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01-12-2002, 05:31 PM
1) The Mariners signed free agent P Shigetoshi Hasegawa to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract, with an option for 2003.
Hasegawa had a 4.04 ERA and 5 RSAA in 46 games with the Angels in 2001, before being non tendered. He's been one of the most productive middle relievers in the league through out his career, with 3 years with a double digit RSAA, a 3.87 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.71, and 46 RSAA in 287 games.
2) The A's signed free agent INF Randy Velarde to a 1 year, $1 million contract.
Velarde hit .424 SLG, .356 OBA, .780 OPS, 3 RCAA, .532 OWP, 5.46 RC/G, 53 RC in 93 games in 2001--78 with the Rangers and 15 with the Yankees. He has a .764 career OPS, compared to his league average of .763 and positional average of .727, 13 RCAA and 64 RCAP in 1217 games.
3) The Giants re-signed INF Desi Relaford, who would have gone to salary arbitration, to a 1 year,
contract.
Relaford had what was most likely a career year with the Mets in 2001, before being traded in the Shawn Estes deal. Relaford hit .472 SLG, .364 OBA, .836 OPS, .614 OWP, 6.45 RC/G, 54 RC in 120 games. In his 5 previous years, he was 5 for 5 in negative RCAAs and RCAPs, while he was 3 for 3 in double digit negative RCAAs for seasons in which he played more than 15 games. Relaford has a .66 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781 and positional average of .702, -62 RCAA and -12 RCAP in 485 games.
4) Rockies owner Jerry McMorris also received a loan from Carl Pohlad's business. McMorris, who was the original proponent of contraction, confirms that there is an ongoing business relationship between him and Pohlad, the loan hasn't been repaid, and czar bud approved the decision to treat the rule requiring other owners to approve loans between owners as mere words on a piece of paper rather than an actual rule.
5) The Diamondbacks signed utilityman Chris Donnels to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Donnels hit .295 SLG, .277 OBA, .573 OPS, -6 RCAA, .235 OWP, 2.52 RC/G, 7 RC in 66 games with the Dodgers in 2001. It was the 5th time in his 7 year career that he's had a negative RCAA. Donnels has a .667 career OPS, compared to his league average of .749 and positional average of .765, -18 RCAA and -22 RCAP in 817 PA.
6) The Reds signed free agent Ps Jimmy Haynes and Brian Bohanon to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.
Haynes had a 4.85 ERA and -9 RSAA in 29 starts with the Brewers in 2001 before he was non tendered. He just missed his 4th consecutive double digit negative RSAA season and his -104 RSAA over the past 6 years make him the worst pitcher in baseball during that span--
1 Jimmy Haynes -104
2 Jaime Navarro -101
3 Kevin Jarvis -74
4 Doug Drabek -73
5 Brian Meadows -72
6 Don Wengert -65
T7 Jim Abbott -63
T7 Mark Gardner -63
T9 Sean Bergman -61
T9 Jim Bullinger -61
Haynes has a 5.48 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.66, and -97 RSAA in 170 games.
Bohanon had a 7.14 ERA and -19 RSAA in 19 starts with the Rockies in 2001. It was the 4th time in his 12 year career that he's had a double digit negative RSAA and the 8th time he's had a negative figure. Bohanon has a 5.19 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.43, and -28 RSAA in 304 games.
7) The Twins invited C Joe Mauer, who was the 1st pick in the 2001 draft, C Jeff Smith, INFs Casey Blake, David Lamb, Justin Morneau and Ruben Salazar and OFs B.J. Garbe and Mike Ryan to spring training.
Blake has a .669 OPS and -3 RCAA in 103 PA with the BlueJays, Twins and Orioles over the past 3 years.
Lamb had a .588 OPS and -11 RCAA in 140 PA with the 1999 Devil Rays and 2000 Mets.
8) The Yankees sent P Ryan Bradley outright to the minors, after he cleared waivers.
9) According to the LA Daily News, the Dodgers are interested in trading for Redsox P Ugueth Urbina or Whitesox P Bobby Howry, while the Mets aren't interested in trading Armando Benitez and a possible deal with the A's for P Billy Koch is dead.
10) The Dodgers re-signed INF Jeff Branson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Branson had a .571 OPS and -1 RCAA in 13 games in 2001. He has a .672 career OPS, compared to his league average of .757 and positional average of .741, -59 RCAA and -49 RCAP in 694 games.
11) According to NY Newsday, the Mets have renewed their efforts to trade for Brewers RF Jeromy Burnitz.
12) According to the Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks are attempting to sign free agent P Rick Helling.
13) The Brewers signed P Ryan Glynn to a minor league contract.
Glynn had a 7.04 ERA and -13 RSAA in 12 games with the Rangers in 2001. It was the 2nd time in his 3 year career that Glynn had -13 RSAA and he has a 5.42 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.80, and -30 RSAA in 41 games.
14) The Expos signed OFs Lyle Mouton and Norm Hutchins, INF Howard Battle, 1B Ivan Cruz, Cs Alex Andreopoulos and Toby Rumfield and Ps Joe Davenport and Dan Smith to minor league contracts.
Mouton had a .118 OPS and -3 RCAA in 21 games with the Marlins in 2001. He has a .759 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781 and positional average of .823, -1 RCAA and -7 RCAP in 890 PA in his 7 year career.
Battle has a .673 OPS and 0 RCAA in 29 games with the BlueJays, Phillies and Braes, in 1995-96 and 1999.
Cruz has a .621 OPS and -1 RCAA in 43 PA with the 1997 Yankees and 1999-2000 Pirates.
Davenport had a 3.00 ERA and 3 RSAA in 10 games with the 1999 Whitesox and 2001 Rockies.
Smith had a 6.10 ERA and -13 RSAA in 22 games with the 1999 Expos and 2000 Redsox. He gave up Tony Gwynn's 3000 hit in 1999.
15) According to the NY Daily News, the Mets and BlueJays have resumed talks for Raul Mondesi, but according to the Newark Star Ledger, BlueJays GM J.P. Ricciardi denies it.
16) The Giants signed C Angel Pena to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Pena hit .278 SLG, .214 OBA, .492 OPS, -5 RCAA, .138 OWP, 1.76 RC/G, 3 RC in 22 games with the Dodgers in 2001. He has a .582 career OPS, compared to his league average of .789 and positional average of .735, -16 RCAA and -11 RCAP in 206 PA.
17) The Padres signed P Matt DeWitt to a minor league contract.
DeWitt had a 5.79 ERA and -3 RSAA in 24 games with the 2000-01 BlueJays.
18) The Cardinals signed INF Wilson Delgado to a minor league contract.
Delgado had a .334 OPS and -4 RCAA in 14 games with the Royals in 2001. He has a .593 career OPS, compared to his league average of .786 and positional average of .717, -19 RCAA and -8 RCAP in 293 PA.
19) The Pirates signed C Darron Cox to a minor league contract.
Cox had a .696 OPS and -1 RCAA in 15 games with the 1999 Expos.
20) The Devil Rays signed C Yamid Haad to a minor league contract.
Haad was 0 for 1 in 1 game for the 1999 Pirates.
21) The Yankees signed INF Kevin Polcovich and C Creighton Gubanich to minor league contracts.
Polcovich had a .633 OPS and -30 RCAA in 517 PA with the 1997-98 Pirates.
Gubanich had a .772 OPS and -2 RCAA in 18 games with the 1999 Redsox. He's 1 of 4 players whose first major league hit was a grand slam--
Bill Duggleby Phillies April 21, 1898
Bobby Bonds Giants June 25, 1968
Orlando Mercado Mariners September 19, 1982
Creighton Gubanich Redsox May 3, 1999
Duggleby & Bonds were the only 2 players in history to hit grand slams in their 1st major league game. Duggleby's grand slam was in his 1st major league AB, Bonds's was in his 3rd.
Hasegawa had a 4.04 ERA and 5 RSAA in 46 games with the Angels in 2001, before being non tendered. He's been one of the most productive middle relievers in the league through out his career, with 3 years with a double digit RSAA, a 3.87 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.71, and 46 RSAA in 287 games.
2) The A's signed free agent INF Randy Velarde to a 1 year, $1 million contract.
Velarde hit .424 SLG, .356 OBA, .780 OPS, 3 RCAA, .532 OWP, 5.46 RC/G, 53 RC in 93 games in 2001--78 with the Rangers and 15 with the Yankees. He has a .764 career OPS, compared to his league average of .763 and positional average of .727, 13 RCAA and 64 RCAP in 1217 games.
3) The Giants re-signed INF Desi Relaford, who would have gone to salary arbitration, to a 1 year,
contract.
Relaford had what was most likely a career year with the Mets in 2001, before being traded in the Shawn Estes deal. Relaford hit .472 SLG, .364 OBA, .836 OPS, .614 OWP, 6.45 RC/G, 54 RC in 120 games. In his 5 previous years, he was 5 for 5 in negative RCAAs and RCAPs, while he was 3 for 3 in double digit negative RCAAs for seasons in which he played more than 15 games. Relaford has a .66 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781 and positional average of .702, -62 RCAA and -12 RCAP in 485 games.
4) Rockies owner Jerry McMorris also received a loan from Carl Pohlad's business. McMorris, who was the original proponent of contraction, confirms that there is an ongoing business relationship between him and Pohlad, the loan hasn't been repaid, and czar bud approved the decision to treat the rule requiring other owners to approve loans between owners as mere words on a piece of paper rather than an actual rule.
5) The Diamondbacks signed utilityman Chris Donnels to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Donnels hit .295 SLG, .277 OBA, .573 OPS, -6 RCAA, .235 OWP, 2.52 RC/G, 7 RC in 66 games with the Dodgers in 2001. It was the 5th time in his 7 year career that he's had a negative RCAA. Donnels has a .667 career OPS, compared to his league average of .749 and positional average of .765, -18 RCAA and -22 RCAP in 817 PA.
6) The Reds signed free agent Ps Jimmy Haynes and Brian Bohanon to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.
Haynes had a 4.85 ERA and -9 RSAA in 29 starts with the Brewers in 2001 before he was non tendered. He just missed his 4th consecutive double digit negative RSAA season and his -104 RSAA over the past 6 years make him the worst pitcher in baseball during that span--
1 Jimmy Haynes -104
2 Jaime Navarro -101
3 Kevin Jarvis -74
4 Doug Drabek -73
5 Brian Meadows -72
6 Don Wengert -65
T7 Jim Abbott -63
T7 Mark Gardner -63
T9 Sean Bergman -61
T9 Jim Bullinger -61
Haynes has a 5.48 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.66, and -97 RSAA in 170 games.
Bohanon had a 7.14 ERA and -19 RSAA in 19 starts with the Rockies in 2001. It was the 4th time in his 12 year career that he's had a double digit negative RSAA and the 8th time he's had a negative figure. Bohanon has a 5.19 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.43, and -28 RSAA in 304 games.
7) The Twins invited C Joe Mauer, who was the 1st pick in the 2001 draft, C Jeff Smith, INFs Casey Blake, David Lamb, Justin Morneau and Ruben Salazar and OFs B.J. Garbe and Mike Ryan to spring training.
Blake has a .669 OPS and -3 RCAA in 103 PA with the BlueJays, Twins and Orioles over the past 3 years.
Lamb had a .588 OPS and -11 RCAA in 140 PA with the 1999 Devil Rays and 2000 Mets.
8) The Yankees sent P Ryan Bradley outright to the minors, after he cleared waivers.
9) According to the LA Daily News, the Dodgers are interested in trading for Redsox P Ugueth Urbina or Whitesox P Bobby Howry, while the Mets aren't interested in trading Armando Benitez and a possible deal with the A's for P Billy Koch is dead.
10) The Dodgers re-signed INF Jeff Branson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Branson had a .571 OPS and -1 RCAA in 13 games in 2001. He has a .672 career OPS, compared to his league average of .757 and positional average of .741, -59 RCAA and -49 RCAP in 694 games.
11) According to NY Newsday, the Mets have renewed their efforts to trade for Brewers RF Jeromy Burnitz.
12) According to the Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks are attempting to sign free agent P Rick Helling.
13) The Brewers signed P Ryan Glynn to a minor league contract.
Glynn had a 7.04 ERA and -13 RSAA in 12 games with the Rangers in 2001. It was the 2nd time in his 3 year career that Glynn had -13 RSAA and he has a 5.42 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.80, and -30 RSAA in 41 games.
14) The Expos signed OFs Lyle Mouton and Norm Hutchins, INF Howard Battle, 1B Ivan Cruz, Cs Alex Andreopoulos and Toby Rumfield and Ps Joe Davenport and Dan Smith to minor league contracts.
Mouton had a .118 OPS and -3 RCAA in 21 games with the Marlins in 2001. He has a .759 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781 and positional average of .823, -1 RCAA and -7 RCAP in 890 PA in his 7 year career.
Battle has a .673 OPS and 0 RCAA in 29 games with the BlueJays, Phillies and Braes, in 1995-96 and 1999.
Cruz has a .621 OPS and -1 RCAA in 43 PA with the 1997 Yankees and 1999-2000 Pirates.
Davenport had a 3.00 ERA and 3 RSAA in 10 games with the 1999 Whitesox and 2001 Rockies.
Smith had a 6.10 ERA and -13 RSAA in 22 games with the 1999 Expos and 2000 Redsox. He gave up Tony Gwynn's 3000 hit in 1999.
15) According to the NY Daily News, the Mets and BlueJays have resumed talks for Raul Mondesi, but according to the Newark Star Ledger, BlueJays GM J.P. Ricciardi denies it.
16) The Giants signed C Angel Pena to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
Pena hit .278 SLG, .214 OBA, .492 OPS, -5 RCAA, .138 OWP, 1.76 RC/G, 3 RC in 22 games with the Dodgers in 2001. He has a .582 career OPS, compared to his league average of .789 and positional average of .735, -16 RCAA and -11 RCAP in 206 PA.
17) The Padres signed P Matt DeWitt to a minor league contract.
DeWitt had a 5.79 ERA and -3 RSAA in 24 games with the 2000-01 BlueJays.
18) The Cardinals signed INF Wilson Delgado to a minor league contract.
Delgado had a .334 OPS and -4 RCAA in 14 games with the Royals in 2001. He has a .593 career OPS, compared to his league average of .786 and positional average of .717, -19 RCAA and -8 RCAP in 293 PA.
19) The Pirates signed C Darron Cox to a minor league contract.
Cox had a .696 OPS and -1 RCAA in 15 games with the 1999 Expos.
20) The Devil Rays signed C Yamid Haad to a minor league contract.
Haad was 0 for 1 in 1 game for the 1999 Pirates.
21) The Yankees signed INF Kevin Polcovich and C Creighton Gubanich to minor league contracts.
Polcovich had a .633 OPS and -30 RCAA in 517 PA with the 1997-98 Pirates.
Gubanich had a .772 OPS and -2 RCAA in 18 games with the 1999 Redsox. He's 1 of 4 players whose first major league hit was a grand slam--
Bill Duggleby Phillies April 21, 1898
Bobby Bonds Giants June 25, 1968
Orlando Mercado Mariners September 19, 1982
Creighton Gubanich Redsox May 3, 1999
Duggleby & Bonds were the only 2 players in history to hit grand slams in their 1st major league game. Duggleby's grand slam was in his 1st major league AB, Bonds's was in his 3rd.