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| Updated 11-12-08 Catchers Brad Ausmus (40) Paul Bako (37) Josh Bard (31) Michael Barrett (32) Gary Bennett (37) Henry Blanco (37) Johnny Estrada (33) Sal Fasano (37) Toby Hall (33) Paul Lo Duca (37) - Type B Adam Melhuse (37) Chad Moeller (34) Ivan Rodriguez (37) - Type B David Ross (32) Javier Valentin (33) Jason Varitek (37) - Type A Vance Wilson (36) Gregg Zaun (38) - Type B First basemen Rich Aurilia (37) Miguel Cairo (35) Sean Casey (34) Tony Clark (37) Nomar Garciaparra (35) Jason Giambi (38) Eric Hinske (31) Doug Mientkiewicz (35) Kevin Millar (37) Richie Sexson (34) Mark Sweeney (39) Mark Teixeira (29) - Type A Daryle Ward (34) Second basemen Willie Bloomquist (31) Craig Counsell (38) Ray Durham (37) Damion Easley (39) David Eckstein (34) Mark Grudzielanek (39) - Type B Jerry Hairston Jr. (33) Orlando Hudson (31) - Type A Tadahito Iguchi (34) Jeff Kent (41) - Type B Felipe Lopez (29) Mark Loretta (37) - Type B Ramon Martinez (36) Pablo Ozuna (34) Nick Punto (31) Luis Rivas (29) Shortstops Willie Bloomquist (31) Orlando Cabrera (34) - Type A Alex Cintron (30) Alex Cora (33) Craig Counsell (38) David Eckstein (34) Adam Everett (32) Rafael Furcal (31) Nomar Garciaparra (35) Chris Gomez (38) Jerry Hairston Jr. (33) Cesar Izturis (29) Felipe Lopez (29) Tomohiro Nioka (33) Nick Punto (31) Edgar Renteria (33) - Type A Luis Rivas (29) Juan Uribe (30) - Type B Ramon Vazquez (32) Omar Vizquel (42) - $5.2MM club option for '09 with a $0.3MM buyout Third basemen Rich Aurilia (37) Casey Blake (35) - Type B Willie Bloomquist (31) Aaron Boone (36) Russell Branyan (33) Craig Counsell (38) Joe Crede (31) Nomar Garciaparra (35) Mike Lamb (33) Mark Loretta (37) - Type B Ramon Martinez (36) Pablo Ozuna (34) Juan Uribe (30) - Type B Ramon Vazquez (32) Left fielders Moises Alou (42) - Type B Garret Anderson (37) - Type B Milton Bradley (31) - Type B Emil Brown (34) Pat Burrell (32) - Type A Adam Dunn (29) - Type A Cliff Floyd (36) Luis Gonzalez (41) - Type B Jerry Hairston Jr. (33) Raul Ibanez (37) - Type A Gabe Kapler (33) Kevin Mench (31) Jason Michaels (33) Craig Monroe (32) Greg Norton (36) Jay Payton (36) Manny Ramirez (37) - Type A Juan Rivera (30) So Taguchi (39) Center fielders Rocco Baldelli (27) Willie Bloomquist (31) Jim Edmonds (39) Jerry Hairston Jr. (33) Gabe Kapler (33) Mark Kotsay (33) Corey Patterson (29) Scott Podsednik (33) So Taguchi (39) Right fielders Bobby Abreu (35) - Type A Casey Blake (35) - Type B Emil Brown (34) Cliff Floyd (36) Ken Griffey Jr. (39) - Type B Gabe Kapler (33) Jason Michaels (33) Trot Nixon (35) Brad Wilkerson (32) DHs Milton Bradley (31) - Type B Cliff Floyd (36) Jason Giambi (38) Mike Sweeney (35) Frank Thomas (41) - Type B Jose Vidro (34) Starting pitchers Kris Benson (33) A.J. Burnett (32) - Type A Paul Byrd (38) - Type B Roger Clemens (46) Matt Clement (33) Bartolo Colon (36) Ryan Dempster (32) - Type A Shawn Estes (36) Josh Fogg (32) Freddy Garcia (33) Jon Garland (29) - Type B Tom Glavine (43) Mike Hampton (36) Mark Hendrickson (35) Livan Hernandez (34) Orlando Hernandez (43) Jason Jennings (30) Randy Johnson (45) - Type B Kenshin Kawakami (34) Jon Lieber (39) Braden Looper (34) - Type B Rodrigo Lopez (33) - club option for '09 Derek Lowe (36) - Type A Greg Maddux (43) - Type B Pedro Martinez (37) Jamie Moyer (46) - Type A Mark Mulder (31) Mike Mussina (40) - Type A John Parrish (31) Carl Pavano (33) Brad Penny (31) - Type B Odalis Perez (32) Oliver Perez (27) - Type A Andy Pettitte (37) - Type A Sidney Ponson (32) Mark Prior (27) Kenny Rogers (44) Glendon Rusch (34) C.C. Sabathia (28) - Type A Curt Schilling (42) Ben Sheets (30) - Type A John Smoltz (42) - Type B Koji Uehara (34) Kip Wells (32) Randy Wolf (32) - Type B Closers Chad Cordero (27) Brian Fuentes (33) - Type A Eric Gagne (33) - Type B Eddie Guardado (38) Trevor Hoffman (41) - Type B Jason Isringhausen (36) - Type A Brandon Lyon (29) - Type B Francisco Rodriguez (27) - Type A Kerry Wood (32) - Type A Middle relievers Jeremy Affeldt (30) - Type B Luis Ayala (31) - Type B Joe Beimel (32) - Type B Joe Borowski (38) Doug Brocail (42) - Type A Shawn Chacon (31) Juan Cruz (30) - Type A Elmer Dessens (37) Brendan Donnelly (37) Scott Elarton (33) Alan Embree (39) - Type B Kyle Farnsworth (33) Casey Fossum (31) Keith Foulke (35) Chad Fox (38) Tom Gordon (41) Mark Hendrickson (35) Matt Herges (39) Bob Howry (35) - Type A Jorge Julio (30) Jon Lieber (39) Mike Lincoln (34) Jason Johnson (35) Trever Miller (36) - Type B Guillermo Mota (35) Will Ohman (31) Darren Oliver (38) - Type A Chan Ho Park (36) Horacio Ramirez (29) Al Reyes (38) Dennys Reyes (32) - Type B Arthur Rhodes (39) - Type B Juan Rincon (30) Ricardo Rincon (39) Glendon Rusch (34) Rudy Seanez (40) - Type B Brian Shouse (40) - Type B Russ Springer (40) - Type A Ken Takahashi (41) Julian Tavarez (36) Mike Timlin (43) Ron Villone (39) David Weathers (39) - Type B Kip Wells (32) Matt Wise (33) Jamey Wright (34) |
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| Below is the updated list of potential compensation free agents, though their former clubs have to offer them arbitration in order to cash in on their departure. Type A free agents yield the signing team's first-round choice and a supplemental first-rounder, while Type Bs return only the sandwich-rounder. Clubs who finished in the bottom half of the major league standings can't surrender their first-round selection. |
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| Type A Free Agents Catchers: Jason Varitek (Bos). First Basemen: Mark Teixeira (LAA). Second Basemen: Orlando Hudson (Ari). Shortstops: Orlando Cabrera (CWS), Edgar Renteria (Det). Outfielders: Manny Ramirez (LAD), Raul Ibanez (Sea), Bob Abreu (NYY), Adam Dunn (Ari), Pat Burrell (Phi). Starting Pitchers: C.C. Sabathia (Mil), A.J. Burnett (Tor), Andy Pettitte (NYY), Mike Mussina (NYY), Ben Sheets (Mil), Oliver Perez (NYM), Derek Lowe (LAD), Jamie Moyer (Phi). Relief Pitchers: Francisco Rodriguez (LAA), Brian Fuentes (Col), Russ Springer (StL), Ryan Dempster (ChC), Juan Cruz (Ari), Kerry Wood (ChC), Trevor Hoffman (SD), Doug Brocail (Hou), Darren Oliver (LAA), Bob Howry (ChC). Type B Free Agents Catchers: Ivan Rodriguez (NYY), Greg Zaun (Tor), Paul LoDuca (Fla). Second Basemen: Jeff Kent (LAD), Juan Uribe (CWS), Mark Loretta (Hou), Mark Grudzielanek (KC). Third Basemen: Casey Blake (LAD). Outfielders: Garret Anderson (LAA), Moises Alou (NYM), Ken Griffey Jr. (CWS), Luis Gonzalez (Fla). Designated Hitters: Milton Bradley (Tex), Frank Thomas (Oak). Starting Pitchers: John Smoltz (Atl), Brad Penny (LAD), Jon Garland (LAA), Randy Wolf (Hou), Paul Byrd (Bos), Greg Maddux (LAD), Braden Looper (StL), Randy Johnson (Ari). Relief Pitchers: Alan Embree (Oak), Brian Shouse (Mil), Jason Isringhausen (StL), Dave Weathers (Cin), Brandon Lyon (Ari), Jeremy Affeldt (Cin), Arthur Rhodes (Fla), Joe Beimel (LAD), Dennys Reyes (Min), Rudy Seanez (Phi), Luis Ayala (NYM), Eric Gagne (Mil). |
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| The fine folks at mlbtraderumors put together a list of unsigned free agents. They stuck some players in more than one category - I believe Jerry Hairston appeared in nine of them - and I tried to eliminate the duplicates, but I might have missed a few: Catchers Brad Ausmus (40) Paul Bako (37) Gary Bennett (37) Henry Blanco (37) Johnny Estrada (33) Sal Fasano (37) Toby Hall (33) Robby Hammock (32) Paul Lo Duca (37) Adam Melhuse (37) Ivan Rodriguez (37) Javier Valentin (33) Jason Varitek (37) Vance Wilson (36) Gregg Zaun (38) First basemen Rich Aurilia (37) Miguel Cairo (35) Sean Casey (34) Nomar Garciaparra (35) Jason Giambi (38) Doug Mientkiewicz (35) Kevin Millar (37) Richie Sexson (34) Mark Sweeney (39) Daryle Ward (34) Second basemen Willie Bloomquist (31) Chris Burke (29) Craig Counsell (38) Ray Durham (37) Damion Easley (39) David Eckstein (34) Mark Grudzielanek (39) Jerry Hairston Jr. (33) Orlando Hudson (31) Tadahito Iguchi (34) Jeff Kent (41) Ramon Martinez (36) Pablo Ozuna (34) Shortstops Angel Berroa (31) Orlando Cabrera (34) Alex Cintron (30) Alex Cora (33) David Eckstein (34) Chris Gomez (38) Tomohiro Nioka (33) Luis Rivas (29) Juan Uribe (30) Omar Vizquel (42) Third basemen Rich Aurilia (37) Joe Crede (31) Ramon Martinez (36) Ty Wigginton (31) Left fielders Moises Alou (42) Garret Anderson (37) Emil Brown (34) Pat Burrell (32) Adam Dunn (29) Luis Gonzalez (41) Craig Monroe (32) Jay Payton (36) Manny Ramirez (37) So Taguchi (39) Center fielders Rocco Baldelli (27) Jim Edmonds (39) Gabe Kapler (33) Mark Kotsay (33) Scott Podsednik (33) Right fielders Bobby Abreu (35) Jonny Gomes (28) Ken Griffey Jr. (39) Eric Hinske (31) Brad Wilkerson (32) DHs Milton Bradley (31) Cliff Floyd (36) Jason Giambi (38) Mike Sweeney (35) Frank Thomas (41) Jose Vidro (34) Starting pitchers Matt Belisle (29) Kris Benson (33) Paul Byrd (38) Roger Clemens (46) Bartolo Colon (36) Shawn Estes (36) Josh Fogg (32) Freddy Garcia (33) Jon Garland (29) Tom Glavine (43) Charlie Haeger (25) Livan Hernandez (34) Orlando Hernandez (43) Chuck James (27) Jason Jennings (30) Kenshin Kawakami (34) Jon Lieber (39) Braden Looper (34) Rodrigo Lopez (33) Derek Lowe (36) Pedro Martinez (37) Mark Mulder (31) John Parrish (31) Carl Pavano (33) Odalis Perez (32) Oliver Perez (27) Andy Pettitte (37) Sidney Ponson (32) Mark Prior (27) Tim Redding (31) Kenny Rogers (44) Curt Schilling (42) Ben Sheets (30) John Smoltz (42) Koji Uehara (34) Kip Wells (32) Randy Wolf (32) Relievers Luis Ayala (31) Joe Beimel (32) Joe Borowski (38) Yhency Brazoban (29) Shawn Chacon (31) Chad Cordero (27) Lance Cormier (28) Juan Cruz (30) Elmer Dessens (37) Brendan Donnelly (37) Scott Elarton (33) Randy Flores (33) Casey Fossum (31) Keith Foulke (35) Eric Gagne (33) Tom Gordon (41) Eddie Guardado (38) Matt Herges (39) Trevor Hoffman (41) Jason Isringhausen Tyler Johnson (27) Wil Ledezma (28) Aquilino Lopez (34) Brandon Lyon (29) Jason Johnson (35) Guillermo Mota (35) Will Ohman (31) Al Reyes (38) Dennys Reyes (32) Juan Rincon (30) Ricardo Rincon (39) Takashi Saito (39) Rudy Seanez (40) Brian Shouse (40) Russ Springer (40) Ken Takahashi (41) Julian Tavarez (36) Mike Timlin (43) Ron Villone (39) Matt Wise (33) Jamey Wright (34) |