MLB free agents

[Clockwork Orange]

When your team is out of it, nothing wrong with looking ahead to the offseason market (even if you know your team won't spend a thin dime, like the Rockies).

http://baseballanalysts.com/

FA=Free Agent
TO=Team Option
MO=Mutual Option
PO=Player Option

PLAYER            TEAM  AGE  POS  STATUS   
Moises Alou        SF    40   OF    FA*
Rich Aurilia       CIN   34   UT    MO
Rod Barajas        TEX   30   C     FA
Miguel Batista     ARI   35   SP    FA
Ronnie Belliard    STL   31   2B    FA
Craig Biggio       HOU   40   2B    FA
Barry Bonds        SFG   42   LF    FA
Aaron Boone        CLE   33   3B    MO
Mark Buehrle       CWS   27   SP    TO
Jeromy Burnitz     PIT   37   OF    MO
Mike Cameron       SD    33   CF    TO
Sean Casey         DET   32   1B    FA
Frank Catalanotto  TOR   32   UT    FA
Royce Clayton      CIN   36   SS    FA
Roger Clemens      HOU   44   SP    FA
Francisco Cordero  MIL   31   RP    TO
David Dellucci     PHI   32   OF    FA
Mark DeRosa        TEX   31   UT    FA
J.D. Drew          LAD   30   RF    PO
Ray Durham         SF    34   2B    FA
Jermaine Dye       CWS   32   RF    TO
Adam Eaton         TEX   28   SP    FA
Jim Edmonds        STL   36   CF    TO
Pedro Feliz        SF    31   3B    FA
Cliff Floyd        NYM   33   LF    FA
Eric Gagne         LAD   30   RP    TO
Nomar Garciaparra  LAD   33   1B    FA
Tom Glavine        NYM   40   SP    MO
Luis Gonzalez      ARI   38   LF    TO**
Alex Gonzalez      BOS   29   SS    FA
Eddie Guardado     CIN   35   RP    FA
Jose Guillen       WAS   30   OF    FA
Shea Hillenbrand   SF    31   1B    FA
Aubrey Huff        HOU   29   OF    FA
Torii Hunter       MIN   31   CF    TO
Adam Kennedy       LAA   30   2B    FA
Byung-Hyun Kim     COL   27   SP    TO
Carlos Lee         TEX   30   LF    FA
Cory Lidle         NYY   34   SP    FA
Mike Lieberthal    PHI   34   C     FA
Ted Lilly          TOR   30   SP    FA
Kenny Lofton       LAD   39   CF    FA
Mark Loretta       BOS   35   2B    FA
Julio Lugo         LAD   30   SS    FA
Greg Maddux        LAD   40   SP    FA
Jason Marquis      STL   28   SP    FA
Gary Matthews, Jr. TEX   32   CF    FA
Gil Meche          SEA   27   SP    FA
Bengie Molina      TOR   32   C     TO**
Jamie Moyer        PHI   43   SP    MO
Mark Mulder        STL   29   SP    FA
Mike Mussina       NYY   37   SP    TO
Trot Nixon         BOS   32   RF    FA
Tomo Ohka          MIL   30   SP    FA
Vicente Padilla    TEX   28   SP    FA
Jay Payton         OAK   33   OF    FA
Andy Pettitte      HOU   34   SP    FA
Mike Piazza        SD    37   C     MO
Juan Pierre        CHC   29   CF    FA
Brad Radke         MIN   33   SP    FA
Aramis Ramirez     CHC   28   3B    PO 
Joe Randa          PIT   36   3B    FA
Mark Redman        KC    32   SP    FA
Dave Roberts       SD    34   OF    FA
Jason Schmidt      SF    33   SP    FA
Gary Sheffield     NYY   37   OF    TO
John Smoltz        ATL   39   SP    TO
Alfonso Soriano    WAS   30   OF    FA
Shannon Stewart    MIN   32   LF    FA
Jeff Suppan        STL   31   SP    FA
Frank Thomas       OAK   38   DH    FA
Steve Trachsel     NYM   35   SP    FA
Jose Valentin      NYM   36   UT    FA
Tim Wakefield      BOS   40   SP    TO
Jeff Weaver        STL   30   SP    FA
David Wells        BOS   43   SP    FA
Bob Wickman        ATL   37   RP    FA
Bernie Williams    NYY   37   OF    FA
Woody Williams     SD    40   SP    FA
Craig Wilson       NYY   29   OF    FA
Preston Wilson     STL   32   OF    TO**
Kerry Wood         CHC   29   RP    MO
Gregg Zaun         TOR   35   C     FA
Barry Zito         OAK   28   SP    FA
Corrections:
 * changed to free agent from player option
** changed to team option from mutual option

Get your shopping lists ready.

[Killericon]

Sosa's still technically available. Never retired.

[Bronco LB 59]

Soriano and Carlos Lee are the marquee FAs, but whoever gives them 10-15 per is going to have to determine if they are worth paying that much by the time they get to the age of 35-37.

Lee and Barry Zito both hired Scott Boras this season. Boras probably tampered to land them, he's argubly a bigger scumbag than Drew Rosenhaus.

I think the best free agent is Aramis Ramirez if he declines his option for 2007. He's only 28 and I think his price tag will be far lower than Soriano and a little less than El Caballo. I hope San Diego lands him to fill their glaring hole at the hot corner.

[Clockwork Orange]

Originally Posted by Bronco LB 52

Lee and Barry Zito both hired Scott Boras this season. Boras probably tampered to land them, he's argubly a bigger scumbag than Drew Rosenhaus.

Rockies LF Matt Holliday hired Boras too, and there's already talk that he may not be long for Colorado.

I'd like to see the Rockies make up for the blunder they made years ago and bring Juan Pierre back. I'll take him eight days a week over the platoon of Corey Sullivan and Choo Freeman that they've been running out there most of the season. Pierre has stolen 45 bases this season, the Rockies entire team has stolen 64.