ANGELS NOTEBOOK: THREE PLAYERS DON'T `SEE EYE TO EYE' ON CONTRACTS.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer TEMPE, Ariz. - Not pleased with contract offers extended by the Angels, pitcher John Lackey John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978, in Abilene, Texas) is a major league baseball starting pitcher from Abilene, Texas. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim his entire career. and utility player Shawn Wooten William Shawn Wooten (born July 24, 1972 in Glendora, California), is a catcher who is currently with the New Orleans Zephyrs of the New York Mets organization. Previously, Wooten played with the Anaheim Angels (2000-03), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), Boston Red Sox (2005) and allowed their contracts to be renewed Sunday, and shortstop David Eckstein David Mark Eckstein, (born January 20, 1975 in Sanford, Florida), is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is noted for his size, as he is a small (for professional sports) 5' 7", but weighs 175 pounds. agreed to a one-year, $425,000 contract. All three players will be eligible for arbitration after this season. Though none of the players was ecstatic, it wasn't as fiery as last spring, when starting pitchers Jarrod Washburn Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Washburn won the final game , Scott Schoeneweis Scott David Schoeneweis [SHOW-en-WEISS] (born October 2, 1973, in Long Branch, New Jersey) is an American left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He plays for the New York Mets. and Ramon Ortiz chafed chafe v. chafed, chaf·ing, chafes v.tr. 1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing. 2. To annoy; vex. 3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands. v.intr. at the team's renewal terms, though Ortiz later agreed to a multiyear contract. ``You don't really have much say,'' said Eckstein, who made $280,000 last season. ``There was no negotiation. The first three years, your hands are tied. My opinion doesn't matter.'' Neither did Wooten's nor Lackey's, but they tried to make their emotions known anyway. Lackey was not happy with the team's offer of $325,000, and instead of signing it, he opted to get renewed at $315,000. Wooten's offer was for $350,000, which he also thought was low, and he had his contract renewed for $337,500. Lackey has just 95 days of service time, but he won nine games in a half-season as a rookie and went on to win Game 7 of the World Series. At worst, he will be the team's No. 4 starter this season. Wooten has more than two years of service time and is a career .322 hitter, but injuries have limited him to 343 career at-bats. ``I'm obviously not happy with it or I wouldn't renew,'' Lackey said. ``With my service time, they try to compare me to other people, but there haven't been many people who did what we did last year. That's their right and they exercised it. I'm not complaining. I just want something that's fair.'' Wooten made $250,000 last season. Since the minimum salary was raised to $300,000, the Angels' offer of $350,000 meant he would make the same amount over the minimum as last year, in which he hit .292 in 49 games and made key postseason contributions. --Erstad not ready: Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). was scheduled to bat twice in his spring debut Sunday, but he said his right hand is ``not ready to be cranked back up,'' so he asked out of the game after one at-bat. His status is uncertain for today's game against Milwaukee. --Pleading the fifth: Fifth-starter candidates Scott Schoeneweis and Mickey Callaway Mickey Callaway (born May 13, 1975 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American baseball player. He made is debut as a pitcher in Major League Baseball in 1999. He currently plays for the Hyundai Unicorns in the Korea Baseball Organization League. both pitched in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Colorado. Schoeneweis gave up five hits and four earned runs in a 40-pitch, two-inning outing and said he was winded by the end of it. Callaway gave up one hit in two innings. CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. MILWAUKEE - Gabe Lacques |
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