The Portland Beavers, est. 2001 - Page 25

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 12:38 AM

Monday, November 4, 2002

Manager of the Year Awards were announced:

American League
Tetsushi Sasaki, Kansas City (49) 2001 Winner

National League
Larry Bookout, Pittsburgh (61)

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 08:05 AM

Tuesday, November 5, 2002

Cy Young Awards were announced:

American League
Doug Willard, Kansas City (24 L) 21-9 2.40 ERA

2nd place: Mickey Monroe, Kansas City (27 R) 15-6 2.18 ERA 2001 Winner
3rd place: Frank Madero, New York (A) (33 R) 15-11 2.79 ERA

National League
Dave Sikes, San Diego (24 L) 17-2 1.95 ERA

2nd place: Joe Sherman, Miami (31 L) 14-8 2.64 ERA 2001 3rd place
3rd place: Walt Deckman, Houston (31 R) 14-7 2.55 ERA

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 08:15 AM

Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Most Valuable Player Awards were announced:

American League
Antonio Mata, 1b, Tampa Bay (29 S) .337/.377/.578 661-39-139 114 R 223 H 30 2B 6 3B 20 SB

2nd place: Antonio Vasquez, 1b, Cleveland (25 L) .334/.415/.631 458-37-91
3rd place: Doug Willard, p, Kansas City (24 L) 21-9 2.40 ERA

National League
Dick Hedrick, 2b, Pittsburgh (27 L) .330/.388/.497 642-24-112 212 H 33 2B

2nd place: Dave Sikes, p, San Diego (24 L) 17-2 1.95 ERA
3rd place: Willie Solano, c, Colorado (27 R) .314/.373/.556 538-34-117 91 R

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 08:39 AM

Thursday, November 14, 2002

Arbitration hearings were held yesterday and the results were announced today. We had five players go to a hearing. We won 3 and lost 2. CF Javy Fernandez will make $750K. He was asking for $1.25 mil. RF Lee Kowalski will make $3.6 mil. He was asking for $4.674 mil. C Mark Marker will make $6.5 mil. He was asking for $8.75 mil. P Larry Castillo will make $1,397,500. We offered $1.2 mil. 1B Antonio Mata will make $15,812,500. We offered $12.6 mil. That one hurts....

Free Agents will file tomorrow and we will lose the following players, who we have not been offered a contract: SP Rick Civetti, SP Jeff Cox, SP Troy Delia, SP Jack Larson, C John McIvor, 1B Roger Aguilar, 2B Mike Campell, 2B Mike Cavallaro, SS Ivan Lopez, SS Jose Lucca, LF Dick McCay and RF Lebron Williams.

PhillieFever · 05-01-2017, 09:28 AM

How do you NOT win manager of the year!!!!
Other than that, great great season. Like you though, I worry about a regression. Not much mind you, I think you'll be there all year. Can't wait!

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PhillieFever

How to you NOT win manager of the year!!!!
Other than that, great great season. Like you though, I worry about a regression. Not much mind you, I think you'll be there all year. Can't wait!

Starting pitching is going to be our achilles heel, I think....

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 01:52 PM

Friday, November 15, 2002

Trades!

First, we sent a bevy of middling prospects to Houston to get 1 middling prospect. We sent them C Bobby Reyes (21 R), 3B Al Haynes (26 R), 3B Gary Trevino (21 R) and 2B/OF Jim Buchanan (25 R) and they sent us P Bill Tull (24 R). Gary Trevino is the one I hate to part with as I think he is going to be a very good lead-off man in the future, but we are well stocked with 3B prospects, so his loss should not be hard to overcome. Tull was a 14th round draft pick in 1997, so the Astros have certainly made a profit on that pick. He is nothing to get excited about, unless you like flute with your rock and roll, as I do....

Next we sent P Mike Meyer (25 R), C Paul Stewart (28 R) and 1B Danny Hernandez (23 L) to Arizona for P Darrell Massingham (27 R), P Jim Nilson (25 R), P Chris Procell (33 L) and RF Luis Rosario (27 R). Massingham is the player we wanted and the other three are just toss-ins. Nilson is a reliever who might be worth something someday and Procell and Rosario will be sent to AAA as injury insurance. Massingham was the 8th overall pick in the 1996 draft and has been a bit slow coming around and will not be the star he was predicted to be, but he looks to be a solid pitcher.

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Questdog · 05-01-2017, 02:35 PM

Sunday, November 24, 2002

P Nick Miller (30 R), who the Portland Beavers made an offer to and got laughed at, has signed with the New York Yankees for 6 years and $114.4 mil ($19.07 mil. average per season). He was 15-11 with a 2.75 ERA this past season with Minnesota and was even better in 2001.

P Jose Rico (32 L) has also signed with the New York Yankees. 4 years for $73.2 mil. ($18.3 mil. average per season). He was 13-6 with a 2.73 ERA this past season with Washington.

P Mark Gray (30 R) has also signed with the New York Yankees. 3 years for $40.8 mil. ($13.6 per season). He was 6-7 with a 2.60 ERA and 50 SV for the World Champion Kansas City Royals this past season and has 99 SV over the past two years.

What a day for the Yankees! Money maybe cannot buy happiness, but it can sure buy a pitching staff....

Their pitchers will earn more in 2003 than our whole team....

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 03:01 PM

Friday, November 29, 2002

P Jose Salcedo (38 R) (soon to be 39) signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. 2 years for $37.2 mil. ($18.6 mil. per season). He was 12-9 with a 3.55 ERA for Los Angeles (A) this past season.

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 03:09 PM

Saturday, November 30, 2002

P Hank Wikel (37 R) signed with the New York Yankees. 2 years for $34.4 mil. ($17.2 mil. per season). The 2nd year is contingent on him pitching 180 innings in 2003. He was 11-10 with a 3.18 ERA for Detroit this past season.

On Thursday the Yankees signed P Robby Hermosillo (28 L) to a 3-yr./$31.8 Mil. contract. He was 7-9 with a 3.03 ERA and 44 SV for Montreal this past season.

The Yankees now have 134 SV from 2002 in their 2003 Bullpen....

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 03:20 PM

Sunday, December 1, 2002

3B Alex Reyes (32 R) re-signed with the Kansas City Royals for 2-yrs./$40.4 mil. ($20.2 mil per season). He hit .274-23-101 (.787 OPS) for them last year and hit .290-25-107 (.839 OPS) in 2001.

SS Ty Bridges (30 R) signed with the Boston Red Sox for 7-yrs./$84 mil. ($12 mil. average per season). The final year is contingent 550 PA in 2008. He hit .303-2-45 (.752 OPS) with 44 SB for the World Champion Kansas City Royals this past season and hit .339-2-77 (.830 OPS) with 64 SB in 2001.

Bub13 · 05-01-2017, 03:24 PM

Was really hoping Tull's personality would read "Thick as a brick."

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 03:54 PM

Monday, December 2, 2002

Winter Meetings Begin

3B Larry Menard (35 R) signed with the Seattle Mariners for 2-yrs/$29.2 mil. ($14.6 mil. per season). He hit .276-29-105 (.772 OPS) for the Chicago Cubs this past season.

C Stan Brown (30 R) signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 6-yrs./$146.4 mil. ($24.4 mil. per season). The final year is a team option. He hit .265-24-75 (.880 OPS) for the San Francisco Giants this past season.

The New York Yankees made it 171 SV from 2002 in their 2003 Bullpen by signing P Tony Ahern (33 R) for 3-yrs./$30.6 mil. ($10.2 mil. per season). The third year is a team option. He was 6-5 with a 2.78 ERA and 37 SV for Seattle this past season.

The Yankee pitching staff is now set to earn $141.5 mil. in 2003.

It is looking like the Portland Beavers will not make any deals here at the Meetings. P Terry Cole is proving a popular piece of trade bait, but none of the 2B or LF's that are not making a ton of money are exciting me or the other GM's are wanting way too much.

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 04:02 PM

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

P Dean Dibble (31 R) signed with the Chicago Cubs for 5-yrs./$92 mil. ($18.4 mil. per season). He was 10-16 with a 2.82 ERA for the Miami Marlins this past season and 15-9 with a 2.96 ERA in 2001.

1B/OF Ignacio Medina signed with the Kansas City Royals for 6-yrs./$85.7 mil. ($14.3 mil. average per season). The final year is contingent on 550 PA in 2007. He hit .264-28-86 (.803 OPS ) for the Philadelphia Phillies this past season.

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 04:10 PM

Friday, December 14, 2002

P Doug Stone (35 L) signed with the Detroit Tigers for 2-yrs/$34.4 mil. ($17.2 mil. per season). The second year is a player option. He was 14-10 with a 3.54 ERA for the New York Yankees this past season and was 15-7 with an NL-best 2.20 ERA for Montreal in 2001.

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 04:17 PM

Tuesday, December 17, 2002

P Bob Kinney ( 32 R) signed with the Detroit Tigers for 4-yrs./$53.9 mil. ($13.5 mil. average per season). The fourth year is a team option. He was 13-11 with a 3.16 ERA for the San Diego Padres last season and 10-11 with a 2.82 ERA in 2001.

Questdog · 05-01-2017, 04:55 PM

Saturday, December 28, 2002

Rule V Draft

9 players were picked. Boston and San Diego each took 3. One of the picks the Padres made was 3B Al Haynes who we had recently traded to Houston. Milwaukee lost 2 players. The Beavers lost no one.

The Portland Beavers made a selection! SS Ivan Alvarez (21 L) from Detroit. He will hopefully be the backup shortstop who can hit a little and field a lot that we were looking for. The Tigers discovered him in Panama in April of 1997 as a 16-yr.-old.

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Questdog · 05-01-2017, 05:12 PM

Tuesday, December 31, 2002

We signed a free agent. LF Jeff Johnson (27 L) signed for 4-yrs./$34 mil. ($8.5 mil. per season). He is not the Big Bopper I was hoping for in left, but he has some power and hits for a decent average. Does not seem to walk a lot and his defense could be better, but he is the best we could come up with. He was an All-Star in 2001, but dropped off considerably in 2002.

We are probably done constructing our roster for 2002, unless someone comes to us with an offer we cannot refuse. P Terry Cole is still with the team and will start on Opening Day, if he makes it through Spring Training.....

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Questdog · 05-01-2017, 08:46 PM

Monday, March 3, 2003

Spring Training Games begin.

P Alan Gross has been cleared to pitch, so we have 7 candidates for the rotation plus Larry Duke (35 L) and Chris Procell (33 L), two old-timers who will not be in the rotation unless there are injuries. Or I should say, UNTIL there are injuries....

Terry Cole (32 L), Alan Gross (28 L) and Tony Ricketts (28 R) will be in the rotation if healthy, at least in April. We will see if Cole and Gross have anything left after their injuries, but crappy Spring Training results won't affect their opportunity to pitch in April. That leaves 4 pitchers fighting over the last two spots in the rotation: J.T. Burdick (25 L), Angel Rodriguez (25 R), Darrell Massingham (27 R) and Bill Tull (24 R). Tull is the long-shot and Massingham, the favorite.

The rest of the team, including the Bullpen, looks set going into Spring Training. The games will just be to shake off the rust and get in shape and also to get hurt and make us scramble to fill the holes....

I will not report on the games in Spring training, but I will mention that we won our first outing, 13 to 1, over the Pirates and we only gave up 3 hits! We did walk 7, though. No pitcher went more than 2 innings and every one looked in shape! P Terry Cole gave up 1 hit and no walks and struck out 1 in his 2 innings and says his arm feels pretty good afterwards! 3B Ron Peddicord hit a home run. 443 ft!

Questdog · 05-02-2017, 01:06 PM

Monday, March 17, 2003

P Terry Cole, our 19-game winner from last season, is hurt. He is out at least until after the All-Star break. The drama will be whether he is healthy enough by the trading deadline so we can try to get something for him..... I should have traded him this Winter, but I foolishly hoped that he could give us something in 2003....

05-01-2017, 09:28 AM	#485
PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Elk Twp. NJ Posts: 6,763	How do you NOT win manager of the year!!!! Other than that, great great season. Like you though, I worry about a regression. Not much mind you, I think you'll be there all year. Can't wait! __________________ We're All Wednesday Aren't We? WAWAW Last edited by PhillieFever; 05-02-2017 at 04:34 PM.

05-01-2017, 02:35 PM	#488
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, November 24, 2002 P Nick Miller (30 R), who the Portland Beavers made an offer to and got laughed at, has signed with the New York Yankees for 6 years and $114.4 mil ($19.07 mil. average per season). He was 15-11 with a 2.75 ERA this past season with Minnesota and was even better in 2001. P Jose Rico (32 L) has also signed with the New York Yankees. 4 years for $73.2 mil. ($18.3 mil. average per season). He was 13-6 with a 2.73 ERA this past season with Washington. P Mark Gray (30 R) has also signed with the New York Yankees. 3 years for $40.8 mil. ($13.6 per season). He was 6-7 with a 2.60 ERA and 50 SV for the World Champion Kansas City Royals this past season and has 99 SV over the past two years. What a day for the Yankees! Money maybe cannot buy happiness, but it can sure buy a pitching staff.... Their pitchers will earn more in 2003 than our whole team.... Last edited by Questdog; 05-01-2017 at 02:38 PM.

05-01-2017, 08:46 PM	#499
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, March 3, 2003 Spring Training Games begin. P Alan Gross has been cleared to pitch, so we have 7 candidates for the rotation plus Larry Duke (35 L) and Chris Procell (33 L), two old-timers who will not be in the rotation unless there are injuries. Or I should say, UNTIL there are injuries.... Terry Cole (32 L), Alan Gross (28 L) and Tony Ricketts (28 R) will be in the rotation if healthy, at least in April. We will see if Cole and Gross have anything left after their injuries, but crappy Spring Training results won't affect their opportunity to pitch in April. That leaves 4 pitchers fighting over the last two spots in the rotation: J.T. Burdick (25 L), Angel Rodriguez (25 R), Darrell Massingham (27 R) and Bill Tull (24 R). Tull is the long-shot and Massingham, the favorite. The rest of the team, including the Bullpen, looks set going into Spring Training. The games will just be to shake off the rust and get in shape and also to get hurt and make us scramble to fill the holes.... I will not report on the games in Spring training, but I will mention that we won our first outing, 13 to 1, over the Pirates and we only gave up 3 hits! We did walk 7, though. No pitcher went more than 2 innings and every one looked in shape! P Terry Cole gave up 1 hit and no walks and struck out 1 in his 2 innings and says his arm feels pretty good afterwards! 3B Ron Peddicord hit a home run. 443 ft! Last edited by Questdog; 05-01-2017 at 09:06 PM.

05-01-2017, 12:38 AM	#481
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, November 4, 2002 Manager of the Year Awards were announced: American League Tetsushi Sasaki, Kansas City (49) 2001 Winner National League Larry Bookout, Pittsburgh (61)

05-01-2017, 08:05 AM	#482
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, November 5, 2002 Cy Young Awards were announced: American League Doug Willard, Kansas City (24 L) 21-9 2.40 ERA 2nd place: Mickey Monroe, Kansas City (27 R) 15-6 2.18 ERA 2001 Winner 3rd place: Frank Madero, New York (A) (33 R) 15-11 2.79 ERA National League Dave Sikes, San Diego (24 L) 17-2 1.95 ERA 2nd place: Joe Sherman, Miami (31 L) 14-8 2.64 ERA 2001 3rd place 3rd place: Walt Deckman, Houston (31 R) 14-7 2.55 ERA

05-01-2017, 08:15 AM	#483
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Wednesday, November 6, 2002 Most Valuable Player Awards were announced: American League Antonio Mata, 1b, Tampa Bay (29 S) .337/.377/.578 661-39-139 114 R 223 H 30 2B 6 3B 20 SB 2nd place: Antonio Vasquez, 1b, Cleveland (25 L) .334/.415/.631 458-37-91 3rd place: Doug Willard, p, Kansas City (24 L) 21-9 2.40 ERA National League Dick Hedrick, 2b, Pittsburgh (27 L) .330/.388/.497 642-24-112 212 H 33 2B 2nd place: Dave Sikes, p, San Diego (24 L) 17-2 1.95 ERA 3rd place: Willie Solano, c, Colorado (27 R) .314/.373/.556 538-34-117 91 R

05-01-2017, 08:39 AM	#484
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Thursday, November 14, 2002 Arbitration hearings were held yesterday and the results were announced today. We had five players go to a hearing. We won 3 and lost 2. CF Javy Fernandez will make $750K. He was asking for $1.25 mil. RF Lee Kowalski will make $3.6 mil. He was asking for $4.674 mil. C Mark Marker will make $6.5 mil. He was asking for $8.75 mil. P Larry Castillo will make $1,397,500. We offered $1.2 mil. 1B Antonio Mata will make $15,812,500. We offered $12.6 mil. That one hurts.... Free Agents will file tomorrow and we will lose the following players, who we have not been offered a contract: SP Rick Civetti, SP Jeff Cox, SP Troy Delia, SP Jack Larson, C John McIvor, 1B Roger Aguilar, 2B Mike Campell, 2B Mike Cavallaro, SS Ivan Lopez, SS Jose Lucca, LF Dick McCay and RF Lebron Williams.

05-01-2017, 01:52 PM	#487
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, November 15, 2002 Trades! First, we sent a bevy of middling prospects to Houston to get 1 middling prospect. We sent them C Bobby Reyes (21 R), 3B Al Haynes (26 R), 3B Gary Trevino (21 R) and 2B/OF Jim Buchanan (25 R) and they sent us P Bill Tull (24 R). Gary Trevino is the one I hate to part with as I think he is going to be a very good lead-off man in the future, but we are well stocked with 3B prospects, so his loss should not be hard to overcome. Tull was a 14th round draft pick in 1997, so the Astros have certainly made a profit on that pick. He is nothing to get excited about, unless you like flute with your rock and roll, as I do.... Next we sent P Mike Meyer (25 R), C Paul Stewart (28 R) and 1B Danny Hernandez (23 L) to Arizona for P Darrell Massingham (27 R), P Jim Nilson (25 R), P Chris Procell (33 L) and RF Luis Rosario (27 R). Massingham is the player we wanted and the other three are just toss-ins. Nilson is a reliever who might be worth something someday and Procell and Rosario will be sent to AAA as injury insurance. Massingham was the 8th overall pick in the 1996 draft and has been a bit slow coming around and will not be the star he was predicted to be, but he looks to be a solid pitcher.

05-01-2017, 03:01 PM	#489
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, November 29, 2002 P Jose Salcedo (38 R) (soon to be 39) signed with the Philadelphia Phillies. 2 years for $37.2 mil. ($18.6 mil. per season). He was 12-9 with a 3.55 ERA for Los Angeles (A) this past season.

05-01-2017, 03:09 PM	#490
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, November 30, 2002 P Hank Wikel (37 R) signed with the New York Yankees. 2 years for $34.4 mil. ($17.2 mil. per season). The 2nd year is contingent on him pitching 180 innings in 2003. He was 11-10 with a 3.18 ERA for Detroit this past season. On Thursday the Yankees signed P Robby Hermosillo (28 L) to a 3-yr./$31.8 Mil. contract. He was 7-9 with a 3.03 ERA and 44 SV for Montreal this past season. The Yankees now have 134 SV from 2002 in their 2003 Bullpen....

05-01-2017, 03:20 PM	#491
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Sunday, December 1, 2002 3B Alex Reyes (32 R) re-signed with the Kansas City Royals for 2-yrs./$40.4 mil. ($20.2 mil per season). He hit .274-23-101 (.787 OPS) for them last year and hit .290-25-107 (.839 OPS) in 2001. SS Ty Bridges (30 R) signed with the Boston Red Sox for 7-yrs./$84 mil. ($12 mil. average per season). The final year is contingent 550 PA in 2008. He hit .303-2-45 (.752 OPS) with 44 SB for the World Champion Kansas City Royals this past season and hit .339-2-77 (.830 OPS) with 64 SB in 2001.

05-01-2017, 03:24 PM	#492
Bub13 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Maine Posts: 748	Was really hoping Tull's personality would read "Thick as a brick."

05-01-2017, 03:54 PM	#493
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, December 2, 2002 Winter Meetings Begin 3B Larry Menard (35 R) signed with the Seattle Mariners for 2-yrs/$29.2 mil. ($14.6 mil. per season). He hit .276-29-105 (.772 OPS) for the Chicago Cubs this past season. C Stan Brown (30 R) signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 6-yrs./$146.4 mil. ($24.4 mil. per season). The final year is a team option. He hit .265-24-75 (.880 OPS) for the San Francisco Giants this past season. The New York Yankees made it 171 SV from 2002 in their 2003 Bullpen by signing P Tony Ahern (33 R) for 3-yrs./$30.6 mil. ($10.2 mil. per season). The third year is a team option. He was 6-5 with a 2.78 ERA and 37 SV for Seattle this past season. The Yankee pitching staff is now set to earn $141.5 mil. in 2003. It is looking like the Portland Beavers will not make any deals here at the Meetings. P Terry Cole is proving a popular piece of trade bait, but none of the 2B or LF's that are not making a ton of money are exciting me or the other GM's are wanting way too much.

05-01-2017, 04:02 PM	#494
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, December 3, 2002 P Dean Dibble (31 R) signed with the Chicago Cubs for 5-yrs./$92 mil. ($18.4 mil. per season). He was 10-16 with a 2.82 ERA for the Miami Marlins this past season and 15-9 with a 2.96 ERA in 2001. 1B/OF Ignacio Medina signed with the Kansas City Royals for 6-yrs./$85.7 mil. ($14.3 mil. average per season). The final year is contingent on 550 PA in 2007. He hit .264-28-86 (.803 OPS ) for the Philadelphia Phillies this past season.

05-01-2017, 04:10 PM	#495
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Friday, December 14, 2002 P Doug Stone (35 L) signed with the Detroit Tigers for 2-yrs/$34.4 mil. ($17.2 mil. per season). The second year is a player option. He was 14-10 with a 3.54 ERA for the New York Yankees this past season and was 15-7 with an NL-best 2.20 ERA for Montreal in 2001.

05-01-2017, 04:17 PM	#496
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, December 17, 2002 P Bob Kinney ( 32 R) signed with the Detroit Tigers for 4-yrs./$53.9 mil. ($13.5 mil. average per season). The fourth year is a team option. He was 13-11 with a 3.16 ERA for the San Diego Padres last season and 10-11 with a 2.82 ERA in 2001.

05-01-2017, 04:55 PM	#497
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Saturday, December 28, 2002 Rule V Draft 9 players were picked. Boston and San Diego each took 3. One of the picks the Padres made was 3B Al Haynes who we had recently traded to Houston. Milwaukee lost 2 players. The Beavers lost no one. The Portland Beavers made a selection! SS Ivan Alvarez (21 L) from Detroit. He will hopefully be the backup shortstop who can hit a little and field a lot that we were looking for. The Tigers discovered him in Panama in April of 1997 as a 16-yr.-old.

05-01-2017, 05:12 PM	#498
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Tuesday, December 31, 2002 We signed a free agent. LF Jeff Johnson (27 L) signed for 4-yrs./$34 mil. ($8.5 mil. per season). He is not the Big Bopper I was hoping for in left, but he has some power and hits for a decent average. Does not seem to walk a lot and his defense could be better, but he is the best we could come up with. He was an All-Star in 2001, but dropped off considerably in 2002. We are probably done constructing our roster for 2002, unless someone comes to us with an offer we cannot refuse. P Terry Cole is still with the team and will start on Opening Day, if he makes it through Spring Training.....

05-02-2017, 01:06 PM	#500
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	Monday, March 17, 2003 P Terry Cole, our 19-game winner from last season, is hurt. He is out at least until after the All-Star break. The drama will be whether he is healthy enough by the trading deadline so we can try to get something for him..... I should have traded him this Winter, but I foolishly hoped that he could give us something in 2003....