Around the Majors: Reds sign Dunn

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1) The Reds re-signed LF-1B Adam Dunn to a 2 year, $18.5 million contract, with an option for 2008, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23    9  .354  .465  .819  .566   5.94  .215  27   57    8  116  Reds         
2004   24   52  .388  .569  .956  .721   8.18  .266  46  102    6  161  Reds         
2005   25   36  .387  .540  .927  .660   7.73  .247  40  101    4  160  Reds         
CAR        134  .383  .518  .901  .647   7.27  .248 158  374   41  661 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .268  73  298   38 
POS AVG     60  .359  .469  .828  .575   6.07  .273  97  351   36

2) According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the Phillies are interested in free agent OF B.J. Surhoff, who is reportedly considering retiring.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   38    4  .353  .404  .758  .546   5.26  .295   5   41    2   93  Orioles      
2004   39    2  .365  .420  .785  .521   5.62  .309   8   50    2  100  Orioles      
2005   40  -11  .282  .356  .639  .354   3.30  .257   5   34    0   91  Orioles      
CAR        -22  .332  .413  .745  .485   4.79  .282 188 1153  141 2313 
LG AVG       0  .337  .419  .756  .500   4.94  .268 243 1080  156 
POS AVG     -7  .335  .421  .757  .491   4.92  .265 261 1107  103

3) The Brewers re-signed OF Gabe Gross and Ps David Bush, Jorge De La Rosa, Justin Lehr and Dennis Sarfate to 1 year contracts.

GROSS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   24   -8  .311  .310  .621  .287   3.34  .209   3   16    2   44  Blue Jays    
2005   25   -2  .324  .348  .671  .427   4.24  .250   1    7    1   40  Blue Jays    
CAR        -10  .316  .326  .642  .343   3.70  .226   4   23    3   84 
LG AVG       0  .335  .431  .766  .500   5.05  .270   7   31    4 
POS AVG      2  .341  .448  .790  .528   5.39  .274   8   33    4 

BUSH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 24   14   3.69   16  16   97.2   64  5.90 11.61   5   4   0   6   3  Blue Jays    
2005 25   -1   4.49   25  24  136.1   75  4.95 12.15   5  11   0   8   8  Blue Jays    
CAREER    13   4.15   41  40  234    139  5.35 11.92  10  15   0  14  11 
LG AVG     0   4.48           234    163  6.28 12.85  13  13 

DE LA ROSA
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23   -5   6.35    5   5   22.2    5  1.99 17.47   0   3   0   1   2  Brewers      
2005 24   -1   4.46   38   0   42.1   42  8.93 18.28   2   2   0   2   2  Brewers      
CAREER    -6   5.12   43   5   65     47  6.51 18.00   2   5   0   3   4 
LG AVG     0   4.26            65     48  6.63 12.78   4   4 

LEHR
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26   -2   5.23   27   0   32.2   16  4.41 14.05   1   1   0   1   1  A's          
2005 27    1   3.89   23   0   34.2   23  5.97 13.24   1   1   0   1   1  Brewers      
CAREER    -1   4.54   50   0   67.1   39  5.21 13.63   2   2   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.43            67.1   49  6.51 12.95   4   4

4) Today's birthdays--

JOE GERHARDT, 1855-1922
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1885   30  -43  .203  .195  .399  .163   2.24  .155   0   33    0  112  Giants       
1886   31  -30  .230  .249  .479  .271   3.01  .190   0   40    8  123  Giants       
1890   35  -38  .283  .271  .555  .298   4.30  .217   3    0   14  136  Gladiators/Cardinals
CAR       -171  .261  .289  .550  .364   4.19  .227   7  229   37  986 
LG AVG       0  .302  .342  .644  .500   5.83  .261  18  249   94 
POS AVG    -84  .288  .313  .602  .438   5.09  .245  13  213  102 

BRAD HALSEY, AGE: 25
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23   -7   6.47    8   7   32     25  7.03 16.03   1   3   0   1   3  Yankees      
2005 24   -4   4.61   28  26  160     82  4.61 13.44   8  12   0  10  10  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -11   4.92   36  33  192    107  5.02 13.88   9  15   0  11  13 
LG AVG     0   4.30           192    140  6.55 12.82  11  11 

ARTHUR IRWIN, 1858-1921
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1882   24  -20  .251  .279  .530  .322   3.80  .219   0   30    0   84  Ruby Legs    
1888   30  -27  .277  .263  .540  .312   3.49  .219   0   28   19  125  Phillies     
1889   31  -20  .317  .295  .613  .365   4.64  .231   0   42   15  103  Statesmen/Phillies
CAR       -129  .299  .305  .604  .411   4.82  .241   5  396   93 1010 
LG AVG       0  .308  .358  .666  .500   5.89  .261  30  472  123 
POS AVG    -64  .298  .335  .633  .460   5.33  .253  21  442  134 

DAMASO MARTE, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   26   1.58   71   0   79.2   87  9.83  9.83   4   2  11   5   1  White Sox    
2004 29   13   3.42   74   0   73.2   68  8.31 11.36   6   5   6   7   4  White Sox    
2005 30    4   3.77   66   0   45.1   54 10.72 16.08   3   4   4   4   3  White Sox    
CAREER    50   3.20  307   0  304    323  9.56 11.78  14  14  31  17  11 
LG AVG     0   4.51           304    214  6.34 12.89  17  17 

LARRY MILBOURNE, AGE: 55
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   26  -17  .239  .285  .524  .213   2.22  .219   2   21    3   86  Mariners     
1978   27  -18  .254  .295  .549  .186   2.04  .226   2   20    5   93  Mariners     
1982   31  -23  .289  .327  .616  .286   2.81  .257   2   26    3  125  Yankees/Twins/Indians
CAR       -109  .293  .317  .609  .319   3.00  .254  11  184   41  989 
LG AVG       0  .330  .395  .725  .500   4.48  .265  61  307   49 
POS AVG    -43  .319  .357  .676  .432   3.92  .259  33  242   59 

MORGAN MURPHY, 1867-1938
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1891   24  -25  .289  .294  .582  .321   4.04  .216   4   54   17  106  Red Stocking 
1894   27  -24  .344  .322  .666  .289   4.90  .275   1   37    6   75  Reds         
1897   30  -34  .196  .179  .375  .057   1.33  .169   0   12    1   62  Cardinals    
CAR       -182  .287  .281  .568  .253   3.65  .225  10  227   53  566 
LG AVG       0  .356  .384  .740  .500   6.66  .283  17  309  117 
POS AVG    -69  .332  .359  .691  .420   5.52  .268  14  300   64 

KELLY STINNETT, AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33   -8  .302  .355  .657  .349   3.65  .237   3   19    0   67  Reds/Phillies
2004   34    3  .379  .458  .836  .640   6.75  .305   3    7    0   20  Royals       
2005   35   -4  .317  .419  .736  .400   4.24  .248   6   12    0   59  Diamondbacks 
CAR        -57  .320  .390  .711  .399   4.25  .239  63  216   10  667 
LG AVG       0  .343  .433  .777  .500   5.26  .271  62  258   38 
POS AVG    -43  .327  .404  .731  .421   4.48  .257  55  248   11

[Lindseynelson]

The REDS are going to score runs aplenty this year and if they can get any kind of pitching consistency they are a real contender for the Central. Kearns,Dunn,Jr,Pena and Encarnacion make a formidable lineup.