March 2002
Newsletter #5
THE
OUTLAW
The official newsletter of the Santa Barbara
Outlaws
New Home:
After seven seasons playing in Santa Barbara’s Oceanfront
Stadium, the Outlaws will open the 2002 season in a new home.
On April 1st, 2002, the Outlaws will play their home opener in
Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. The
Outlaws will need to promote good pitching and defense instead of waiting for Mo
Vaughn's three-run homer.
Recent Trades:
1. The Outlaws traded Tim Salmon (2,B4-$12.5M) to Box City for the Parcelmen’s third round pick.
2. The Outlaws traded Rey Ordonez (1,B4-$5M) to Gem City for Adam Kennedy (2,A2).
3. The Outlaws traded Chin-Feng Chen (AM) to Metropolis to trade up to the first overall pick in the 2002 draft. With the first overall pick, the Outlaws selected shortstop Juan Uribe from Colorado.
Recent Spring Training Injuries:
1. Wilson Alvarez is recovering from liposuction and will miss the entire season.
2. Mo Vaughn is recovering from a torn biceps muscle and will miss the entire season.
Projected Opening Day lineup for April 2002:
| 1 | Jacque Jones | CF |
| 2 | Brent Abernathy | 2B |
| 3 | Raul Mondesi | RF |
| 4 | Garret Anderson | LF |
| 5 | Robert Fick | 1B |
| 6 | Carl Everett | DH |
| 7 | Aaron Boone | 3B |
| 8 | Juan Uribe | SS |
| 9 | Ben Petrick | CA |
Others who will be pushing for playing time:
Michael Barrett (CA), Geoff Blum (UIF), Todd Hollandsworth (OF), and Adam Kennedy (2B)
Projected Pitching Staff:
| SP1 | Bartolo Colon | CL | Robb Nen | |
| SP2 | Shane Reynolds | SET | Byung-Hyun Kim | |
| SP3 | Matt Clement | MID | Danny Graves | |
| SP4 | Doug Davis | |||
| SP5 | Roy Halladay |
Others who should help out this year:
Darren Dreifort, Chris George, and Tomo Ohka