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Old 10-30-2012, 11:45 AM   #1
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Free Agents Frenzy Starts here

Here's the official list of free agents (as of now) put out by the Major League Players Association this morning:
  • Atlanta: Baker, Jeff; Batista, Miguel; Bourn, Michael; Diaz, Matt; Durbin, Chad; Hinske, Eric; Johnson, Reed; Overbay, Lyle; Ross, Dave; Sheets, Ben
  • Arizona: Saito, Takashi
  • Baltimore: Chavez, Endy; Hall, Bill; Johnson, Nick; McLouth, Nate ; Saunders, Joe ; Thome, Jim ; Wolf, Randy
  • Boston: Cook, Aaron ; Loney, James ; Matsuzaka, Daisuke ; Ortiz, David ; Padilla, Vicente ; Podsednik, Scott ; Ross, Cody
  • Chicago Cubs: Camp, Shawn
  • Cleveland; Broxton, Jonathan ; Cairo, Miguel J. ; Navarro, Dioner ; Rolen, Scott ; Kotchman, Casey ; Sizemore, Grady
  • Colorado: Francis, Jeff ; Giambi, Jason ; Sanchez, Jonathan
  • Chicago White Sox: Bruney, Brian; Hudson, Orlando; Liriano, Francisco; Lopez, Jose ; Pierzynski, A.J. ; Wise, DeWayne
  • Detroit: Laird, Gerald ; Sanchez, Anibal ; Valverde, Jose ; Young, Delmon
  • Kansas City: Guthrie, Jeremy
  • Los Angeles Angels: Greinke, Zack ; Hawkins, LaTroy ; Hunter, Torii K. ; Isringhausen, Jason ; Izturis, Maicer
  • Los Angeles Dodgers: Abreu, Bobby ; Blanton, Joe ; Choate, Randy ; Kennedy, Adam ; League, Brandon ; Victorino, Shane ; Wright, Jamey
  • Miami: Gaudin, Chad ; Kearns, Austin ; Lee, Carlos ; Oviedo, Juan ; Zambrano, Carlos
  • Milwaukee: Marcum, Shaun ; Rodriguez, Francisco ; Gonzalez, Alex ;
  • Minnesota: Capps, Matt; Pavano, Carl
  • New York Mets: Byrdak, Tim ; Cedeno, Ronny ; Hairston, Scott ; Ramirez, Ramon ; Rauch, Jon ; Shoppach, Kelly ; Young, Chris
  • New York Yankees: Chavez, Eric C. ; Feliciano, Pedro ; Garcia, Freddy Antonio ; Ibanez, Raul J. ; Jones, Andruw ; Kuroda, Hiroki* ; Lowe, Derek ; Martin, Russell ; Pettitte, Andy ; Rivera, Mariano ; Suzuki, Ichiro ; Swisher, Nick ;
  • Oakland: Colon, Bartolo ; Gomes, Jonny ; Inge, Brandon ; McCarthy, Brandon
  • Philadelphia: Pierre, Juan ; Schneider, Brian
  • Pittsburgh: Correia, Kevin ; Grilli, Jason ; Qualls, Chad;
  • San Diego: Marquis, Jason
  • Seattle: Millwood, Kevin ; Olivo, Miguel ; Perez, Oliver ; Sherrill, George
  • San Francisco: Affeldt, Jeremy ; Cabrera, Melky ; Mota, Guillermo ; Nady, Xavier ; Pagan, Angel ; Penny, Brad ; Sanchez, Freddy ; Scutaro, Marco ; Theriot, Ryan
  • St. Louis: Berkman, Lance ; Fuentes, Brian ; Lohse, Kyle
  • Tampa Bay: Farnsworth, Kyle L. ; Howell, J.P. ; Keppinger, Jeff ; Pena, Carlos ; Peralta, Joel ; Upton, B.J.
  • Texas: Adams, Mike ; Dempster, Ryan S. ; Hamilton, Josh ; Lewis, Colby ; Lowe, Mark ; Napoli, Mike ; Oswalt, Roy ; Uehara, Koji*
  • Toronto: Frasor, Jason ; Johnson, Kelly ; Lyon, Brandon ; Villanueva, Carlos ; Vizquel, Omar
  • Washington: De Rosa, Mark ; Duke, Zach ; Gonzalez, Mike ; Jackson, Edwin ; Wang, Chien-Ming

*Eligible per contract terms

The following players are eligible for free agency pending option provisions in their Uniform Players Contract (UPC):
  • Atlanta: Hudson, Tim ; Jones, Chipper ; Maholm, Paul ; McCann, Brian
  • Arizona: Blanco, Henry ; Lindstrom, Matthew
  • Baltimore: Ayala, Luis
  • Cleveland: Ludwick, Ryan ; Madson, Ryan ; Hafner, Travis ; Hernandez, Roberto
  • Chicago White Sox: Floyd, Gavin ; Myers, Brett ; Peavy, Jacob ; Youkilis, Kevin
  • Detroit: Dotel, Octavio E. ; Peralta, Jhonny
  • Houston: Snyder, Chris
  • Kansas City: Soria, Joakim
  • Los Angeles Angels: Haren, Danny ; Santana, Ervin
  • Los Angeles Dodgers: Coffey, Todd ; Rivera, Juan ; Treanor, Matt ;
  • Minnesota; Baker, Scott
  • New York Mets: Wright, David ; Dickey, R.A.
  • New York Yankees: Aardsma, David ; Cano, Robinson ; Granderson, Curtis ; Soriano, Rafael
  • Oakland: Balfour, Grant ; Drew, Stephen
  • Philadelphia: Contreras, Jose ; Polanco, Placido ; Ruiz, Carlos ; Wigginton, Ty
  • Pittsburgh: Barajas, Rod
  • San Francisco: Huff, Aubrey
  • Tampa Bay: Molina, Jose ; Rodney, Fernando ; Scott, Luke ; Shields, James
  • Texas: Feldman, Scott
  • Toronto: Oliver, Darren
  • Washington: Burnett, Sean ; LaRoche, Adam
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Old 10-30-2012, 12:07 PM   #2
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Re: Free Agents Frenzy Starts here

Cleveland has some very nice players, it seems.

And Cincinnati has apparently been contracted.

Bummer.
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Old 10-30-2012, 12:59 PM   #3
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Cleveland has some very nice players, it seems.

And Cincinnati has apparently been contracted.

Bummer.
Clearly they've merged the two Ohio teams. Are we both the Ohio Buckeyes? North & south? Has anyone told Chip? Why isn't he a free agent?
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Old 10-30-2012, 01:01 PM   #4
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Let's go ahead and take Cleveland's best players.

It's not like their fan would notice.
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Old 10-30-2012, 01:23 PM   #5
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Clearly they've merged the two Ohio teams. Are we both the Ohio Buckeyes? North & south? Has anyone told Chip? Why isn't he a free agent?
It's from the Boston Globe, maybe they think Ohio is just one place Clevinnati
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It's from the Boston Globe, maybe they think Ohio is just one place Clevinnati
We should thank them just for including any of the teams besides the Red Sox and Yankees. Now, if someone could communicate that there are 27 to 28 other teams to MLB Network and ESPN.
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Old 10-30-2012, 02:35 PM   #7
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Here's the official list of free agents (as of now) put out by the Major League Players Association this morning:
  • Atlanta: Baker, Jeff; Batista, Miguel; Bourn, Michael; Diaz, Matt; Durbin, Chad; Hinske, Eric; Johnson, Reed; Overbay, Lyle; Ross, Dave; Sheets, Ben
  • Arizona: Saito, Takashi
  • Baltimore: Chavez, Endy; Hall, Bill; Johnson, Nick; McLouth, Nate ; Saunders, Joe ; Thome, Jim ; Wolf, Randy
  • Boston: Cook, Aaron ; Loney, James ; Matsuzaka, Daisuke ; Ortiz, David ; Padilla, Vicente ; Podsednik, Scott ; Ross, Cody
  • Chicago Cubs: Camp, Shawn
  • Cleveland; Broxton, Jonathan ; Cairo, Miguel J. ; Navarro, Dioner ; Rolen, Scott ; Kotchman, Casey ; Sizemore, Grady
  • Colorado: Francis, Jeff ; Giambi, Jason ; Sanchez, Jonathan
  • Chicago White Sox: Bruney, Brian; Hudson, Orlando; Liriano, Francisco; Lopez, Jose ; Pierzynski, A.J. ; Wise, DeWayne
  • Detroit: Laird, Gerald ; Sanchez, Anibal ; Valverde, Jose ; Young, Delmon
  • Kansas City: Guthrie, Jeremy
  • Los Angeles Angels: Greinke, Zack ; Hawkins, LaTroy ; Hunter, Torii K. ; Isringhausen, Jason ; Izturis, Maicer
  • Los Angeles Dodgers: Abreu, Bobby ; Blanton, Joe ; Choate, Randy ; Kennedy, Adam ; League, Brandon ; Victorino, Shane ; Wright, Jamey
  • Miami: Gaudin, Chad ; Kearns, Austin ; Lee, Carlos ; Oviedo, Juan ; Zambrano, Carlos
  • Milwaukee: Marcum, Shaun ; Rodriguez, Francisco ; Gonzalez, Alex ;
  • Minnesota: Capps, Matt; Pavano, Carl
  • New York Mets: Byrdak, Tim ; Cedeno, Ronny ; Hairston, Scott ; Ramirez, Ramon ; Rauch, Jon ; Shoppach, Kelly ; Young, Chris
  • New York Yankees: Chavez, Eric C. ; Feliciano, Pedro ; Garcia, Freddy Antonio ; Ibanez, Raul J. ; Jones, Andruw ; Kuroda, Hiroki* ; Lowe, Derek ; Martin, Russell ; Pettitte, Andy ; Rivera, Mariano ; Suzuki, Ichiro ; Swisher, Nick ;
  • Oakland: Colon, Bartolo ; Gomes, Jonny ; Inge, Brandon ; McCarthy, Brandon
  • Philadelphia: Pierre, Juan ; Schneider, Brian
  • Pittsburgh: Correia, Kevin ; Grilli, Jason ; Qualls, Chad;
  • San Diego: Marquis, Jason
  • Seattle: Millwood, Kevin ; Olivo, Miguel ; Perez, Oliver ; Sherrill, George
  • San Francisco: Affeldt, Jeremy ; Cabrera, Melky ; Mota, Guillermo ; Nady, Xavier ; Pagan, Angel ; Penny, Brad ; Sanchez, Freddy ; Scutaro, Marco ; Theriot, Ryan
  • St. Louis: Berkman, Lance ; Fuentes, Brian ; Lohse, Kyle
  • Tampa Bay: Farnsworth, Kyle L. ; Howell, J.P. ; Keppinger, Jeff ; Pena, Carlos ; Peralta, Joel ; Upton, B.J.
  • Texas: Adams, Mike ; Dempster, Ryan S. ; Hamilton, Josh ; Lewis, Colby ; Lowe, Mark ; Napoli, Mike ; Oswalt, Roy ; Uehara, Koji*
  • Toronto: Frasor, Jason ; Johnson, Kelly ; Lyon, Brandon ; Villanueva, Carlos ; Vizquel, Omar
  • Washington: De Rosa, Mark ; Duke, Zach ; Gonzalez, Mike ; Jackson, Edwin ; Wang, Chien-Ming

*Eligible per contract terms

The following players are eligible for free agency pending option provisions in their Uniform Players Contract (UPC):
  • Atlanta: Hudson, Tim ; Jones, Chipper ; Maholm, Paul ; McCann, Brian
  • Arizona: Blanco, Henry ; Lindstrom, Matthew
  • Baltimore: Ayala, Luis
  • Cleveland: Ludwick, Ryan ; Madson, Ryan ; Hafner, Travis ; Hernandez, Roberto
  • Chicago White Sox: Floyd, Gavin ; Myers, Brett ; Peavy, Jacob ; Youkilis, Kevin
  • Detroit: Dotel, Octavio E. ; Peralta, Jhonny
  • Houston: Snyder, Chris
  • Kansas City: Soria, Joakim
  • Los Angeles Angels: Haren, Danny ; Santana, Ervin
  • Los Angeles Dodgers: Coffey, Todd ; Rivera, Juan ; Treanor, Matt ;
  • Minnesota; Baker, Scott
  • New York Mets: Wright, David ; Dickey, R.A.
  • New York Yankees: Aardsma, David ; Cano, Robinson ; Granderson, Curtis ; Soriano, Rafael
  • Oakland: Balfour, Grant ; Drew, Stephen
  • Philadelphia: Contreras, Jose ; Polanco, Placido ; Ruiz, Carlos ; Wigginton, Ty
  • Pittsburgh: Barajas, Rod
  • San Francisco: Huff, Aubrey
  • Tampa Bay: Molina, Jose ; Rodney, Fernando ; Scott, Luke ; Shields, James
  • Texas: Feldman, Scott
  • Toronto: Oliver, Darren
  • Washington: Burnett, Sean ; LaRoche, Adam
Bolded those that might interest Jocketty to one extent or another.

Cleveland & Cicncinnati - same city?

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Old 10-30-2012, 02:35 PM   #8
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We should thank them just for including any of the teams besides the Red Sox and Yankees. Now, if someone could communicate that there are 27 to 28 other teams to MLB Network and ESPN.
You mean something like this?

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Bolded those that might interest Jocketty to one extent or another.
Balfour I believe had his option grabbed
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Re: Free Agents Frenzy Starts here

Shields' option was picked up as well.
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Actually, I think the MLB network does a great job of covering all the teams. It's ESPN that has that ridiculous bias. Well Fox too I guess.
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Wouldn't mind the Reds kicking the tires on Scott Podsednik. He's getting up there in age but would be decent outfielder and is a lefty who's career splits are fairly even: .275 against LH, .282 against RH. Wouldn't cost much either.
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Old 10-30-2012, 03:23 PM   #13
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Re: Free Agents Frenzy Starts here

Does anyone feel that this is the weakest list of free agents we've seen in years? Nobody really jumps out at me. Many guys are just names and are old.
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Does anyone feel that this is the weakest list of free agents we've seen in years? Nobody really jumps out at me. Many guys are just names and are old.
Greinke and Hamilton will attract some attention. Maybe there isn't huge starpower, but I see the potential for a lot of depth in this FA class...
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Greinke and Hamilton will attract some attention. Maybe there isn't huge starpower, but I see the potential for a lot of depth in this FA class...
There could be some depth players there but I do see a lot of lateral moves, in my opinion. I don't see a lot of players on this list that make a ball club significantly better. I think the middle infield free agents are particularly weak this year.
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