Around the Majors: Cox gets an extension

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1) The Braves gave manager Bobby Cox a 1 year contract extension, covering the 2007 season.

2) The Giants sent INFs Travis Ishikawa and Derin McMains, OFs Fred Lewis and Adam Shabala, C Todd Jennings and Ps Kelyn Acosta, Jon Coutlangus, Jesus Reina, Alfredo Simon, Erick Threets, Jeff Miller, Billy Sadler, Jonathan Sanchez and Brian Wilson to the minors.

SHABALA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   27   -2  .235  .200  .435  .134   1.80  .200   0    4    0    6  Giants       
CAR         -2  .235  .200  .435  .134   1.80  .200   0    4    0    6 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   1    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   1    3    0

3) The Cardinals sent OFs Reid Gorecki and Prentice Redman and Cs Brian Esposito and Iker Franco to the minors.

REDMAN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -3  .192  .292  .484  .064   1.17  .125   1    2    2   15  Mets         
CAR         -3  .192  .292  .484  .064   1.17  .125   1    2    2   15 
LG AVG       0  .341  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .269   1    4    0 
POS AVG      0  .339  .432  .771  .511   5.28  .274   1    3    1

4) The Orioles sent Ps Brian Finch, Jim Johnson, Adam Loewen, Marino Salas and John Stephens to the minors.

STEPHENS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 22  -12   6.09   12  11   65     56  7.75 12.88   2   5   0   2   5  Orioles      
CAREER   -12   6.09   12  11   65     56  7.75 12.88   2   5   0   2   5 
LG AVG     0   4.47            65     45  6.26 12.83   4   4

5) Today's birthdays--

HOME RUN BAKER, 1886-1963
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1911   25   49  .379  .508  .887  .723   7.69  .334  11  115   38  148  A's          
1912   26   67  .404  .541  .945  .774   9.38  .347  10  130   40  149  A's          
1913   27   61  .412  .492  .904  .784   8.37  .336  12  117   34  149  A's          
CAR        303  .363  .442  .805  .659   6.17  .307  96  987  235 1575 
LG AVG       0  .335  .350  .685  .500   4.42  .266  27  581  210 
POS AVG    -66  .323  .338  .661  .462   4.04  .260  24  544  214 

WILL CLARK, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1987   23   40  .371  .580  .951  .692   7.48  .308  35   91    5  150  Giants       
1988   24   55  .386  .508  .894  .757   7.36  .282  29  109    9  162  Giants       
1989   25   73  .407  .546  .953  .804   8.91  .333  23  111    8  159  Giants       
1991   27   49  .359  .536  .895  .743   7.25  .301  29  116    4  148  Giants       
2000   36   42  .418  .546  .964  .717   9.06  .319  21   70    5  130  Orioles/Cardinals
CAR        473  .384  .497  .880  .674   7.18  .303 284 1205   67 1976 
LG AVG       0  .335  .410  .745  .500   4.84  .266 184  858  162 
POS AVG    179  .355  .453  .809  .572   5.76  .277 263 1083   79 

MARIANO DUNCAN, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   23  -14  .284  .305  .589  .354   3.11  .229   8   30   48  109  Dodgers      
1987   24  -12  .267  .322  .589  .312   2.99  .215   6   18   11   76  Dodgers      
1993   30  -12  .304  .417  .721  .408   4.05  .282  11   73    6  124  Phillies     
1997   34  -24  .268  .286  .554  .223   2.51  .236   1   25    6   89  Yankees/Blue Jays
CAR        -92  .300  .388  .688  .422   3.97  .267  87  491  174 1279 
LG AVG       0  .333  .405  .738  .500   4.73  .265 122  579  117 
POS AVG    -68  .325  .374  .699  .443   4.25  .262  76  476  134 

JORGE FABREGAS, AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1997   27  -21  .285  .353  .638  .292   3.12  .258   7   51    1  121  Angels/White Sox
1998   28  -17  .255  .251  .506  .161   2.10  .197   2   20    0   70  Diamondbacks/Mets
1999   29  -20  .280  .299  .579  .218   2.66  .199   3   21    0   88  Marlins/Braves
CAR       -131  .284  .315  .599  .244   2.84  .241  23  211    4  646 
LG AVG       0  .344  .433  .777  .500   5.26  .272  63  269   38 
POS AVG    -53  .322  .400  .721  .404   4.33  .257  54  249   10 

JOHAN SANTANA, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   27   3.07   45  18  158.1  169  9.61 10.06  12   3   0  10   5  Twins        
2004 25   54   2.61   34  34  228    265 10.46  8.64  20   6   0  19   7  Twins        
2005 26   39   2.87   33  33  231.2  238  9.25  8.78  16   7   0  16   7  Twins        
CAREER   125   3.31  184 108  856    901  9.47 10.34  59  25   1  56  28 
LG AVG     0   4.54           856    596  6.27 12.96  48  48 

SCOTT SULLIVAN, AGE: 35
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1997 26   12   3.24   59   0   97.1   96  8.88 10.73   5   3   1   5   3  Reds         
1999 28   19   3.01   79   0  113.2   78  6.18 11.32   5   4   3   6   3  Reds         
2000 29   18   3.47   79   0  106.1   96  8.13 11.34   3   6   3   6   3  Reds         
CAREER    42   3.98  558   0  737.1  622  7.59 12.35  40  28   9  36  32 
LG AVG     0   4.39           737.1  554  6.76 12.94  41  41

Correction from yesterday--Doug Brocail is with the Padres, not Rangers.