All Your Base Are Belong To Us - FAs & Out of Options
by Rodney on Feb 1, 2009 12:31 PM CST
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PrintAs an homage to Pastor of Muppets; Oh where have you gone, my friend?
I thought I might throw up a list of freely available talent, and some interesting names who are out of options.
Remaining Unsigned FAs:
Player Age Status Old Team New Team Years Dollars Rank
Bobby Abreu, RF 34 Free Agent (A) NY Yankees -- 14
Moises Alou, LF 42 Free Agent (B) NY Mets -- 97
Mario Alvarez, SP 24 Free Agent LA Dodgers -- NR
Garret Anderson, LF 36 Free Agent (B) LA Angels -- 55
Rich Aurilia, 1B 37 Free Agent San Francisco -- NR
Luis Ayala, RP 31 Free Agent (B) NY Mets -- 98
Paul Bako, C 36 Free Agent Cincinnati -- NR
Joe Beimel, RP 31 Free Agent (B) LA Dodgers -- 72
Gary Bennett, C 36 Free Agent LA Dodgers -- NR
Emil Brown, LF 34 Free Agent Oakland -- 85
Ambiorix Burgos, RP 24 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Paul Byrd, SP 38 Free Agent (B) Boston -- 38
Orlando Cabrera, SS 34 Free Agent (A) Chicago Sox -- 21
Miguel Cairo, 1B 34 Free Agent Seattle -- NR
Alex Cintron, SS 30 Free Agent Baltimore -- NR
Joe Crede, 3B 30 Free Agent Chicago Sox -- 34
Juan Cruz, RP 30 Free Agent (A) Arizona -- 16
Jairo Cuevas, SP 25 Free Agent Kansas City -- NR
Elmer Dessens, SP 38 Free Agent Atlanta -- NR
Brendan Donnelly, RP 37 Free Agent Cleveland -- NR
Adam Dunn, LF 29 Free Agent (A) Arizona -- 7
Ray Durham, 2B 37 Free Agent Milwaukee -- 67
Damion Easley, 2B 39 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Jim Edmonds, CF 38 Free Agent Chicago Cubs -- 32
Scott Elarton, SP 32 Free Agent Cleveland -- NR
Sal Fasano, C 37 Free Agent Cleveland -- NR
Randy Flores, RP 33 Free Agent St. Louis -- NR
Cliff Floyd, DH 36 Free Agent Tampa Bay -- 78
Keith Foulke, RP 36 Free Agent Oakland -- NR
Eric Gagne, RP 33 Free Agent (B) Milwaukee -- 61
Nomar Garciaparra, SS 35 Free Agent LA Dodgers -- 76
Tom Glavine, SP 42 Free Agent Atlanta -- NR
Luis Gonzalez, LF 41 Free Agent (B) Florida -- NR
Tom Gordon, RP 41 Free Agent Philadelphia -- NR
Ken Griffey Jr., RF 39 Free Agent (B) Chicago Sox -- 37
Mark Grudzielanek, 2B 38 Free Agent (B) Kansas City -- 88
Eddie Guardado, RP 38 Free Agent Minnesota -- NR
Livan Hernandez, SP 33 Free Agent Colorado -- NR
Orlando Hernandez, SP 39 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Orlando Hudson, 2B 31 Free Agent (A) Arizona -- 12
Jason Isringhausen, RP 36 Free Agent (B) St. Louis -- NR
Chuck James, SP 27 Free Agent Atlanta -- NR
Jason Jennings, SP 30 Free Agent Texas -- NR
Tyler Johnson, RP 27 Free Agent St. Louis -- NR
Jacque Jones, LF 33 Free Agent Florida -- 100
Jon Lieber, RP 38 Free Agent Chicago Cubs -- NR
Paul Lo Duca, C 36 Free Agent (B) Florida -- NR
Braden Looper, SP 34 Free Agent (B) St. Louis -- 43
Aquilino Lopez, RP 33 Free Agent Detroit -- NR
Pedro Martinez, SP 37 Free Agent NY Mets -- 44
Ramon Martinez, 2B 36 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Kent Mercker, RP 41 Free Agent Cincinnati -- NR
Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B 34 Free Agent Pittsburgh -- NR
Kevin Millar, 1B 37 Free Agent Baltimore -- NR
Mark Mulder, SP 31 Free Agent St. Louis -- NR
Will Ohman, RP 31 Free Agent Atlanta -- 51
John Parrish, SP 31 Free Agent Toronto -- NR
Jay Payton, LF 36 Free Agent Baltimore -- NR
Odalis Perez, SP 31 Free Agent Washington -- NR
Oliver Perez, SP 27 Free Agent (A) NY Mets -- 10
Sidney Ponson, SP 32 Free Agent NY Yankees -- NR
Manny Ramirez, LF 36 Free Agent (A) LA Dodgers -- 3
Dennys Reyes, RP 31 Free Agent (B) Minnesota -- 62
Ricardo Rincon, RP 38 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Luis Rivas, 2B 29 Free Agent Pittsburgh -- NR
Ivan Rodriguez, C 37 Free Agent (B) NY Yankees -- 46
Kenny Rogers, SP 44 Free Agent Detroit -- 75
Jeff Salazar, LF 28 Free Agent Arizona -- NR
Curt Schilling, SP 42 Free Agent Boston -- 90
Rudy Seanez, RP 40 Free Agent Philadelphia -- NR
Ben Sheets, SP 30 Free Agent (A) Milwaukee -- 23Brian Shouse, RP 40 Free Agent (B) Milwaukee -- 65Signed w/TB
Mark Sweeney, 1B 39 Free Agent LA Dodgers -- NR
Julian Tavarez, RP 35 Free Agent Atlanta -- NR
Frank Thomas, DH 40 Free Agent (B) Oakland -- 57
Mike Timlin, RP 42 Free Agent Boston -- NR
Juan Uribe, SS 29 Free Agent (B) Chicago Sox -- 70
Javier Valentin, C 33 Free Agent Cincinnati -- NR
Jason Varitek, C 36 Free Agent (A) Boston -- 49
Ron Villone, RP 39 Free Agent St. Louis -- NR
Daryle Ward, 1B 33 Free Agent Chicago Cubs -- 92
Ty Wigginton, 3B 31 Free Agent Houston -- NR
Brad Wilkerson, RF 31 Free Agent Toronto -- 87
Matt Wise, RP 33 Free Agent NY Mets -- NR
Randy Wolf, SP 32 Free Agent (B) Houston -- 24
Jamey Wright, RP 34 Free Agent Texas
Wow, is that 75 words? lol
And also, cribbed from Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, some interesting names who are out of options, and may have to be waived or traded:
Red Sox: George Kottaras
Yankees: Melky Cabrera
Cubs: Chad Gaudin, Rich Hill (possibly heading to Baltimore?)
Brewers: Tony Gwynn Jr.
Indians: Anthony Reyes, Andy Marte
Twins: Boof Bonser, Philip Humber
Rays: Jeff Niemann
Orioles: David Pauley
Obviously, this team would be looking for pitching, as always, right?
Neiman:
2006 23 AA MON 14 14 0 77.3 56 23 6 29 84 - 5 5 0 2.68 1.099
2007 24 AAA DUR 25 25 0 131.0 144 58 13 46 123 - 12 6 0 3.98 1.450
2008 25 AAA DUR 24 24 0 133.0 101 53 15 50 128 - 9 5 0 3.59 1.135
2008 25 MAJ TAM 5 2 0 16.0 18 9 3 8 14 1.00 2 2 0 5.06 1.625
If he were a Ranger prospect, would he be the 2nd coming of Danks/Holland/Feliz???
Gaudin:
2006 23 MAJ OAK 55 0 0 64.0 51 22 3 42 36 0.83 4 2 2 3.09 1.453
2007 24 MAJ OAK 34 34 0 199.3 205 98 21 100 154 1.72 11 13 0 4.42 1.530
2008 25 MAJ CHN 24 0 0 27.3 29 19 5 10 27 0.93 4 2 0 6.26 1.427
2008 25 MAJ OAK 26 6 0 62.7 63 25 6 17 44 0.93 5 3 0 3.59 1.277
He was very good as a releiver in 06, not bad as a starter in 07 & 08.
Humber, meh:
2007 24 AAA NEW 25 25 0 139.0 129 66 21 44 120 - 11 9 0 4.27 1.245
2007 24 MAJ NYM 3 1 0 7.0 9 6 1 2 2 0.58 0 0 0 7.71 1.571
2008 25 AAA ROC 31 23 0 136.3 145 69 21 49 106 - 10 8 0 4.56 1.423
2008 25 MAJ MIN 5 0 0 11.7 11 6 4 5 6 1.42 0 0 0 4.63 1.371
Reyes, meh:
2006 24 MAJ STL 18 17 0 85.3 84 48 17 34 72 0.80 5 8 0 5.06 1.383
2007 25 AAA MEM 6 6 0 38.7 27 12 4 11 33 - 1 1 0 2.79 .983
2007 25 MAJ STL 27 20 0 107.3 108 72 16 43 74 0.76 2 14 0 6.04 1.407
2008 26 AAA BUF 2 2 0 13.0 10 4 3 4 8 - 2 0 0 2.77 1.077
2008 26 AAA MEM 11 11 0 52.7 51 19 4 21 47 - 2 3 0 3.25 1.367
2008 26 MAJ CLE 6 6 0 34.3 31 7 2 12 15 1.00 2 1 0 1.83 1.252
2008 26 MAJ STL 10 0 0 14.7 16 8 2 3 10 1.00 2 1 1 4.91 1.295
Beyond the many talked about on this site lately, what names on the above lists interest anyone?
What would it take to get Neiman? Do you want Neiman above the other out of option players?
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a few notes:
Yankees: Melky Cabrera
recently signed a deal to avoid arb
Cubs: Chad Gaudin
would love to get him but i seriously doubt that he is cut
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
a few notes:
Yankees: Melky Cabrera
recently signed a deal to avoid arb
Cubs: Chad Gaudin
would love to get him but i seriously doubt that he is cut
guys i would be interested in:
will ohman
chuck james – nri
every day eddie
gagne
adam dunn/manny
juan cruz
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
Gaudin isn't going anywhere and either is Bonser.
Gaudin is valuable to a pitching staff, starting or relief, and Bonser is good depth.
I watched Humber pitch here in Rochester a bunch of times and he really does sucks. One of the worst overrated NY prospects I’ve seen.
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
Nice post
It is safe to say however that all the most talented guys who are out of options probably aren’t going anywhere.
I've also got a 3-part post
over at my blog breaking down/ranking the most desirable FA for TX
Ah, never been there.
I ‘spose I’ll check it out sometime.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
The title to this fanpost is confusing.
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
Well, now you know how we feel reading your attempts at humor.
That Gold Glove for Young was the worst thing that could have happened to Texas - now the guy really believes he's good at short. - Keith Law
by LSJ on Feb 1, 2009 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
Don't you have more words to conjure up into thoughts which you type into sentences which I just gloss over?
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 1, 2009 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
Why would you care?
That Gold Glove for Young was the worst thing that could have happened to Texas - now the guy really believes he's good at short. - Keith Law
by LSJ on Feb 1, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions
Because as silly as some of your statements, you are a dedicated member of this community.
And that deserves respect.
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 1, 2009 4:45 PM CST up reply actions
No offense, oc
But something tells me your respect or approval isn’t something I really want/care about.
That Gold Glove for Young was the worst thing that could have happened to Texas - now the guy really believes he's good at short. - Keith Law
by LSJ on Feb 1, 2009 4:52 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I find oc's attempts at humor much needed and fairly original.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
He has his moments
Nobody can deny that.
That Gold Glove for Young was the worst thing that could have happened to Texas - now the guy really believes he's good at short. - Keith Law
by LSJ on Feb 1, 2009 7:17 PM CST up reply actions
Humber and Niemann
As a Rice devotee, I would be remiss if I didn’t say that I’d like to see them in the Rangers organization. But as someone far too familiar with the historical failings of Rice pitchers in the pros, I can’t imagine actually giving anything up for them.
I will say that Niemann is far preferable of the two – he’s the one Rice pitcher who I thought would overcome the curse. I never got the Humber-hype, he was the 3rd best pitcher at Rice and I think was overrated by being in that rotation along side Townsend and Niemann.
If our scouts looked at Niemann and saw something that was good, then by all means go for him. Just don’t give up anyone too special for him.
any chance
the twins would trade Boof for Metcalf? I still think Boof has the talent to have a solid ML career in some capacity, and we are in a position going into this year with the injuries to Benoit and Hurley already to give some chances to guys like him.
If the Twins were willing to start last season with Mike Lamb at 3B, perhaps Metcalf’s rep as a solid defensive 3B and what we can politely call his offensive potential would be intriguing to them. We can then roll with Duran as a utility guy.
Metcalf...
I believe he will be DFA’d sometime during spring training.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
that's why this makes sense
Boof is out of options and has had only marginal success in a pitcher friendly ballpark, and last summer there were a flurry of rumors they were looking to deal him.
We may have to include a prospect in the deal
Not anyone of consequence, though.
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
David Murhpy for Craig Hansen
"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract
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