It is easy to say who you would like to sign from the free agent bunch still available, but at what price?
I have tried to attach deals to each free agent that I think is most likely. Of course, this is an inexact science.
I would choose Benson and his Clement like deal.
Options:
1. Livan Hernandez: 2 yrs at $16 million, 2010 club option of $9 with $2 million buyout.
2. Jon Lieber: 1 yr at $6.5 million, 2009 club option of $8.5 million with $500,000 buyout
3. Josh Fogg: 3 yrs at $23 million
4. Kris Benson: 1 yr at $2 million + incentives to $8million, 2009 club option of $9.5 million with $250,000 buyout
5. Freddy Garcia: 1 yr at $5 million + incentives to $9 million, 2009 player option at $10 million if he meets 120 innings in '08
6. Bartolo Colon: 2 yrs at $20 million
7. Brett Tomko: 1 yr at $4 million, 2009 club option of $5 million with $375,000 buyout
8. None of the above!