Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Big "Z" Number #1 Pick


The Minnesota Twins, lucky winners of this year's draft lottery, selected Carlos Zambrano as the #1 pick. The 6' 5" 250 lb. 21 year old righthander was born in Venezuela on June 1, 1981. The Twins have been building quite a formidable starting staff which includes Johan Santana, Roy Halladay, Zambrano and Josh Beckett (selected with the 6th pick in the first round).

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Mark McGwire Retires From Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have cut Mark McGwire from their 17-man protected list and that he has retired. Big Mac, in his two seasons with the Redbirds, batted .302 with 56 Homers. McGwire's best MSL season for St. Louis was in 2000 when he hit .328 with 37 HR's and 98 RBI's in just 241 at bats - mostly against left handed pitching.

McGwire's best single game occurred on July 3, 2000 against the Philadelphia Phillies. McGwire hit 3 homeruns and drove in 7 runs at Coors Field in a 15-5 win over the Phillies.

Friday, February 09, 2007

Final Stats For 2001 First Round Draft Picks

  NAME               BAVG  GM  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO HB SH DP  SB CS  E
1-A.Pujols,MON .270 77 304 43 82 20 2 16 51 22 49 7 0 10 2 1 8
A.Pujols,PHN .363 82 320 71 116 23 4 28 85 33 45 2 0 10 0 2 13
2-I.Suzuki,MNA .330 162 691 111 228 34 6 5 76 37 48 8 4 5 64 11 0
4-A.Dunn,FLN .206 64 180 27 37 11 1 9 24 38 52 0 0 7 3 3 0
5-V.Wells,KCA .274 20 73 10 20 5 0 0 4 8 12 0 0 1 0 0 1
6-M.Young,TOA .209 103 350 37 73 11 2 9 42 18 84 5 3 11 1 0 6
10-S.Hillenbrand,SEA .198 28 106 11 21 1 1 2 11 2 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
12-M.Giles,OAA .273 15 44 6 12 4 0 1 7 5 5 0 0 2 0 1 0
15-D.Eckstein,HON .246 154 565 74 139 18 1 4 41 37 73 21 9 14 27 6 22
16-J.Guillen,ANA .262 37 103 13 27 5 0 3 12 5 30 0 1 1 0 0 2
17-B.Wilkerson,PHN .200 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
19-J.Randa,CLA .230 155 586 50 135 30 3 14 61 47 105 7 0 20 3 1 21
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NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
3-R.Oswalt,PIN 3.31 6 4 .600 25 24 0 0 0 138.2 143 59 51 15 23 144
7-J.Smoltz,BOA 5.48 0 0 ---- 12 1 0 0 0 23.0 28 14 14 6 3 28
8-P.Byrd,NYA 4.11 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 4 46.0 53 25 21 4 13 22
9-C.Sabathia,CHA 4.61 4 6 .400 14 14 1 0 0 80.0 74 46 41 15 35 79
C.Sabathia,TOA 5.00 2 8 .200 14 14 0 0 0 81.0 73 56 45 13 53 77
11-B.Sheets,LAN 5.21 8 11 .421 25 25 3 2 0 153.2 165 95 89 26 52 91
13-J.Pineiro,SFN 1.77 8 1 .889 34 3 1 1 1 71.1 50 18 14 0 26 48
14-O.Perez,SLN 6.08 0 0 ---- 15 0 0 0 0 26.2 30 21 18 6 9 19
18-T.Gordon,ATN 0.83 2 2 .500 19 0 0 0 1 32.2 17 4 3 1 12 37
20-B.Lawrence,ARN 3.72 11 4 .733 19 19 0 0 0 113.2 107 52 47 20 31 94