Hunsicker hired by Tampa Bay
November 4, 2005
The perennial doormat Tampa Bay Devil Rays hired Gerry Hunsicker as their No. 2 baseball man on Thursday, giving the club a proven front office executive to work with the club's young and inexperienced head of baseball operations.Hunsicker, 55, spent nine seasons as general manager for the Houston Astros, helping to assemble the team that went to the World Series this year.
With Tampa Bay, he'll be responsible for helping 28-year-old Andrew Friedman turn around a franchise that's never won more than 70 games in a season and has finished last in seven of its eight seasons.Friedman was promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations.
Yankees hire Pena as first base coach: Former Kansas City manager Tony Pena was hired by the New York Yankees on as their first base coach.Pena was the AL manager of the year in 2003 after leading the Royals to an 83-79 record. He quit on May 10 of this year after an 8-25 start.
Dodgers to talk to Hart: The Los Angeles Dodgers received permission to interview former Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers general manager John Hart for their vacant GM job.Hart resigned as general manager of the Rangers, but remains under contract with Texas as a consultant.Among other possible candidates are former Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, Washington Nationals GM Jim Bowden and Chicago White Sox special assistant Dennis Gilbert.The Dodgers' GM job became vacant Saturday when Paul DePodesta was fired.Padres get Castilla for Lawrence: Third baseman Vinny Castilla was traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Diego for right-hander Brian Lawrence and cash.The move paves the way for Ryan Zimmerman, the No. 4 overall pick in June's amateur draft, to start at third for the Nationals next season.The 38-year-old Castilla hit .253 with 12 home runs and 66 RBIs in his first season with the former Expos.Lawrence went 7-15 with a 4.83 ERA in 33 starts for San Diego in 2005.
Alomar, Bautista reinstated: Roberto Alomar and Danny Bautista were reinstated from the voluntary retired list by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the pair filed for free agency.Alomar, a 12-time All-Star, was just 276 hits shy of 3,000 when he retired on March 19, during spring training. The 37-year-old second baseman, who had signed a $600,000, one-year contract with Tampa Bay, filed for free agency to preserve future options rather than with the specific intent of playing next year, agent Jaime Torres said.Bautista, a 33-year-old outfielder, announced his retirement the same day as Alomar.
Padres hire Glenn Hoffman as coach: Glenn Hoffman, the older brother of free agent closer Trevor Hoffman, was hired as third base coach of the San Diego Padres on Thursday.Glenn Hoffman joins the Padres as they negotiate with his younger brother. Trevor Hoffman filed for free agency last week and is seeking between $25-27 million over three years, while the Padres' opening offer was for $10 million over two years.
Source: http://www.mcall.com/
The perennial doormat Tampa Bay Devil Rays hired Gerry Hunsicker as their No. 2 baseball man on Thursday, giving the club a proven front office executive to work with the club's young and inexperienced head of baseball operations.Hunsicker, 55, spent nine seasons as general manager for the Houston Astros, helping to assemble the team that went to the World Series this year.
With Tampa Bay, he'll be responsible for helping 28-year-old Andrew Friedman turn around a franchise that's never won more than 70 games in a season and has finished last in seven of its eight seasons.Friedman was promoted to executive vice president of baseball operations.
Yankees hire Pena as first base coach: Former Kansas City manager Tony Pena was hired by the New York Yankees on as their first base coach.Pena was the AL manager of the year in 2003 after leading the Royals to an 83-79 record. He quit on May 10 of this year after an 8-25 start.
Dodgers to talk to Hart: The Los Angeles Dodgers received permission to interview former Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers general manager John Hart for their vacant GM job.Hart resigned as general manager of the Rangers, but remains under contract with Texas as a consultant.Among other possible candidates are former Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, Washington Nationals GM Jim Bowden and Chicago White Sox special assistant Dennis Gilbert.The Dodgers' GM job became vacant Saturday when Paul DePodesta was fired.Padres get Castilla for Lawrence: Third baseman Vinny Castilla was traded by the Washington Nationals to the San Diego for right-hander Brian Lawrence and cash.The move paves the way for Ryan Zimmerman, the No. 4 overall pick in June's amateur draft, to start at third for the Nationals next season.The 38-year-old Castilla hit .253 with 12 home runs and 66 RBIs in his first season with the former Expos.Lawrence went 7-15 with a 4.83 ERA in 33 starts for San Diego in 2005.
Alomar, Bautista reinstated: Roberto Alomar and Danny Bautista were reinstated from the voluntary retired list by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and the pair filed for free agency.Alomar, a 12-time All-Star, was just 276 hits shy of 3,000 when he retired on March 19, during spring training. The 37-year-old second baseman, who had signed a $600,000, one-year contract with Tampa Bay, filed for free agency to preserve future options rather than with the specific intent of playing next year, agent Jaime Torres said.Bautista, a 33-year-old outfielder, announced his retirement the same day as Alomar.
Padres hire Glenn Hoffman as coach: Glenn Hoffman, the older brother of free agent closer Trevor Hoffman, was hired as third base coach of the San Diego Padres on Thursday.Glenn Hoffman joins the Padres as they negotiate with his younger brother. Trevor Hoffman filed for free agency last week and is seeking between $25-27 million over three years, while the Padres' opening offer was for $10 million over two years.
Source: http://www.mcall.com/
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