A look at the career hitting records that will be in play this season:
Career
Batting Average
1. Timo Phillips/SJ: .363
2. Pat Saunders/KC-CHA: .357
3. Al Mendoza/KC: .352
4. Hector Pettitte/BOS: .344
5. Mark Yamamoto/SFE-CIN-MIL: .341
Hits
1. Pat Saunders/KC-CHA: 657
2. Joe Stein/AUS: 606
3. James Gao/AUS-CSP: 600
4. Dave Adams/CSP: 596
5. Edwin Underwood/COL-ANA: 579
Home Runs
1. Nerio Turner/CLE: 174
2. Felipe Hernandez/MIL: 169
3. Donovan Milligan/CLE: 164
4. Len Heiserman/MIL-SEA: 162
4. Wayne Ramsey/CHI: 162
RBI
1. Al Mendoza/KC: 454
2. Nerio Turner/CLE: 434
2. Tanner Howard/COL-ANA: 434
4. Felipe Hernandez/MIL: 429
5. Donovan Milligan/CLE: 427
Stolen Bases
1. William Saitou/PHI: 290
2. Chul Tabaka/DET: 289
3. Ralph Ferguson/LA-NAS-TB: 229
4. Trey Daniels*/MNT-POR: 179
5. Mule May/WAS-PIT-KC: 168
*: Player is unsigned for season four
Saturday, October 18, 2008
On the Books: Pitching
A quick check of the major career records that will be in play this season:
Wins
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 64
2. Benny Pujols/ATL-KC-DET: 61
3. Midre Navarre/KC-BUF: 57
4. Mel Petersen/DET: 56
4. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 56
ERA
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 2.42
2. Mel Petersen/DET: 2.66
3. Louis Paul/SEA: 2.72
4. Rico Johnson/CSP: 2.91
5. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 2.93
Strikeouts
1. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 775
2. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 670
3. Floyd Brock/NAS-TB: 664
4. Garrett Collins/CHA: 655
5. Lon Costello/CIN: 623
Saves
1. Gregory Rando/CSP: 128
2. Jose Bonilla/ATL: 114
3. Miguel Tavarez/CSP-CLB: 113
4. Duke Monroe/PHI: 106
5. Earle Edmonds/DET: 105
Wins
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 64
2. Benny Pujols/ATL-KC-DET: 61
3. Midre Navarre/KC-BUF: 57
4. Mel Petersen/DET: 56
4. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 56
ERA
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 2.42
2. Mel Petersen/DET: 2.66
3. Louis Paul/SEA: 2.72
4. Rico Johnson/CSP: 2.91
5. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 2.93
Strikeouts
1. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 775
2. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 670
3. Floyd Brock/NAS-TB: 664
4. Garrett Collins/CHA: 655
5. Lon Costello/CIN: 623
Saves
1. Gregory Rando/CSP: 128
2. Jose Bonilla/ATL: 114
3. Miguel Tavarez/CSP-CLB: 113
4. Duke Monroe/PHI: 106
5. Earle Edmonds/DET: 105
On The Move: Free Agency Wrap Up
Well, it's good to see the the economic downturn hasn't touched the spenders here in the Wailing Onion. Ben Bernanke (pictured at right) would be pleased. Here are the big names that switched jerseys this week. My apologies if I missed your big signings.Skeeter May
San Juan FA Resign
Shortstop Skeeter Estes reupped with the Epsteins, the team of my youth. He inks a two-year, $4.4M deal.
Yuniesky Pineda
Arizona FA Resign
Yuni also went back to his old stomping grounds, getting $2.4 for one year. He was 6-0 with a 2.55 ERA out of the bullpen in S3.
Vic Molina
From Milwaukee to Monterrey
Vic asked for $5m per to start the FA period, but took two years at $2.9m. Molina was 5-3 with a 5.73 ERA in Milwaukee.
Mark Yamamoto
From Santa Fe to Milwaukee
All-world catcher (Microsoft Word just autospelled that catheter...weird) Yamamoto got $10.6m for two years. He's certainly worth it -- career 1.054 OPS, .341 BA and the all important more walks than strikeouts. And he's a nifty pitch caller.
Mule Cornelius
Columbus FA resign
I'm always weary about paying ML prospects, but what do I know? Mule got $7.3M a year for three years. Okay money for a career .283 hitter on the farm. The shortstop premium, I suppose.
Maximo Lemon
From Augusta to Philadelphia
Two years for a total of $10.4m, with an apparent $5m signing bonus. Not bad. Lemon moves North and brings his 43-37 record and 4.15 career ERA.
Andres James
From August to Milwaukee
Andres takes his 24 saves from a year ago to the Great White North and signs a two-year, 6.8m contract in the process.
Tommy Ayala
From KC to Colorado Springs
The outbound train from Kansas City continues with Ayala hopping aboard. He gets three years at $32.5m to head to the Rockies.
Stump Grace
From Cleveland to Seattle
You want to talk contract year performer? Dude cut three full runs off his ERA from S2 to S3. And, he bagged $4m per from Seattle in the process. Oh, and this guy looks like his name should be Stump.
Gordon DiSarcina
From Richmond to Milwaukee
Gordon gets two years and $22m to move North. A fair price to pay for an average of 200 Ks and 14 wins per season.
Jumbo Walsh
from Milwaukee to Little Rock
I made a play for Jumbo and actually offered more money, but he (apparently) wanted that no trade. He got it and goes to Arkansas for $9.6m over two years.
Karim Castro
from Burlington to Memphis
I took a gamble, hoping his power outage doesn't last into this season. He gets $6m per for three seasons and a team option in the fourth.
Mule May
from Pittsburgh to Kansas City
Mule also put on a show last season to head into FA. Popped his average up 50 points to .282 in S3. The speedster will cover CF in KC for two years, $8.4m.
Andre Canseco
from Columbus to Little Rock
Jose and Oscar's little cousin got out of Ohio to escape the presidential campaign ads. A career .253 hitter, Canseco got a three year, $17.1m deal.
On The Move: The Trades
In case you missed some of the trades during the off-season, here are a few of the faces wearing new hats in season four:
Among the preseason tradeds:
From Colorado Springs to Seattle
From Santa Fe to Portland. I know...improbable. How do we keep letting Ralph and Mark get all the good players?
From KC to Charlotte for three BIG ceiling minor leaguers.
From Portland to Tampa Bay
From Memphis to Milwaukee. Arbitration sucks.
Among the preseason tradeds:
From Colorado Springs to Seattle
From Santa Fe to Portland. I know...improbable. How do we keep letting Ralph and Mark get all the good players?
From KC to Charlotte for three BIG ceiling minor leaguers.
From Portland to Tampa Bay
From Memphis to Milwaukee. Arbitration sucks.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Sing it Juanyea
And I'll take, with me the memories, to my sunshine after the rain, it's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.This was my class song when I graduated from Liverpool (N.Y.) High School in 1995. Today, we'll use it to bid adieu to the imaginary men that retired from the Wailing Onion today. They include:
John Alexander: Played three seasons in Seattle at shortstop. A career .277 hitter.
Cory Redding: Journeyman starter on the downside of a career as a workhorse. 20-25 ML record with a 5.27 ERA.
The rest were career minor leaguers. These were the only ML players of note that I saw.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Single-Season Records Smashed
Here's a quick check of the record book and which marks fell in Season Three:
Timo Phillips/SJ: .382 BA (tie - S.2 Pat Saunders/KC). Incidentally, Timo also has the top three single-season OPS marks.
Andy Porter/MIL: 33-game hit streak
Bubba Sisler/CHA: 2.02 ERA
Sonny Anderson/BUF: 86 appearances (tie - S.1 Juan Navarre/LV)
Barry Hubbard/PHI: 50 saves (tie - S.1 Duke Monroe/PHI)
Timo Phillips/SJ: .382 BA (tie - S.2 Pat Saunders/KC). Incidentally, Timo also has the top three single-season OPS marks.
Andy Porter/MIL: 33-game hit streak
Bubba Sisler/CHA: 2.02 ERA
Sonny Anderson/BUF: 86 appearances (tie - S.1 Juan Navarre/LV)
Barry Hubbard/PHI: 50 saves (tie - S.1 Duke Monroe/PHI)
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