Behold, the 2010-11 Free Agents

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The following 142 players were set free last night (see in EZ chart form here: http://tinyurl.com/2uke7q2

Troy Glaus 1B AT
Eric Hinske OF AT
Derrek Lee 1B AT
Kris Benson SP AZ
Mike Hampton SP AZ
Aaron Heilman RP AZ
Rodrigo Lopez SP AZ
Brandon Webb SP AZ
Cesar Izturis SS BA
Julio Lugo 2B BA
Kevin Millwood SP BA
Corey Patterson OF BA
Koji* Uehara RP BA
Ty Wigginton 1B BA
Mike Lowell 1B BO
Victor Martinez C BO
Jason Varitek C BO
Xavier Nady OF CC
Willie Bloomquist OF CI
Miguel Cairo 3B CI
Jim Edmonds OF CI
Ramon J. Hernandez C CI
Michael Lincoln RP CI
Arthur Rhodes RP CI
Russ Springer RP CI
Joe Beimel RP CO
Jorge de la Rosa SP CO
Octavio Dotel RP CO
Jason Giambi 1B CO
Melvin Mora 3B CO
Jay Payton OF CO
Freddy Garcia SP CWS
Andruw Jones OF CWS
Paul Konerko 1B CWS
Mark Kotsay DH CWS
A.J. Pierzynski C CWS
J.J. Putz RP CWS
Manny Ramirez OF CWS
Omar Vizquel 3B CWS
Jeremy Bonderman SP DE
Johnny Damon DH DE
Gerald Laird C DE
Magglio Ordonez OF DE
Bobby Seay RP DE
Will Ohman RP FL
Jorge Sosa RP FL
Chad Tracy 3B FL
Geoff Blum SS HO
Brian Moehler RP HO
Bruce Chen SP KC
Hideki Matsui DH LAA
Scot Shields RP LAA
Brad Ausmus C LAD
Rod Barajas C LAD
Jay Gibbons OF LAD
Reed Johnson OF LAD
Hiroki* Kuroda SP LAD
Vicente Padilla SP LAD
Jeff Weaver RP LAD
David Bush SP MI
Chris Capuano SP MI
Craig Counsell SS MI
Jesse Crain RP MN
Randy Flores RP MN
Brian Fuentes RP MN
Matt Guerrier RP MN
Orlando Hudson 2B MN
Ron Mahay RP MN
Carl Pavano SP MN
Nick Punto 3B MN
Jon Rauch RP MN
Jim Thome DH MN
Henry Blanco C NYM
Elmer Dessens RP NYM
Kelvim Escobar RP NYM
Pedro Feliciano RP NYM
Fernando Tatis 1B NYM
Lance Berkman 1B NYY
Derek Jeter SS NYY
Nick Johnson DH NYY
Austin Kearns OF NYY
Chad Moeller C NYY
Andy Pettitte SP NYY
Mariano Rivera RP NYY
Marcus Thames OF NYY
Javier Vazquez SP NYY
Kerry Wood RP NYY
Justin Duchscherer SP OA
Ben Sheets SP OA
Jose Contreras RP PH
Chad Durbin RP PH
J.C. Romero RP PH
Mike Sweeney DH PH
Jayson Werth OF PH
Chan Ho Park RP PI
Kevin Correia SP SD
David Eckstein 2B SD
Jerry Hairston Jr SS SD
Matt Stairs OF SD
Miguel Tejada 3B SD
Yorvit Torrealba C SD
Josh Bard C SE
Chris Woodward SS SE
Jamey Wright RP SE
Pat Burrell OF SF
Jose Guillen DH SF
Aubrey Huff 1B SF
Guillermo Mota RP SF
Juan Uribe SS SF
Pedro Feliz 3B SL
Jason LaRue C SL
Mike MacDougal RP SL
Aaron Miles 2B SL
Brad Penny SP SL
Dennys Reyes RP SL
Jeff Suppan RP SL
Jake Westbrook SP SL
Randy Winn OF SL
Rocco Baldelli OF TB
Grant Balfour RP TB
Joaquin Benoit RP TB
Randy Choate RP TB
Carl Crawford OF TB
Brad Hawpe OF TB
Gabe Kapler OF TB
Carlos Pena 1B TB
Chad Qualls RP TB
Rafael Soriano RP TB
Jorge Cantu 3B TE
Frank Francisco RP TE
Cristian Guzman 2B TE
Cliff Lee SP TE
Bengie Molina C TE
Matt Treanor C TE
John Buck C TO
Scott Downs RP TO
Jason Frasor RP TO
Lyle Overbay 1B TO
Miguel Batista RP WA
Adam Dunn 1B WA
Willie Harris OF WA
Kevin Mench OF WA

On top of these 142 players, there are 34 other potential free agents that may, or may not, have options exercised in their contracts.
NAME POS TEAM
Rick Ankiel OF AT
Kyle Farnsworth RP AT
Alex Gonzalez SS AT
Omar Infante 2B AT
Adam LaRoche 1B AZ
Mark Hendrickson RP BA
Adrian Beltre 3B BO
Bill Hall OF BO
Felipe Lopez 3B BO
David Ortiz DH BO
Aramis Ramirez 3B CC
Bronson Arroyo SP CI
Orlando Cabrera SS CI
Aaron Harang SP CI
Jeff Francis SP CO
Miguel Olivo C CO
Jhonny Peralta 3B DE
Scott Podsednik OF LAD
Doug Davis SP MI
Trevor Hoffman RP MI
Gregg Zaun C MI
Jose Reyes SS NYM
Eric Chavez DH OA
Coco Crisp OF OA
Mark Ellis 2B OA
Jon Garland SP SD
Chris Young SP SD
Erik Bedard SP SE
Russ Branyan 1B SE
Edgar Renteria SS SF
Daniel Wheeler RP TB
Vladimir Guerrero DH TE
Kevin Gregg RP TO
Adam Kennedy 2B WA

[Benjamin Grimm]

How many years in a row of free agency is this for Orlando Hudson?

[metsmarathon]

anybody else have interest in brandon webb? i do. incentive laden with a low floor, but definitely interest.

hiroki kuroda interests me as well.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'd be curious about Webb... but he does have a 2009 Sheets-y whiff to him.

Kuroda and-- gasp-- Pavano make more sense.

[HahnSolo]

For bullpen depth, will the Wookie's demands be a little too rich?

[Vic Sage]

Lets go forward into the Past!

Kris Benson SP AZ
Mike Hampton SP AZ
Aaron Heilman RP AZ
Ty Wigginton 1B BA
Xavier Nady OF CC
Miguel Cairo 3B CI
Octavio Dotel RP CO
Melvin Mora 3B CO
Jay Payton OF CO
J.J. Putz RP CWS
Bruce Chen SP KC
Rod Barajas C LAD
Chan Ho Park RP PI
Yorvit Torrealba C SD
Chris Woodward SS SE
Guillermo Mota RP SF
Daniel Wheeler RP TB

on the other hand... nah!

[Vic Sage]

how about:
Cliff Lee SP
Carl Crawford OF
Adam Dunn 1B
Rafael Soriano RP

yeah, like that'll happen.

[Willets Point]

I used to make a team of Free Agent Ex-Mets (The Faems) every year. Thanks Vic for saving me the effort. Not that I would've done it this year.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, why don't I remember a thing about Yorvit Torrealba on the Mets? Did they sign him to a minor league deal that never panned out?

[Gwreck]

Torrealba was actually never a Met.

[Benjamin Grimm]

He was an almost Met a couple of years ago. The Mets and Torrealba agreed on a contract, but then the Mets backed out.

[Vic Sage]

yeah, he signed a contract, then it was nullified. I think that technically made him a met for about an hour.
-R

[Guest Edgy DC]

At least you didn't retro-actively award the 1985 Cardinals a championship.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I used to conflate Torrealba and Rod Barajas. But not anymore.

[metirish]

Kris Benson SP
Mike Hampton these two are still at it?


did I see Russ Springer's name in there?

Regarding Feliciano , from Rubin



1) Mets must offer salary arbitration by midnight on Nov.23 for right to draft pick compensation

2)Pedro must accept arb by Nov. 30. The Mets are still permitted to sign Pedro even if they don't offer arb

3) Offering arb to Feliciano to get pick between first and second round means you are willing to go to arb with him , and he made $2.9 million in 2010......


Other

The non tender deadline for players with less than 6 years service is Dec. 2nd - John Maine will be cut by then and probably Green too.

NEW RULE

New Rule for 2010 - Free Agents may negotiate with any club at midnight on the 5th day after the World Series, bidding begins on Saturday night.

[Guest Edgy DC]

1) Offering arb to Feliciano to get pick between first and second round means you are willing to go to arb with him...

Thanks, Adam.

[Frayed Knot]

- Reds pick up options on P Bronson Arroyo and OF Johnny Gomes

- Padres pick up their option on Adrian Gonzalez

- Boston's Adrian Beltre [u:3rhocb9i]declines his player option[/u:3rhocb9i] for $10mil and opts, instead, for FA-gency

[Fman99]

Rangers decline mutual option on Vlad Guerrero.

[ashie62]

Carl Crawford, but that won't happen.

Andy Pettitte?

[smg58]

I'm perfectly willing to go year-to-year with Feliciano. I don't seem him getting a huge raise in arbitration, and he's capable of improving on this past season. On the other hand, if somebody else offers him multiple years I'm OK with taking the draft pick and looking elsewhere.

Unless the Mets somehow find money for Cliff Lee (and based on this past year they will probably need to cut some payroll before they can get aggressive with anybody), I'd be looking for somebody who'd take a year and an option to be starter #5. That would probably wait until January.

There does seem to be decent depth at second base, which is encouraging.

[Guest Edgy DC]

My question is how badly damaged might he be from that crazy workload.

[Vic Sage]

you don't give long-term Ks to LOOGYs who hold records for most appearances.
i think thats a dictum to live by.

Garland's a FA again, by the way. 200IP/3.4 ERA

[Theoldmole]

The one who surprised me for being still at it was Bruce Chen.

[Frayed Knot]

Sawx pick up $12.5 option on Papi -- I wasn't so sure they were going to do that for a while.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgar Renteria - option NOT picked up by Giants.

I can't believe a team would cut loose its WS MVP. I mean what kind of .... oh, never mind.

[Valadius]

Prince Fielder looking for a $200 million contract extension.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah so am I, and I have only a slightly lower chance of getting one than Prince.

[Frayed Knot]

Type 'A' and Type 'B' Free Agents

[u:3u67hhhe]Type A[/u:3u67hhhe]
Catchers: Victor Martinez (Bos), A.J. Pierzynski (CWS), Ramon Hernandez (Cin), Bengie Molina (Tex).
First Basemen: Paul Konerko (CWS), Adam Dunn (Was), Derrek Lee (Atl)
Second Basemen: None.
Third Basemen: Adrian Beltre (Bos), Miguel Tejada (SD).
Shortstops: Derek Jeter (NYY).
Outfielders: Jayson Werth (Phi), Carl Crawford (TB), Magglio Ordonez (Det), Manny Ramirez (CWS).
Designated Hitters: Vladimir Guerrero (Tex).
Starting Pitchers: Cliff Lee (Tex), Andy Pettitte (NYY), Carl Pavano (Min), Jorge de la Rosa (Col).
Relief Pitchers: Rafael Soriano (TB), Mariano Rivera (NYY), Matt Guerrier (Min), Scott Downs (Tor), Dan Wheeler (TB), Jason Frasor (Tor), Frank Francisco (Tex), Grant Balfour (TB), Arthur Rhodes (Cin).


[u:3u67hhhe]Type B[/u:3u67hhhe]
Catchers: John Buck (Tor), Miguel Olivo (Tor), Jason Varitek (Bos), Yorvit Torrealba (SD), Gerald Laird (Det), Rod Barajas (LAD).
First Basemen: Lance Berkman (NYY), Carlos Pena (TB), Mike Lowell (Bos), Adam LaRoche (Ari), Aubrey Huff (SF).
Second Basemen: Orlando Hudson (Min), David Eckstein (SD).
Third Basemen: Felipe Lopez (Bos).
Shortstops: Orlando Cabrera (Cin), Juan Uribe (SF).
Outfielders: Brad Hawpe (TB), Scott Podsednik (LAD).
Designated Hitters: Johnny Damon (Det), Hideki Matsui (LAA).
Starting Pitchers: Jon Garland (SD), Javier Vazquez (NYY), Hiroki Kuroda (LAD), Kevin Millwood (Bal), Kevin Correia (SD).
Relief Pitchers: Jon Rauch (Min), Koji Uehara (Bal), Brian Fuentes (Min), Kevin Gregg (Tor), Joaquin Benoit (TB), Pedro Feliciano (NYM), Octavio Dotel (Col), Trevor Hoffman (Mil), Kerry Wood (NYY), Randy Choate (TB), J.J. Putz (CWS), Jesse Crain (Min), Aaron Heilman (Ari), Chad Durbin (Phi), Chad Qualls (TB).


Losing a Type A FA results in getting both a 1st (or 2nd) round draft pick from the signing team plus a supplemental round pick
Losing a Type B FA results in getting an extra draft pick in the supplemental round
Both types are subject to properly offering arbitration ... yyybbb

Both of the above lists show the players in order of their rank within their position. That order can be used to determine which pick goes where if a team signs multiple FAs.

[Ceetar]

Geeze. There are no type a or b 2Bman there. Castillo may very well be the best option.

Or how about this new japanese infielder that i saw on metsblog?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think the Metsos are leaning toward Murphy.