 REY ORDONEZ, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1997 25 -36 .255 .256 .510 .141 1.92 .216 1 33 11 120 Mets 1998 26 -38 .278 .299 .577 .218 2.53 .246 1 42 3 153 Mets 1999 27 -31 .319 .317 .636 .292 3.31 .258 1 60 8 154 Mets CAR -208 .289 .310 .600 .252 2.78 .246 12 287 28 973 LG AVG 0 .342 .431 .773 .500 5.21 .270 106 444 69 POS AVG -100 .322 .375 .697 .393 4.15 .261 55 327 74 CORY SNYDER, AGE: 43 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1987 24 -15 .273 .456 .729 .408 4.31 .236 33 82 5 157 Indians 1989 26 -27 .251 .360 .611 .277 2.67 .215 18 59 6 132 Indians 1990 27 -15 .268 .404 .672 .364 3.24 .233 14 55 1 123 Indians 1991 28 -16 .216 .265 .481 .130 1.64 .175 3 17 0 71 White Sox/Blue Jays CAR -57 .291 .425 .716 .437 4.06 .247 149 488 28 1068 LG AVG 0 .330 .401 .730 .500 4.58 .263 96 453 78 POS AVG 29 .330 .430 .760 .521 4.86 .263 130 522 75 PIE TRAYNOR, 1899-1972 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1923 23 32 .377 .489 .866 .648 6.88 .338 12 101 28 153 Pirates 1927 27 16 .370 .455 .825 .586 6.00 .342 5 106 11 149 Pirates 1930 30 26 .423 .509 .932 .625 8.23 .366 9 119 7 130 Pirates 1932 32 16 .373 .433 .806 .594 6.15 .329 2 68 6 135 Pirates CAR 75 .362 .435 .797 .529 5.70 .320 58 1273 158 1941 LG AVG 0 .350 .412 .762 .500 5.24 .292 106 957 111 POS AVG -136 .337 .386 .723 .440 4.61 .282 69 881 108 HAL TROSKY, 1912-79 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1934 21 57 .388 .598 .987 .707 9.20 .330 35 142 2 154 Indians 1936 23 46 .382 .644 1.026 .654 9.57 .343 42 162 6 151 Indians 1938 25 43 .407 .542 .948 .680 8.90 .334 19 110 5 150 Indians 1939 26 48 .405 .589 .994 .734 9.54 .335 25 104 2 122 Indians 1940 27 46 .392 .529 .920 .716 8.21 .295 25 93 1 140 Indians CAR 277 .371 .522 .892 .636 7.43 .302 228 1012 28 1347 LG AVG 0 .358 .415 .774 .500 5.60 .284 90 686 65 POS AVG 186 .377 .479 .856 .595 6.95 .294 173 865 50 The 2006 edition of the sabermetric baseball encyclopedia is available and is now shipping. 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