[Dauis]

3/12/2007
Cincinnati approached me today with an offer for RF Reggie Sanders. Reggie is definitely someone I want to get rid of, so I was pretty willing to take just about anything for him. They offered C David Ross and MR prospect Rafael Gonzalez for Sanders and $3 million. After some negotiation, I got them to agree to take the $3 million demand off the table, and we made the deal. It will improve our budget room by $3.4 million. We are still $8,271,789 above budget.

We also moved CL Brett Evert off the 40-man roster to make room for MR Jose Diaz, who our minor league coaches said was having an outstanding minor league camp. We figured we’d see how he did in big league Spring Training.

Spring Training Game #11 – OAK (Haren) at KC (Bale)
Oakland 7
Kansas City 12
W: K. Ray (1-1) L: D. Haren (0-2)
HR – OAK: M. Kotsay (1) KCA: D. Ross (5), C. Koskie (1), M. Teahen (1)
POG: C. Koskie (KC) 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI


3/13/2007 – Spring Training Game #12 – CLE (Byrd) at KC (Perez)
Cleveland 2
Kansas City 6
W: J. Diaz (1-0) L: J. Davis (1-1) S: O. Dotel (5)
HR – CLE: G. Sizemore (2) KC: M. Sweeney (3), J. Buck (1)
POG: J. Buck (KC) 1-1, HR, R, 3 RBI


3/15/2007 – Spring Training Game #13 – KC (Greinke) at NYA (Pettitte)
Kansas City 8
New York Yankees 4
W: Z. Greinke (3-0) L: A. Pettitte (2-1) S: O. Dotel (6)
HR – KC: D. Ross (6), C. Koskie (2), M. Sweeney (4) NYA: B. Abreu (1)
POG: C. Koskie (KC) 2-5, HR, R, RBI


3/16/2007
Morgan Ensberg signed a 2 year, $19.26 million extension with the Astros today. I may never be able to sign a free agent ever again.

Spring Training Game #14 – TOR (Ohka) at KC (Hudson)
Toronto 5
Kansas City 8
W: D. Riske (2-1) L: B. Neal (0-1) S: O. Dotel (7)
HR – TOR: F. Thomas (4) KC: C. Koskie (3), E. German (1)
POG: F. Thomas (TOR) 1-3, HR, R, 3 RBI, 2 BB

Bad news for Mets fans. Carlos Beltran will miss at least 8 weeks with a strained Achilles tendon.

Mariners pitcher Cha Seung Baek’s spring training most likely came to an end as he will miss 1-2 weeks with a finger blister.


3/17/2007 – Spring Training Game #15 – KC (Bale) at BOS (Schilling)
Kansas City 5
Boston 12
W: B. Donnelly (1-0) L: D. Riske (2-2)
HR – KC: C. Koskie (4) BOS: D. Ortiz (4)
POG: D. Ortiz (BOS) 1-3, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 BB
The starters left this game after 4 innings with the score 1-1. After 5, it was 11-5 Boston. Thank you bullpen.

Phillies closer Tom Gordon will probably shut it down until Opening Day. He has a tender shoulder that will keep him out for 1-2 weeks.


3/18/2007
Arizona has traded LF Eric Byrnes to Cleveland for 1B Ryan Garko and minor league 3B Derrick Peterson.

Spring Training Game #16 – CHA (Bush) at KC (Perez)
Chicago White Sox 11
Kansas City 10
W: H. Phillips (1-0) L: J. Soria (0-1) S: M. MacDougal (4)
HR – CHA: J. Thome (1) KC: D. Ross (7), D. DeJesus (1), M. Teahen (2)
POG: J. Thome (CHA) 3-3, 2B, HR, 2 R, 4 RBI

A major blow for the Angels today, as 2B Maicer Izturis tore his labrum and will miss 8 months.